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Nary a study cited indicating that music benefits concentration. I wonder why? The research by and large shows silence is golden when it comes to staying focuse
by itisit 6y ago
Nary a study cited indicating that music benefits concentration. I wonder why? The research by and large shows silence is golden when it comes to staying focused and on task.
- victorkolb 6y agoSo what we name silence? Good ambiance or absence of sound?
- tzs 6y agoMost people cannot get silence. There will be some ambient noise, such as traffic, HVAC systems, computer fans, the sound of their own breathing or pulse, animals, creaking furniture, and such. The choice then for most is not between music and silence. It's between music and all those ambient sounds. A lot of those ambient sounds can be very distracting because they are unpredictable and intermittent. If you can listen to music that is just loud enough to mask the ambient noise but not so loud that you have to pay attention to it, it can be less distracting than the ambient noise because music is predictable (at least if you are listening to something you know).