This reminds me of the study on music and programming cited in Peopleware, which has been discussed here before (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1995698 ht

This reminds me of the study on music and programming cited in Peopleware, which has been discussed here before (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1995698 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1995698, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6274594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6274594). I wonder when someone is going to run experiments like this that are actually useful and conclusively support an argument. There's also this more recent study, which doesn't really address the same problem the Peopleware study identified: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/LESIUKarticle2005.pdf http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/business/LESIUKart...