Here's what the science says about when music might help boost your performance, and when it might be better to stick with silence.
These days music is often sound floating in the background rather than a focus. There's a playlist for everything: cooking, meditation, running outdoors, running indoors, even ironing.
Nonetheless, it's exactly these kinds of in-the-moment benefits that some people are aiming for with their study and listening practices. "The evidence is particularly strong when it comes to factual or procedural learning, but less so for conceptual learning," says Dr Herff. They're encouraged to engage with music and though he doesn't hear all of them using it to study, it's routinely on around the house.
Two more theories revolve around distraction. If a simple task isn't using up enough of the brain's resources, listening to music might help keep you focused. Although music proficiency wasn't shown in the study to have any impact on listening habits, Dr Herff confirms that this is not always the case.
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