Any Chance I can get I’ll be listening to music in the car, with friends, while I’m doing homework, and even right now. I’m sure this is true for many people and I found an article that talks about eight ways music affects our brains. As I was reading this article I realized how much I could relate to it like second way it could affect our brains said it could improve creativity like a lot times I’ll be working on an essay and I’m totally stumped so I will usually turn on some music to try to get my brain working and most of the time the words will flowing out of my brain and onto the paper, but those other times it will also start distracting me which is another way music can affect our brains. The article said they had a test on driving and if people drove better when music is on or off and most of them drove much better with the music off. Which also happens to me where I’ll get too into a song and start sing or even dancing to it causing me to lose my focus. Also what can happen for me and I’m guessing other people as well is certain genres makes you happy or sad or angry or even just hard to focus. Another one I could relate to was how classical music can make you improve visual attention which happened to me yesterday because I was trying to focus on reading and annotating the Odyssey and I couldn’t focus and then my dad turned on classical music which I usually hate but it was nice because it made it so much easier to focus that i felt like I couldn’t even hear the music or anything else like I was in my own alternate universe with no noise. The last one was how music helps you exercise which I totally agree with like if I’m going for a run I usually am listening music with a good beat to keep me steady pace keeps me for longer. If you want to read the article into more detail it’s at the bottom.
I must agree that music definitely affects the brain and in many different ways. I personally have always enjoyed listening to music anywhere I go especially on my way home to pass the time. But when it comes to Homework music for me is a big distraction and it's hard for me to focus on writing an essay, solving a math problem or reading something while deep inside I really want to sing the words of the song that I'm listening to. So in this sort of cases I agree that listening to classical music while trying to make your brain focus is a way to go if you want to have some musical background. Another type of music that does that same sort of affect on me is music that I don't know that words to or that I don't know at all but that sometimes spoils the fun of background music but if it helps it's worth a shot. Overall going into the effects of music in the brain is definitely an interesting topic that I’ve noticed a lot of curiosity from me and other people and it seems fun to explore and do more research on to go deeper into the subject and learn more and even help other people to understand this concept.
ReplyDeleteIt is super interesting that music can help in some situations, but not in others. To me, I like listening to music when I am or am trying to relax, not concentrate. I have heard that Classical music helps with studying, but I find that in many circumstances I will become more distracted while listening to music, because it is something I typically do while relaxing. When I am exercising, though, I really enjoy listening to upbeat music because it keeps me going along with the music. Since I do gymnastics, I have noticed this, because whenever the music stops playing, someone notices almost immediately. A lot of people at my gym like country music, but I feel like I can work faster while listening to songs with a higher tempo. Because I do not usually listen to music while writing, I find it odd that I rely on it so much at the gym. I have not tried listening to a song while writing recently, so I thought I would give it a try while writing this. I was often distracted by the lyrics, and I do not think that it improved my creativity, but I found that it helped me type a lot faster. I guess when I already have something on my mind to write about, music can help me write it faster, but I overall do not think it changed what I wrote.
ReplyDeleteIt is super interesting that music can help in some situations, but not in others. To me, I like listening to music when I am or am trying to relax, not concentrate. I have heard that Classical music helps with studying, but I find that in many circumstances I will become more distracted while listening to music, because it is something I typically do while relaxing. When I am exercising, though, I really enjoy listening to upbeat music because it keeps me going along with the music. Since I do gymnastics, I have noticed this, because whenever the music stops playing, someone notices almost immediately. A lot of people at my gym like country music, but I feel like I can work faster while listening to songs with a higher tempo. Because I do not usually listen to music while writing, I find it odd that I rely on it so much at the gym. I have not tried listening to a song while writing recently, so I thought I would give it a try while writing this. I was often distracted by the lyrics, and I do not think that it improved my creativity, but I found that it helped me type a lot faster. I guess when I already have something on my mind to write about, music can help me write it faster, but I overall do not think it changed what I wrote.
ReplyDeleteI like how clear you stated your facts to prove your point. I also really like how much I could relate to these facts. Everthing from homework to runnng while hearing certain types of music I totally agree with. You found a trustworthy site with good facts.
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