Have you ever been listening to music while studying and wondered if it actually helps you study, or if it just helps you enjoy homework more? That's why I found a video answering this question made by Thomas Frank. Thomas says that there is multiple answers to this favoring each side.
He even found a list of high energy songs for things like statistics, counting, pretty much manipulating numbers. The songs he chose were: Pomegranate Tiger Boundless, Polymorphic Code, Metal Gear Rising Soundtrack, and Tides of Man Young and Courageous. If you're doing something more cerebral, conceptual, or if you're trying to wrap your head around something more unfamiliar, he advised working in silence, or he suggested these calm, quiet songs: Journey Austin Wintory, Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts, Olaful Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott The Chopin Project, and Theophony Times End.
Regarding studying in silence, Thomas said this worked at times, but others, his brain just focused on all the sounds going on around you. An interesting point he made as an example of working in silence is, its "kinda like what happens if I tell you, whatever you do, do not think about fluffy red pandas," of course then they're going to think about just that. Thomas suggested other than silence or calm music, white noise. He even came up with some sources: simply noise, Rainy Mood, and Coffitivity.
The question is, is lyrical music okay for studying. Yes, and no. For things like Math or programming it is, but not for things with a lot of words and reading. this study, Thomas says is in line with a Stanford University prof. Clifford Ness.
Like he stated earlier, there's diverse answers to studying with music. One study rounded up students taking an exam with silence, classical piano, and heavy metal rock. The students ended up scoring better with silence and coming in second, classical, but these genres are to the extreme. Another experiment got students to watch a lecture with no music, and one with classical. The classical music worked better for this one.
The main results are, that heavy and/or lyrical music is not good for words or reading, and okay for things like math. It's also could be that it does distract your brain, but raise your positivity, lower your anxiety, etc.
I, personaly think that it mostly depends on who you are and how your brain works. I hope this interested/helped you as much as it did me and the link is down below↓ :)
He even found a list of high energy songs for things like statistics, counting, pretty much manipulating numbers. The songs he chose were: Pomegranate Tiger Boundless, Polymorphic Code, Metal Gear Rising Soundtrack, and Tides of Man Young and Courageous. If you're doing something more cerebral, conceptual, or if you're trying to wrap your head around something more unfamiliar, he advised working in silence, or he suggested these calm, quiet songs: Journey Austin Wintory, Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts, Olaful Arnalds and Alice Sara Ott The Chopin Project, and Theophony Times End.
Regarding studying in silence, Thomas said this worked at times, but others, his brain just focused on all the sounds going on around you. An interesting point he made as an example of working in silence is, its "kinda like what happens if I tell you, whatever you do, do not think about fluffy red pandas," of course then they're going to think about just that. Thomas suggested other than silence or calm music, white noise. He even came up with some sources: simply noise, Rainy Mood, and Coffitivity.
The question is, is lyrical music okay for studying. Yes, and no. For things like Math or programming it is, but not for things with a lot of words and reading. this study, Thomas says is in line with a Stanford University prof. Clifford Ness.
Like he stated earlier, there's diverse answers to studying with music. One study rounded up students taking an exam with silence, classical piano, and heavy metal rock. The students ended up scoring better with silence and coming in second, classical, but these genres are to the extreme. Another experiment got students to watch a lecture with no music, and one with classical. The classical music worked better for this one.
The main results are, that heavy and/or lyrical music is not good for words or reading, and okay for things like math. It's also could be that it does distract your brain, but raise your positivity, lower your anxiety, etc.
I, personaly think that it mostly depends on who you are and how your brain works. I hope this interested/helped you as much as it did me and the link is down below↓ :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5_APAxM5Lg
I'm convinced.
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