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Scientifically speaking, is it bad to listen to music while studying/programming? Does it hinder productivity? Are there any genres that increase productivity and retention?

>> No.11068264

people respond differently to different types of music

personally I use orchestral music as a form of background white noise to blot out distracting sounds

>> No.11068269

>>11068253
Only instrumental music. Lyrics distracts.

>> No.11068274

>>11068253
While studying, yes. While programming, it depends.
Listening to music while doing stuff that's cognitively demanding is going to impact your ability to focus. If you struggle to focus on things to begin with, then listening to music will make you feel like you're doing better, because your focus will flit back and forth between your work and the music instead of between your work and what's for dinner tomorrow and this masks the fact that you got distracted. But you're still multitasking.
Same goes for some programming, but not all programming really demands deep attention. Sometimes you just need to grind out a couple hundred lines of menial grunt shit, and whatever helps you get through it works.

>> No.11068330

>>11068274
Is it better to listen to nature sounds or something then? I spend a lot of time studying math in my Uni's math centre and it's difficult to focus when people are talking, especially about things other than math.

>> No.11068410

>>11068330
you want the equivalent of white noise to help obscure, wind, rain and wave sounds are quite useful.
alternatively use earplugs to blot out noise

>> No.11068412

>>11068253
>Scientifically speaking, is it bad to listen to music while studying/programming?
Why don't you try it and find out?

>> No.11068542

>>11068274
What about for athletes? Does it still matter for them?

>> No.11068672

>>11068253
When I still took programming classes, I listened to the Lain soundtrack because it was trippy as fuck when I was in the mindset of coding.

>> No.11069523

you can use music to alter your thinking patterns it hits us at the motional level

>> No.11069528

>>11069523
Interesting. Is there any other way to alter your thinking patterns? This could lead to a better usage of creativity and curiosity.

>> No.11070956

>>11069528
it's somewhat subjective,
there is a correlation between IQ and a greater preference for more complex music.

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>>11068253
>that pic

NOT allow

>> No.11070996

>>11068253
Yeah because it distracts you, you'll be focusing on the music.

>> No.11071001

Im built better than that monkey and they giv me shit about being fat.
>>11068253
If you can make a rhythm of it, do ot.

>> No.11071128

Playing an instrument is good for a brain.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00636/full