Does Music Disturb or Help You Concentrate?

[FireSnake]

Simple question - does music disturb or help You concentrate? By that I mean the music of Your choice.

For me - 50:50.

When I'm doing easy homework then calm Gregorian music helps me to relax and work at the same time.

But if I'm doing tougher things, then I'm pretty easily manipulated by sounds. :-

- Matthew

[Navaros]

it depends how seriously i am taking the task. if not very seriously, music helps (ie: something like homework). but in a serious, stressful situation like a test, then it would have the opposite effect

[Terror]

well.. it has been scientifically proven that it disturb your concentration

[FireSnake]

Scientifically proved on EVERY SINGLE BEING on the face of the whole Earth ... ? ;)

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Didn't think so ...

- Matthew

[Terror]

Scientifically proved on EVERY SINGLE BEING on the face of the whole Earth ... ? ;)

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Didn't think so ...

- Matthew

why, are you an orc?

[FireSnake]

Huh?

I fail to see how has this have to do anything with a character from Tolkien's books... ???

- Matthew

[Chani]

Depends on the music.

I ALWAYS have music on. It's like air to me. But if I'm listening to H.I.M. or some band that moves me to my very soul I can't concentrate cos I'm in my own little daydream world.

[FireSnake]

Anyway... Flameweaver...

I'm just saying that just because there was some scientific test on this, it doesn't mean that automaticly every person in the world now has to agree and act accordingly.

People are different.

- Matthew

[lost_child]

Music makes me lose concetration all together. Especially with homework, if i do my home work and it should take like 45 minutes then i do it while listneing to music it takes twice as long.

[Terror]

you said every single being..

anyway, it was on tv at least, and they said it was proven.. so that's enough for me.. and it is so in my case

not that i don't LIKE to turn on the music, but it doesn't make my work more productive, making homework is not too bad, however when learning...

[Dante]

A lot of my work involves creating and music often helps me with that. When I am trying to do something I don't want to do however, anything will distract me. Music included.

[Vanguard3000]

Apparently, classical (as in CLASSICAL classical - not baroque; not romantic) music is scientifically proven to help many people think, because of the mathematical/Pythagorean structure involved in the music itself. Other music is generally detrimental, however.

Personally, I find myself concentrating more on the music than on anything else when I listen to music. I get caught up in it, I guess.

[Seal89999]

I find that music helps me alot. I doubt I could live without music. I almost always have music playing on my computer or on a sterio and when I am out I have a CD player.

When a task is at hand than it does depend on how much it matters.

Usually for homework I listen to

Light Rock or Classical. Although when I am listing to a Beethoven song with a fast tempo I find myself moving my hands in the air and conducting :). It just has that sorta power where you cant just sit still and listen, gotta move with it.

For just typing up a letter or a new fanfic or something just not so serious its heavy all the way

Heavy Metal , Alternitave Metal , Rock, Alternitave Rock all the good stuff.

[IxianMace]

it depends how seriously i am taking the task. if not very seriously, music helps (ie: something like homework). but in a serious, stressful situation like a test, then it would have the opposite effect

Pretty much sums it up for me. ;)

[FireSnake]

Gregorian and classical music always helps me relax and concentrate. :)

- Matthew

[Ice_Cube]

It has been scientifically proved that classical music can improve the concentration. But in the real world when I listen to music, I just sing the words and forget what I am doing.

[FireSnake]

That's why I only listen to music with no words when I study.

Basicly - I don't listen to music while I do that. But sometimes. And I'm not saying that it's disturbing me.

- Matthew