Listen to music while studying?
Do you listen to music while studying? If so what kind? bands etc...
I find listening to classic music really relaxing and I can concentrate more.
I find listening to classic music really relaxing and I can concentrate more.
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I generally hang out in coffee shops or someplace relaxing and study a book(usually one that I don't own or plan to buy at the bookstore).
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I find it nearly impossible to study without music. Music tends to calm me down. Sometimes I put so much pressure on myself that I get all wound up and can't get ANYTHING done; music always helps bring me back down to earth. I also have two small children, so without music there is a huge source of distraction.
Specifically classical, or music in general? Do you know where you read this?
Update:
I found this http://www.howtolearn.com/Mozart.html for those interested. Pretty interesting. I never heard of this before.
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Studying is very different for me than working on a computer however. I cannot listen to any music while studying or I find that I have a hard time retaining the information and staying focused on the studying.
I guess all of our brains work a bit differently despite many similarities.
Labs and even at work when I'm working on stuff I like to crank up some tunes. For whatever reason it helps me focus.
What actually drives me crazy is going in for the test and not having any background noise there. I think it's harder to take the tests in dead silence with only cpu fans buzzing than not having a little something in the background going.
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A study partner of mine, quite a bit younger than myself, listened to "trance" while he studied and turned me on to it. It's not like you can hum along to it or anything. Its just something in the background that doesn't distract and I found that I really like it.
I also started listening to more classical and new age, because it can be soothing and doesn't draw your attention away from the task at hand.
I usually listen to Paul Oakenfold. I've been meaning to start branching out a bit, but I haven't had the time to research any other artists.
On a related note (that was a pun, wasn't it?), I picked up a pair of noise canceling headphones, and they have been worth every penny. People chattering (or even the cats attacking each other) can really distract me, and these just drown all that out.
The cool thing about them is that they actively cancel noise. They take a AAA (which lasts about 40 hours), and as soon as you hit the switch, extreme silence. I was skeptical about how well they would work before I tried them out, but they made a believer out of me. You can even use them without any music as well (the cord detaches too).
I think I will take dynamik's suggestion and pick up a set of noise-cancelling headphones.
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I linked to the ones I got in my post. Most of the reviews I read said the Bose were overpriced and not worth it.
No offense MrD. Maybe you're an audiophile with better hearing and would actually get more out of the Bose model
I think that extra $200 would just be wasted on me though...
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Well as some one said earlier listening to classical help retain info. I have to agree.
It's scientifically proven when your more relaxed you retain information better
and listening to classic music is very relaxing; so yeah, you do the math..
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Just say after a real bad day with the girl... hmmm i don,think even music will help to calm me down in to study...
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