What kind of music helps you get things done, why we gravitate to certain songs, how to match your music to your task, and why silence is still golden. Numerous studies have confirmed that listening ...

From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. Some people work ...

I can’t work in silence. And if I’m working with words—which is most of the time—I can’t work while playing typical pop, rock, or hip-hop. So I collect instrumental and foreign-language music on a ...

Music is magical. It has the potential to boost our concentration, mindset, and performance. In the context of work, background music (including the widely-researched classical genre) has been found ...

I’ve written in many places, some wonderful, others makeshift or uncomfortable. I’ve written on trains and in hotel rooms, at ergonomically perfect desks and on laptops balanced on my knees. I once ...

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Another study found that students with musical training could write longer, better-structured sentences when working with music playing, even though they typed more slowly. (But this study reinforced ...

I used to be great at filtering out noise, possibly because I worked in factories for 20 years. I thought I was great at ignoring distractions. I didn’t think ambient noise lessened my concentration.

Anna Fiveash receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Listening to music can enhance our lives in all kinds of ways – many of us use it during exercise, to regulate our mood, or in the ...