Whether we listen to sad music after a painful breakup or upbeat music on our graduation day, music often plays a significant role in our most memorable life events.
Monday, March 25, 2019
Why music affects your productivity
Whether we listen to sad music after a painful breakup or upbeat music on our graduation day, music often plays a significant role in our most memorable life events.
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All of high school I had insufferable teachers beating into us not to study with music that had lyrics, or that ever had lyrics written to it. Unfortunately I classical music so it is just as ineffective for me. In this article though, I liked how it discussed the idea of listening to music during repetitive tasks. Thinking back I remember that scenic calls in the shop always seemed to move much faster when they were playing music, though that might just be because watching Sean West sing American Pie is good for the soul. Working out is also near impossible for me without music, it definitely keeps me on task and more successful lifts when I do. The most important for me is on the treadmill. I run in double time to the beat of military marches which is very effective for me as well as helping me learn the tempo for new bagpipe tunes, a two for one deal.
While reading this article it felt good to see science back up simple things about music that I feel I already know to be true. My use of music really helps me get through tasks that I don't want to get done, but this extends to mostly only housework or physical tasks. I get so distracted listening to music while doing homework, lyrics or not. One of the specific sections in the article that intrigued me was the part about music and how it affects introverts and extroverts. I read that introverts did significantly worse on these memory tasks, but this makes sense because too much stimulus is overwhelming. As an introvert I can attest to this being true, and this links to my previous habits, like needing to study in quiet areas. I get easily distracted and overwhelmed, and studying is hard enough, so no matter how pretty the music is, I can't use it to help me get through those rough homework times. I listen to music for mostly fun, because it gets me through physical labor or whenever I have free moments.
I loved this article. I’m currently in a business class where I’m studying how people who are hard of hearing hear music. Learning how important music can be for the average human is really helpful and insightful. The fact that the researchers within the study the article talks about, found more success with reducing anxiety with music than with medication is surprising and really cool. I often listen to music while I do my homework, and if I’m studying I always play jazz music because my other music is too distracting. I totally see how music can be vital to improving focus. I also can see why lyrics reduce mental performance. It can be distracting! If I am listening to music with lyrics, it’s music that I cannot sing along to. I love that music can improve physical performance. I have to listen to music while I workout or else I get bored. This article really just confirmed a lot of things I already knew but had no concrete evidence of its effectiveness until now.
This is such a cool and informative article. I find these types of studies so interesting and music in particular is very interesting. This is because while music personally affects my mood and thoughts, it is also an art form. The article basically supports the arts without knowing it by saying that music can enhance your life in all aspects when used correctly and because music is an art it means that the arts actually enhance your life. Nothing better or simpler can be said that isn’t complicated about anything else. The other side to this is how music affects you. I have noticed in myself how certain music affects me and when. This article basically supports my conclusions. Music is beautiful because it can give you that mental space to workout longer and harder, it can give you the break you need from work and the real world, and it can boost you and your mental attitude but of course this all only works if you listen to the right music.
This is a very interesting article to me. As someone who struggles with anxiety, I learned very early on that music was a way to help de-stress and help me manage the emotions I was undergoing. I still use this strategy to this day, and oftentimes, I find myself more productive when listening to music than otherwise, as it allows me to drown out distractions, as well as my own emotions. That is where my opinion strays from this article. While I understand that lyrical music slows most people down, and limits their mental capacity, this is actually a good thing for me at times, as it prevents me from overthinking. I do find that sometimes, especially when writing essays this can slow me down, however, when doing visual things, such as drafting, listening to music can help speed me up, or at least help me stop worrying so much about everything.
Music definitely helps my productivity, and it was pretty interesting to read an article about it. I agree that music with lyrics can be distracting and sometimes cause us to not think as well, but for tasks that don’t require calculations or linguistics, music with lyrics generally helps me keep from getting off task better than just instrumentals. But whatever genre, it’s almost impossible for me to do work without some kind of music unless there’s a lot of people around, conversations going on, or something else happening in the background. It also does improve physical performance, as there’s no way I’d be able to run for an hour without anything to listen to. Also like Elizabeth said, the part about the study with introverts vs. extroverts and music playing makes a lot of sense. Extra stimulus is a lot to handle for some people, but for others that’s their entire lives.
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