Do you think music helps you to work and concentrate? A study by researchers at the University of Wales suggests that this might be a common fallacy.
The study by the University of Wales claims that music is merely an “irrelevant sound” and does not improve productivity at work. The research was reported in the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology, and says that “listening to music that one likes whilst performing a serial recall task does not help performance any more than listening to music one does not enjoy”, and even suggests that it could be a distraction. It also suggested music could even be a distraction.
OK, well what about all the people who don’t just perform “serial recall tasks” in their job? I would go mad if I had silence in the office all day.
Besides, I don’t think this website would be much good if we didn’t listen to music all day….
Source:
musicweek.com