Comments on: Music may harm your studying, study says

By: melika

melika — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:39:20 +0000

I accept that it probably makes memorising harder, but I personally find that when I’m writing coursework or something it helps me concentrate.

By: Mr N

Mr N — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:29:44 +0000

I blame ‘steps’ for my crappy exam results. Not that I ever listened to them. I just blame them.

By: Valis

Valis — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:21:15 +0000

Were the researchers listening to music while doing this study?

By: roz

roz — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:29 +0000

but…what if yer studying music?

By: Tash

Tash — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:45:40 +0000

I actually find music helps as I link words with the lyrics and then recap the lyrics in my head during the exam…. maybe i’m an oddcase.

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:52:29 +0000

Matt: What did you study? It never took me more than a few days to prep for an exam. The only things that truly took time were projects and theses and the like, the things that take a lot of researching and writing. Besides, nobody is saying you can’t listen to music while taking breaks, just that it’s not such a very good idea to do so while studying.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:36:34 +0000

In reality though, one may study for months before an exam. Music can be useful as it stops you becoming completly bored. It’s about finding the best compromise of overall study time vs quality of study.

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:23:43 +0000

Could’ve told them that. I remember my attempts at studying with music on, back in school — I’d start to remember the music instead of my lists of Latin cases or historic facts or what have you. If you’re memorising something, you need to focus on what you’re reading. Save the music for when you’re cleaning or doing something else that requires little brain power.

By: Donny

Donny — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:59:46 +0000

That is sort of obvious. When you are trying to learn words from a book or study and memorize information, full concentration is required. However when you just need to write stuff, or make practical homework, a nice background beat is appreciated.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:58:16 +0000

Good for all the people who enjoy listening to surreal music, unless it only works with “three”.