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Does Music Help You Study Analysis

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Music and school have both been very significant to me for as long as I can remember. I was always the child who was jamming along to a song, whether it be from the genre of Pop or even R&B. Along with this, I have always thought that getting school work done and keeping my concentration are the keys to my success. The only problem with this is that sometimes too much of something, especially homework, becomes boring. That’s when I decided to incorporate music into my work time. I felt the need to listen to music I enjoy, in order to hype myself up, and put myself in the mood of motivation. Studies even show that music affects people, heightening our state of emotion, which then enable us to work harder and stay on task. And according to the …show more content…

This is especially accurate for math homework. Other people (also including Nass) have reported that music during math is no problem because the language parts of your brain aren’t being used. The genre, lyrics or even loudness do not matter to me when math is the subject being studied because I am not required to think in words. Doraiswamy, author of the article “Does Music Help You Study?” even said that listening to music helps with mental math ability.
Because there have been so many experiments and studies that claim that classical music is the best option when picking out what to listen to during studying, I decided to try it out. Even though yes it was calming, the soothing tone of the violins and piano mashed into one composition, only made me sleepy. And even though it was soothing, I could not help but feel it was too much to listen to while writing I wrote my essay during class. The classical genre (though it helped many) did not help me at all, and the circumstances regarding which situations I choose to listen to music during, did not

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