• Question: do you listen to music when you work because i feel that it helps when i am doing homework

    Asked by callum mercer to Triona, Simone, Julia, Hugh, Emily on 12 Nov 2018.
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      Julia answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      I only listen to music when I’m doing something that doesn’t require much thinking. If I need to think, I can’t concentrate properly with music

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      Simone answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      It depends on people and on the mood, I suppose.

      Normally I do listen to music both when I am in the lab doing measurements and when I am thinking.
      The type of music changes radically depending on the task though: when I need to focus I often listening to some ambient music with no lyrics, in order to just get in the thinking mood.

      Personally, music helps me a lot to go through the day and let me blow some steam off

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      Hugh Manning answered on 14 Nov 2018:

      If I’m in the lab doing experiments or processing some data at my computer I’ll usually listen to some music. If I’m writing papers, studying or trying to figure something out I usually don’t have any music on so I can focus.

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      Emily answered on 15 Nov 2018:

      Sometimes I like music TOO much, so it can be distracting. If I’m studying I like to have something on in the background but it can’t be my favorite music or I’ll just end up singing along.

      When I’m doing long experiments that don’t require a ton of thought, I like to put on podcasts and listen to those, I find that listening to people talk can actually be quite calming for me.

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