How does music affect your study habits?

[sha*sha]

Just curious, what sort of music do you listen to while you study, and why? Do you think listening to different music or no music at all improves/makes studying worst?

For me, I like to listen to classical music while I study, if I listen to music at all. I like it because its sort of like background music to me and I can focus on what I need to study. I can't understand how some people can listen to hard rock while they are studying because it's just so loud!

[girllikeme]

I listen to pop, soul, rnb, hip hop, etc. and it helps me study

[sha*sha]

I listen to pop, soul, rnb, hip hop, etc. and it helps me study

Why? How does it help? Personally, anything that has people actually singing in it distracts me sooo much! I will eventually feel like singing along and my mind gets all scatterbrained

[sheraldine]

oooo.... must have music.... no music i cannot study - the louder the betta..... without music i most likely ended up sleeping and snoring....

seriously, i go for instrumental type.... not the singing or lyric kind

[Ian Liew]

Anything without lyrics, or without lyrics in the same language as I am reading, is fine. I remember listening to English songs while studying in English and all my mind was registering was the lyrics.. with Canto pop somehow the brain compartmentalised the different information into different sections, and with classical it just gave a very relaxing atmosphere.

[0-0-0]

i can only work properly with classical music on (not my playing, though i can listen to a friend of mine's recordings which are usually very good)

pop/rock/rnb/spcnet are all distracting. Maybe except What Child Is This. That one is ok for study

[Ian Liew]

pop/rock/rnb/spcnet are all distracting. Maybe except What Child Is This. That one is ok for study

Really? Well, if I were still studying I'd save a copy of it then... I'm way past that age, though. Besides, I'd have trouble listening to that unless I'm reading something in Chinese, but my Chinese is weak enough that I'd need to really concentrate to read. Maybe a Chinese comic.

[LuNaR]

music is my studying. cant study without turning my music on. usually intrumental or soft chinese pop when i study. i turn it on pretty low volume tho

[ghostdarTeal'c]

I dont specify. I either turn the TV on where they show MTV all night after 12AM, or I'd just turn on my winamp. I dont get distracted easily, so language doesnt pose any problem all. I just need some noise so that i dont doze off while studying...

[mind_wander]

same here, it is especially great when it comes to writers block.

[pandamao]

i love listening to music when i'm studying, otherwise i can't study at all ..

perhaps my favorite genre would be rap so i won't sing to it. hehe.

[mind_wander]

i love listening to music when i'm studying, otherwise i can't study at all ..

perhaps my favorite genre would be rap so i won't sing to it. hehe.

Yeah, i listen to rap, r&B, chinese, old chinese drama music, etc.

[sunnysnow]

I simply cannot study with music on (especially songs with singers) because the lyrics/noise interfere with my concentration on the study material.

[pandamao]

I simply cannot study with music on (especially songs with singers) because the lyrics/noise interfere with my concentration on the study material.

i guess it has to do with my rebellious character ... haha .. when everyone is studying at the library, i don't. when no one is studying in a coffee shop, i concentrate full force.

[ChestNut]

er, music is fine when it doesn't involve any memorising for me.. if it does, has to be quite faint.. when I'm doing a report or just reading superficially, then yes, music is definitely ON

[Ken Cheng]

I used to listen to the Beatles for hours on end while studying. First, their music kept me in one place instead of wandering around. Secondly, the progression of their music from simple in their early years to complext in their later years really stimulated my mind, and their dedication to creating great music inspired my dedication to writing great essays.

[Guo Xiang]

Music distracts me from studying. In fact, anything that makes noise will be a distraction. Computers and tvs are distractions too. @.@;

So I'd always need a quiet place to study at eg. the library.

[ghostdarTeal'c]

the library

i'd be sent straight to slumberland....

lucky for you that you can study in library...all sources are around you....mp3 players doesnt work for me (cuz i tend to hum along ) so back to the room i go!

[sunnysnow]

Music distracts me from studying. In fact, anything that makes noise will be a distraction. Computers and tvs are distractions too. @.@;

So I'd always need a quiet place to study at eg. the library.

Same! But then, the library is always packed and noiser during exam periods!
I like to study alone in my room late at night when it's dead quiet as well But then, my lappy is always there to lure me And sometimes..there's the beethoven-wannabe (sadly and annoyingly, the only thing similar abt them are their sense of hearing) playing aloud in the opposite blk

[Guo Xiang]

i'd be sent straight to slumberland....

lucky for you that you can study in library...all sources are around you....mp3 players doesnt work for me (cuz i tend to hum along ) so back to the room i go!

Same! But then, the library is always packed and noiser during exam periods!
I like to study alone in my room late at night when it's dead quiet as well But then, my lappy is always there to lure me And sometimes..there's the beethoven-wannabe (sadly and annoyingly, the only thing similar abt them are their sense of hearing) playing aloud in the opposite blk

Ironically, school is probably one of the best place to study and revise.