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Music has been found to have some deleterious effects on productivity. via Eliezer Yudkowsky, since I can't find the study itself right now: "I don't listen to
by req2 17y ago
Music has been found to have some deleterious effects on productivity.
via Eliezer Yudkowsky, since I can't find the study itself right now:
"I don't listen to music while working, because of studies showing that, e.g., programmers listening to music are equally competent at implementing a given algorithm, but much less likely to notice that the algorithm's output is always equal to its input."
http://lesswrong.com/lw/16d/working_mantras/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/16d/working_mantras/
- chrischen 17y agoActually I'd like to add that this only works if I'm in the mood for it. But I feel the reason it increases productivity is because it keeps myself from thinking and finding other distracting things to do. The music I guess is a less distracting distraction. Obviously it may have varying effects depending on the person, and I have no doubt that for a person who has no problem focusing, music, unless classical, would probably have a deleterious effect.