Music’s affects on your brain & how to use that to your advantage
Any office dweller in the 21st century knows that a good set of headphones and music is crucial to surviving in the work world. Not only are headphones the international symbol for ‘I’m busy leave me alone’ but they also provide music that lets you block out the office hubub that can often be detrimental to actually getting work done.
Today Lifehacker has a great post on how music affects your brain and how you can use that to your advantage. Some of those advantages include:
- recalling memories
- boosting your immune system
- enhancing your exercising
- helping you cope when under pressure
- fighting fatigue & boosting productivity
Music, it’s not just for blocking out annoying coworkers anymore.
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James Hood on December 6th, 2011
I have a specific playlist on Itunes for when I know im going to be coding something that needs my full attention; it contains alot of Stone Sour, Slipknot, Pearl Jam, and some other random but good sounding tunes that I like and can just crank up. Grab some caffeine to center my head and get crackin.
But then I am listening to music almost containly on my itunes throughout my, although I do have the volume at an understandable level (so when phones ring, or people ask me questions I at least know they are talking to me)
All of that goes right out the door when I have a very serious coding issue that has to be solved fast, crank the tunes way up and zone out to code.
Jodi Chromey on December 6th, 2011
I have different playlists for different kinds of writing. I bet a lot of people have task-specific music they listen to.