Wait, where did “randomizes” come from? The study you link and the standard view says that music can induce specific emotions. The point of the study is that emotions induced by music can carry over into other areas, which suggests we might optimize when we use specific types of music. The study you link about music and accidents also suggests specific music decreased risks.
All the papers I’m immediately seeing on Google Scholar suggest there is no association between background music and studying effectiveness, or if there is, it’s only negative for those that don’t usually study to music. If that’s accurate, either people are already fairly aware of whether music distracts them, they would adapt to it given time, or they don’t know what kinds of music are effective for them due to lack of experience.
When I listen to music, I usually do so by putting a long multi-genre playlist on shuffle. That’s what I was thinking of when I wrote that; I’ll edit it.
Listening to music selected to induce specific emotions seems like it could be useful. For instance, for motivation, it might be useful to play a long epic music mix.
Alright, that makes more sense. Random music can randomize emotional state, just like random drugs can randomize physical state. Personally, I listen to a single artist at a time.
Wait, where did “randomizes” come from? The study you link and the standard view says that music can induce specific emotions. The point of the study is that emotions induced by music can carry over into other areas, which suggests we might optimize when we use specific types of music. The study you link about music and accidents also suggests specific music decreased risks.
All the papers I’m immediately seeing on Google Scholar suggest there is no association between background music and studying effectiveness, or if there is, it’s only negative for those that don’t usually study to music. If that’s accurate, either people are already fairly aware of whether music distracts them, they would adapt to it given time, or they don’t know what kinds of music are effective for them due to lack of experience.
When I listen to music, I usually do so by putting a long multi-genre playlist on shuffle. That’s what I was thinking of when I wrote that; I’ll edit it.
Listening to music selected to induce specific emotions seems like it could be useful. For instance, for motivation, it might be useful to play a long epic music mix.
Alright, that makes more sense. Random music can randomize emotional state, just like random drugs can randomize physical state. Personally, I listen to a single artist at a time.