Not listening to music while I learn, for me, it’s the same as walking the street without shoes or going without an umbrella below the pouring rain.
It’s a huge no-no, now that I’ve been regularly listening to music as I learn, that I see such a huge difference.
I haven’t read any research on the matter but I can confidently say that not only my memory seems greatly improved by listening to music but my mood while learning also gets a boost.
I have a set of albums for each of the different topics I learn, they are almost exclusively soundtracks of popular movies. For example when studying Physics I usually listen to The Theory of Everything soundtrack on Youtube.
I cannot pinpoint exactly what’s happening under the hood but I can say, in my case, that the music needs to be instrumental and not be so “loud” or with huge changes in harmony. Further, I’ve found that some music does not work for certain topics.
On this comment I talk about a little bit about relation of sleep and learning via a interview of a sleep researcher (DR. Matthew Walker) who also talks in that interview about the relation of music while learning and specially listening back that music while sleeping as to repeat patterns and solidify long-term memory. I have not pursued this particular experiment but as far as listening to music for me has been a great improvement.
Not listening to music while I learn, for me, it’s the same as walking the street without shoes or going without an umbrella below the pouring rain.
It’s a huge no-no, now that I’ve been regularly listening to music as I learn, that I see such a huge difference.
I haven’t read any research on the matter but I can confidently say that not only my memory seems greatly improved by listening to music but my mood while learning also gets a boost. I have a set of albums for each of the different topics I learn, they are almost exclusively soundtracks of popular movies. For example when studying Physics I usually listen to The Theory of Everything soundtrack on Youtube.
I cannot pinpoint exactly what’s happening under the hood but I can say, in my case, that the music needs to be instrumental and not be so “loud” or with huge changes in harmony. Further, I’ve found that some music does not work for certain topics.
On this comment I talk about a little bit about relation of sleep and learning via a interview of a sleep researcher (DR. Matthew Walker) who also talks in that interview about the relation of music while learning and specially listening back that music while sleeping as to repeat patterns and solidify long-term memory. I have not pursued this particular experiment but as far as listening to music for me has been a great improvement.