Music has a profound impact on our mood, heart rate, and state of being. It can energize, depress, inspire and calm, which is why major moments in our favorite movies are accompanied by an appropriate background track. It is not uncommon for students to listen to music while they are studying at home or in the library, but it is important to understand that positive and negative impacts of this.
Listening to tunes while studying can help isolate you from your roommate or drown out noises in the Rod. It can also be a valuable tool to maintain a neutral state of emotion. If you are feeling agitated, you can listen to more calming music and find it to have a positive affect on your focus and mood.
Conversely, music can also be detrimental to studying, especially if the music is fast, loud and lively. You would never try to study your Humanities while sitting on a roller coaster, would you? Although more subtle, certain types of music can have the same affects on you as the rush and disorientation an amusement park ride can bring.
Listening to music with lyrics is very likely to have a problematic effect on schoolwork that requires writing or reading. If Katy Perry is in your ear while you are trying to get your Oral Communication speech written, you will be a mess because of your cognitive limitation to multitask in a positive way. It hinders your comprehension and focus.
In other words, it seems carefully tailoring the music you listen to while studying, based on the subject matter and your mood, can help keep you focused — so long as you stay away from lyrics while doing language-based work.
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