60% of Americans Say They Study Better with Sound
"Turn that music off!"
It's something parents have probably said to their children while they study, but according to a new survey, music may help us work and study better.
The survey, done by OnePoll, asked 2,000 Americans about studying or working with sound in the background.
Forty-nine percent said they remembered regularly listening to music when they were studying.
Sixty percent said sound in the background helped them to study better.
And the survey also found that people who said they listened to music while studying were more likely to have had higher grades in university.
But it's difficult to know how much music actually affected their results.
Perhaps the way people feel when they're studying is just as important — 81% of those who listened to music said they enjoyed studying more because of it.
It's not just students — two out of three people said they listen to music while they work.
And 89% of them think that music makes them more productive.
So, what do they listen to?
Thirty-one percent of people said they prefer classical music, with 28% enjoying R&B. Others also listen to podcasts or nature sounds.
Christina Agvent of Colorado State University Global, which commissioned the research, encouraged people to try working and studying with music — or other sounds — to see if it helps them focus.
But some parents will probably still be telling their kids to turn that music off.
