In some schools, students use music as a beacon of focus. This is to help your mind get into the topic and better understand what you’re working on. Some schools have a bad taste in their mouth for music. It makes them unfocused and gives them a hard time to get work done. Students can have the same thoughts depending on what their past experiences are with using this. Teachers can be an influence on whether students can listen to music or not while they work. Depending on their rules, regulations, and even recommendations.
Music is a common distraction for students, so some say. It is scientifically proven that when music is being played as you read, the lyrics of a song will cloud the information from the words you’re taking in. Listening to the music too loudly can also have a negative impact on your work because you’re focusing on the music and not anything else. Another way is that music can impact your mood. It can give you anxiety and increase depression. However, there are very positive facts and impacts about music.
It is scientifically proven that music stimulates your alpha waves which are mainly responsible for your focus, alertness, and critical thinking. This means that it helps your mind focus on the task in front of you and maybe have a better focus on the thoughts in your head. Some people like to listen to music for their mood. Now, when people hear the facts and still don’t support the idea of listening to music while you’re working, opinions can be different based on the person.
Now, in some cases, students have agreed that – yes – music does help you focus whether it’s homework or to study and/or even a test it’s a great beacon of focus. When it comes to others though, people have different opinions and might not all be the same. Most people listen to Rap and hip-hop. I like to vibe to some rap too but if it were to study I would personally listen to some variation of both, but this article isn’t about me. Although Rap and Hip-hop were the most
popular vote, people liked Country, Rock, Alternative, and R&B.
Some people have an opinion on this topic.
Students: “Music helps me focus because when I listen to music it blocks out all the sounds in the room and that makes me focus.”
Student: “It helps me focus, It gives my brain something to focus on, more soothing to the brain.”
Student: “It helps me focus, when I’m doing work, when I don’t have a constant soothing in my ears I have thoughts that have a good or bad impact on my brain, and when music is in my ears all those thoughts go away.”
Now, it’s scientifically proven that classical music helps supplement attentiveness. It can help stimulate focus by lowering your blood pressure which gives relaxation to the brain making the brain more receptive to the intake of information.
Music can also be a common factor that changes your mood from sad to happy. Initially, when music is played, the blood flows to some parts of the brain’s regions that control people’s emotions. Now, depending on what type of music you’re into, this would be effective, but if it’s music that you don’t like and you’re in a bad mood, I wouldn’t recommend it.
In the Oasis program (A program for students who need a smaller setting with added support), Mrs Rena Payne (School Adjustment counselor) has given some insight into how music helps her students focus. She has said that her students use music to focus on their work and she highly recommends it to other students as well. In the past, she has used this as a studying tool to help her focus. And since she has had good experience with this, she thinks that music is a great way to help you focus. But some people have different opinions on certain types of music so Mrs Payne stays away from giving students a specific music genre to listen to because we all have different opinions. The reason for this is that Mrs Payne uses or listens to different genres of music depending on the tasks she needs to complete.
People with ADHD can have a good way of focusing with music in their ears as well. Mrs. Rena informs that people with ADHD can focus better with music, such as her students and even herself. The way it works is when music is being played, the brain feels as if it’s being rewarded. The nucleus responds to the attention it’s being given and feels more positive. The nucleus accumbens is the center of motivation and attention, this is the key to helping us focus. Music can affect the mood within the nucleus accumbens of people with ADHD or people with no ADHD.
Music is also very good for your heart. By improving your blood vessel function the heart can pump blood more better and healthier. Harvard University states that music can also help your heart rate and blood pressure levels return to normal after a good workout. Your heart can also recover even faster and better from a stroke by just putting on music and listening. It can also allow them after a stroke to move and speak after just coming out of a stroke.
Though people’s opinions are very different, it’s a good idea to give a chance to every genre of music because your opinion can change. Even if you have tried one type of music in the past and felt like it wasn’t helpful, you could try a different type and find that it is exactly what has been missing to help you focus. And who knows, you still may like or not like it, it all depends on you. Giving new things a try is always a good chance to grow your mind and get yourself into new things. So, give it a try. Try something new.
