[DoodleBob]

I read the full study.

Basicslly they ran three tests with 30, 18, and 36 people...that is hardly a meaningfully-large group of people. Further the music they chose -1990s Britpop and 2013 soul - this music can't compare to the Beatles, the Police, Pink Floyd, or Ramones. Caveat emptor.

[Glennb51]

Or good old fahion baroque

[Falconspeed]

“background music ‘significantly impaired’ people’s ability to complete tasks.”
Cool problem. Just go to an art school in Los Angeles or San Francisco and ask the students what they do for their studios. Most have cool music and ditch the garbage from the 1960’s like The Beatles, the 1970’s like Pink Floyd and the 1980’s like the Ramones. You catch my drift. KCRW will help a newbie to find cool music.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Listen To The Music
https://youtu.be/GVgMzKMgNxw

[Bob434]

I have tinnitus- does that count as ‘background music’? Lol

[Trumpet 1]

Back ground music such as AM Pop 40 would limit one’s creativity to only a very limited range of thought because AM Pop 40 is itself very limited. A visit to the quietude of the country side might allow the mind to roam freely. Starring at a blank white wall with no noise whatsoever would allow the mind to create whatever picture it wanted. Beware the concept of being told what to do, or think, or what to buy, or how to spend.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Bullsh*t- Background music always increases productivity. Always.

Are these the same morons who determined the sun was bad but carcinigenic sun tan lotion was good?

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

Just to keep perspective...The Ocasio Cortez generation is now coming into prominance in the scientific fields.

God help us.

[Nifster]

The music selection would kill brain cells of all types

[FrankR]

I think it’s “IDOTS” (it depends on the situation); as a musician, if music is playing in the room, I find myself trying to “analyze” the music, insofar as chord structure, harmony, melody, timing, and orchestration. That takes my mind off the task I’m trying to accomplish.

I’ve tried this “relaxation music” on Youtube, and it’s NOT relaxing as it never “resolves” its self. It’s just non-descript series’ of chords over and over.

I sleep better to the background noise of birds tweeting, rain on a tin roof, or a fan running.

Many people can function well if it’s music they know, and love...but, opera, or “rap” would drive me bonkers in a 2.3 milliseconds...(someone turn on a loud fan).

[9YearLurker]

Also, “solving problems” in a lab environment with nasty music has little to do with creativity as most of the world understands it.