Do college students listen to music while studying?

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Positives of listening to music while studying 
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What type of music is best to study with
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Charles Calderwood a*, Phillip L. Ackerman b, Erin Marie Conklin 


“The 24 students who did not listen to music during the session had fewer overall distractions (1⁄4 25.04), compared to students who listened to music during part or all of the session “



Lara Dodge 
Michael C. Mensink, Ph.D. 

for students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, studying for a test while listening to music may cause little to no detriment to comprehension.

No main effect was observed for average reading scores between the pop music (M = 5.08, SD = 3.86), classical music (M=3.85, SD = 2.11), and silence conditions (M = 6.46, SD = 3.95, F < 1.9) 


AdrianFurnham* andAnna Bradley

“Oldham et al. (1995) found a significant, positive effect on performance, organization satisfaction and mood states when personal headsets playing music were used in an office situation.



Michael S. Widerman



There was a negative correlation between frequency of listening to music while studying and sustained attention for the Reading Comprehension section, 


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