During the pandemic, the work of the Uchi.ru developers has only increased: according to SimilarWeb for April, the platform has become the second most popular educational site in the world. But concentrating on it from home turns out with varying degrees of success. We have tested a variety of life hacks on ourselves and want to share the results. Today we are dealing with one of the most promising ways - music.
Probably, each developer has his own set of music for all occasions: for study, sports, work. Moreover, for burning deadlines we choose something harsher, for routine tasks - rhythmic, but without accents. For household chores, podcasts will do, for lunch - a blogger's release on YouTube, for the game you can turn on the white noise of a stream on Twitch. But few have a playlist ready to focus on.
When polling colleagues, opinions were divided: about 40% of them chose silence and their favorite music for better concentration. Another 15% have dedicated playlists or apps just for when maximum focus is needed. Another 4% and 3%, respectively, listen to white noise and sounds of nature.
Interest in the influence of music on concentration has spawned a wealth of research, myths and commercial projects. Millions of people are looking for a way to combat audio procrastination. The Endel app alone, which promises to generate sounds to focus the user's attention, has been downloaded over 2 million times in total. And the ChilledCow YouTube channel with the most popular lo-fi hip-hop streams has more than 7 million subscribers.
The main myth of music therapy
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