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Music can have different effects on people’s work and learning abilities, and they need to decide on whether or not they should listen to music in connection with their work and learning. Some find that it helps them study while others find that they just want to sing along to the music. Other people find that listening to music without lyrics helps them focus. For “Melanie Finemen, a Junior at Brown University, ‘Especially when music doesn’t have words, it can help me get into the reading and stop me getting distracted by other things,’”(qtd. in Tickell). For people like Melanie, listening to music can enhance their learning.
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The impact music has on people’ s learning and work performance varies and is inconclusive.
Music can have different effects on people’s work and learning abilities, and they need to decide on whether or not they should listen to music in connection with their work and learning. Some find that it helps them study while others find that they just want to sing along to the music. Other people find that listening to music without lyrics helps them focus. For “Melanie Finemen, a Junior at Brown University, ‘Especially when music doesn’t have words, it can help me get into the reading and stop me getting distracted by other things,’”(qtd. in Tickell). For people like Melanie, listening to music can enhance their learning.
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The impact music has on people’ s learning and work performance varies and is inconclusive.