Is it normal to listen to music while reading

I can only listen to music whilst reading if it has no lyrics, or is in a language that i don't recognize any words at all to. I find it helps block out other people talking or background noise like tv's or radio that other family members may be listening to. Nov 22, AM. Think you have to be a auditive learner somewhat to enjoy reading while listening to music. Might put you in the right spirit and enhance the experience.

I'm fairly visual myself so i don't want any distractions. Pink floyd maybe? Nov 23, PM. I always read with instrumental music on. Most of the instrumental music I have are movie scores so sometimes I get hit with "feels" because I would remember a part from another book where I read with this score lol They really help the mood.

Jan 19, PM. Music can be a great back drop to a theme, especially while reading. Instrumental is great! Feb 08, PM. Mar 19, AM. It depends on the music. Normally it doesn't bother me too much - I can read while my partner watches TV, for example, but if it's music that I love I can feel myself being pulled out of the book, whereas normally when I read there could be a gang of dancing hippos in the room and I wouldn't be aware of them.

Mar 28, AM. It depends on what music you listen to. I normally listen to Khachaturian, Lalo, Sibelius, Suk, and the like, but they tend to be too distracting.

I generally listen to some calm Debussy or Bach partitas and sonatas. Mar 28, PM. I listen to music so I can ignore everything else around me. Usually I tune out the music. Apr 04, PM. Any book, any music That works fine for me! May 11, PM. Contessa wrote: "Nonlyrical or I will always start singing along!

Aug 01, PM. Instrumentals are usually better but I can deal with vocals if I'm in the mood for music. Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference.

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I recently spoke with Perham, who told me about the "irrelevant sound effect. If sound exhibits acoustical variations, or what Perham calls an "acute changing-state," performance is impaired. Steady-state sounds with little acoustical variation don't impair performance nearly as much. I'm also interested by another of Perham's conclusions. Still, I'm curious how prevalent serial-recall is in everyday life, and if one could get by without developing this skill. Unlikely, Perham says, as one would have tremendous difficulty recalling phone numbers, doing mental arithmetic, and even learning languages.

If you consider language, learning syntax of language, learning the rules that govern how we put a sentence together, all of these require order information. Perham asked his subjects how they think they performed when exposed to different tastes in music. Each reported performing much worse when listening to disliked music, although the study's results showed no difference. Is it OK to listen to songs when I am studying? In a nutshell, music puts us in a better mood, which makes us better at studying — but it also distracts us, which makes us worse at studying.

So if you want to study effectively with music, you want to reduce how distracting music can be, and increase the level to which the music keeps you in a good mood. Read more: Curious Kids: Why do adults think video games are bad? In fact, researchers found that the Blur effect was bigger than the Mozart effect, simply because kids enjoyed pop music like Blur more than classical music.

Being in a better mood likely means that we try that little bit harder and are willing to stick with challenging tasks. Likely as a result, reading comprehension decreases when people listen to music with lyrics.