music helps you study

Question

This article claims that music can help you study.

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I think that this could be a good factcheck however you could provide slightly more information rather than just stating what the article is claiming.

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I think that your source is good and credible because of the sources that your source states.

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This is source is really interesting, because personally music doesn't help me that much to focus, but the source highlights how certain types of music, like instrumental or ambient, can actually improve focus and memory while studying. It’s fascinating how music, when chosen carefully, can reduce anxiety, block distractions, and create a better environment for concentration. This could be a useful strategy for students looking to improve their study habits.

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To make your post better, I would suggest that you elaborate on what the article is talking about. Simply linking the article is not enough. It is a credible source, as it is coming from a .edu website, however, it would be even stronger if you actually explained what the article was talking about.

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Music can make studying harder because it distracts your brain from focusing. Songs with lyrics can interfere with reading and understanding, while even instrumental music can take attention away from learning. Studies show that silence or white noise helps people remember information better. Music might improve your mood, but it doesn’t always help you study.

Sources:
https://www.apa.org/https://
www.healthline.com/

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While I do agree with you, I think you should look into the source I provided below as it is important to acknowledge that personal taste factors into the predictability of listening to certain music/noise while studying. A list of music types and tips are listed that allow an individual to dabble in trial and error that would best align with them during the studying process. Additionally, trial and error in this context would probably help with studying in general as you are reviewing material in a multitude of ways and simply just finding the one that works the best.
source:
https://www.nu.edu/blog/can-music-help-you-study-and-focus/

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The article provides the best way for music to help people study and provides some evidence that supports their claims, but the article never claims that everyone gets better by studying. Many people get distracted by music when they are studying and the article never claims that those people are wrong just that those who do study with music end up doing better with their studying. It could be that the music is not what is actually making people study better but rather people that can listen to music and study effectively get better results on their exams. What I mean is that it is possible that people with a mind that has the ability to drown out the music and distractions have greater knowledge on their subjects.

Answer 1

I think this is a credible source because it's a reliable website, states the authors who wrote the article in the beginning of it and the date it was written. On top of that I agree that music is affective while studying, it helps me personally but only specific type of music such as jazz, white noises etc.

Answer 2

This claim can be true or false, depending on the individual. The original blog done by the UMGC claims that listening to instrumentals, ambient music, and even frequencies can benefit the listener while they study. While this is true, we cannot prove that that works for everyone. The study linked below looks at how our individual memory capacities affect if we learn more listening to background music or not. 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5671572/#sec19

Answer 3

The University of Maryland article provided does link several valid studies which support its claim that music can help with studying. There are also other unrelated studies which reach similar conclusions, which provides the claim further credibility. However, after a little bit of searching outside of the provided source, I have found that the research is not actually conclusive on the subject, as other studies have shown negative effects from trying to listen to music and study at the same time. A large part of this issue is that there are a multitude of factors that come into play when it comes to human interaction with music- the genre of music, the presence or absence of lyrics, the familiarity of the listener with that particular song, and even just individual personalities can influence the outcome. How difficult the task is also influences these outcomes, with easier tasks being more music-compatible while more complex ones are more likely to require undivided attention. Most studies which show clear benefits to memory or task performance are done using exclusively classical music, which is thought to be ideal because it usually lacks lyrics and is repetitive enough to not require too much focus or attention. The Maryland Article does actually acknowledge this and recommends ambient or instrumental music for best performance. Overall, while the phrasing of the claim could be better (can or may help instead of just helps), the information in the article does generally check out and may be useful for students looking to improve their study experience. 

Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5125618/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821001670

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4197792/

Answer 4

This claim is supported by the article attached to this claim from the University of Maryland. All of the information in this article is backed up by reliable sources and research that prove the reasoning behind the claim. I have also found supporting evidence to this claim from other sources including Nation University and Florida National University, some argue that music can be a distraction but, the University of Maryland has done great work of backing their article up even including the recommended amount of Hertz to listen to get the most out of studying.

Answer 5

Music can actually help you study! This claim is a hot topic because it seems to depend on the person how it affects their study habits, however the article that the author linked was actually very informative detailing the benefits and habits of listening to classical music while studying. By listening to the classical music it can calm your mind allow for stress hormones to go down and improve focus by blocking out background noise. It warns that not all music is good for studying because frequent beat changes and lyrics can cause distraction from the task at hand. I think that it is important to make that distinction to readers who may take it as any music. In doing my own research I found that USC health edu was concurrent with this position about music in studying which I found very reassuring because it is an extremely reliable source that promotes the use of this tactic to study and release stress. In conclusion this claim is correct and has merit. 

Articles: https://www.umgc.edu/blog/how-music-can-help-you-study

https://today.usc.edu/studying-for-finals-let-classical-music-help-3/

Answer 6

This article claims that music can help you study. I do think that this claim is true because this is a university site and doing further research it also brings up other university sites such as Florida National University (FNU) that also agrees and says that music can help keep stress at bay.

https://www.fnu.edu/benefits-studying-music/

Answer 7

Music actually can help you study and focus! I found an article from Healthline who studied links between focus, memorization, mood and motivation when listening to music. And the results surprised me…The study found that people listening to music a can reduce stress and increase their mood. They even studied patients that were in pain and they rated their pain as being less after listening to music for 30 minutes! Also, according to a 2007 study, classical music specifically can help improve focus in addition to helping memorize information. The study only pertained to classical music, but I still found it interesting that it can help with studying! 

https://www.healthline.com/health/does-music-help-you-study#benefits-of-music-for-studying

https://www.nu.edu/blog/can-music-help-you-study-and-focus/

Answer 8

The claim, "Music helps you study." is accurate for some people and also entirely inaccurate for others. The claim should be more along the lines of "music can help you study". The reason why I say this is because after doing some research on the topic I gathered that "for some people, listening to music while studying can be beneficial, as it can help with focus and concentration by stimulating the brain's attention areas, but it largely depends on the individual and the type of music chosen". This statement was in pretty much every article I looked at when looking for evidence about this claim. For some people music is necessary and for others it makes it much harder to study which confirms that this claim is both misleading and false.

Sources- https://www.umgc.edu/blog/how-music-can-help-you-study

https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/blog/2021/03/10/does-listening-to-music-really-help-you-study/

https://www.healthline.com/health/does-music-help-you-study

Answer 9

This article claims that music helps you study. This claim is backed up by AARP Research which states that “People who listen to music in either a casual or focused way had higher scores for mental wellbeing and reduced levels of anxiety.” In addition to that it states that the benefits that come with listening to music while studying contribute to the students’ academic performance. After looking into this further. I found an article from Texas A&M University that explains that listening to music with words can be distracting. This information comes from Steven Smith, cognitive neuroscientist for the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. He further explains, “So if you want to listen to music while you study, try to listen to something that does not have words, or if it does have words, hopefully, it’ll be in a language that you don’t understand at all, otherwise that’s going to distract from the stuff you’re trying to study.” After reading this article I found the original claim to be misleading. Listening to music does help you study however it depends on what type of music you are listening to. 

https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/blog/2021/03/10/does-listening-to-music-really-help-you-study/

Answer 10

This claim is true to an extent being that the type of music that would be considered beneficial to studying is quoted by the UMGC (top online college) article as "positive... instrumental and ambient music" due to its ability to enhance memory. It is important to clarify what type of music as it is a broad term in this context since the article additionally mentions "[listening] to a song that has creative riffs, or... where you know all the lyrics... can pull your focus to the music and away from the information you’re studying", therefore it is important to be conscious of the music choices made in correlation to studying. Below is a peer-reviewed journal article that provides a recent experiment and analysis of the outcomes relaying that some music may "improve the performance of the student in their academic perspectives", however both personal preference and type of music factor into the outcome of studying. Clarification is important so individuals that come across this claim are not misguided and are able to use this information to their academic benefit. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311435289_The_effect_of_listening_to_music_on_concentration_and_academic_performance_of_the_student_Cross-sectional_study_on_medical_undergraduate_students/citation/download