The way you memory works is that you take in a lot more going on around you than you think when your studying. If your exam is going to be in silence then you should revise/study in silence, it gives you better and faster recall in the exam. I tried this out at uni and I can honestly say it worked!

But consider that if you’re listening and tapping your foot or singing along that your attention is divided from your work and the music. A second point is you should study how you’re going to take the test.

I used to study to music and then gave up on it when I was focusing on assignments that required a lot of thought for shorter (2 hours or so) periods of time. For writing papers or running FEA analysis (there’s a lot of ‘hurry up and wait’ time there) I’d listen to music.

Music without words (classical and jazz) might be better than rock, but there is no right answer. If you’re doing well in school, might as well keep doing what you’re doing.

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For me, I have a hard time concentrating in complete silence so whenever I study there is music playing. It is ‘mellow’ music usually but I don’t go as far as listening to Bach or classical music.

it will not be good ih u rr having earphone….. & other stuff it can distract u & cause proble inur studies

moreover the music shoulb be of “cool” &”soft..romantic…” shoul not be rocking or noisy!!!

moreoverit give u a sense zat u are not alone studuing (if u r revising early very early or late nite) sometimes it boost u up!!!!i even know a person who s a laureate & he used this principle.hope this pece of info is informative & aid u.taje care!

as for headphones vs. BG?

headphones tend to distract from the learning, rather than help it. (Although iPod earphones are better-suited than headphones…)

hope it helps! 😀