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    Why do some people insist silence is required for studying/learning?

    I dont have to deal with this anymore, but I always found it so frustrating that teachers/parents insist that you need silence to study or learn...

    With the exception of math(pure calculations, not abstract math) I personally find it HARD to study if it is silent, I need some kind of backround noise or I cant concentrate on what im working on.

    Right now I'm doing some java coding and I wouldnt be able to get anything done without fox news in the backround.


    I try to think WHY this is and I am unsure exactly but I have an idea.

    When I am working, if it is COMPLETLEY silent, I tend to day dream or think of other things, and thus cant concentrate on the work.

    With the t.v. or radio or SOME kind of backround noise I am slightly concentrating on that, but also on my work, and thus I dont daydream and put my entire concentration on something else.
    Last edited by Vesayen; October 18, 2003, 20:20.
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    I wouldnt be able to get anything done without fox news in the backround

    Obviously, you are powered by your anger and therefore need something in the background to piss you off.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by geeslaka
      I wouldnt be able to get anything done without fox news in the backround

      Obviously, you are powered by your anger and therefore need something in the background to piss you off.

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      • #4
        It is a matter of how much you know / master your work, and how much reflexion you need for it.

        If you're doing some job you already know by heart, and which is basically a reflex to you, then background noise isn't bad. If you're having trouble understanding something, or finding a solution to it, your brain is basically more prone to concentrate on anything easier, like the woman behind explaining her menoposis on the cell phone

        (I can't stand reading complicated German texts in the train )
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        • #5
          In 6th grade my friend did a science project on the subject. Giving out history texts for people to read, and then testing afterwords.

          Silence had top scores.
          Classical had next.
          Country
          Soft Rock
          Rock

          With very convincing results.
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          • #6
            Because there are already too many voices in my head.

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            • #7
              In 6th grade my friend did a science project on the subject. Giving out history texts for people to read, and then testing afterwords.

              Silence had top scores.
              Classical had next.
              Country
              Soft Rock
              Rock

              Well, he didn't try remixed game music, so I'm going to disregard his results.
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              Posted with Mozilla Firebird running under Sawfish on a Slackware Linux install.:p
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              • #8
                Ahoy, another Overclocked Remix fan eh?
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by NeOmega
                  In 6th grade my friend did a science project on the subject. Giving out history texts for people to read, and then testing afterwords.

                  Silence had top scores.
                  Classical had next.
                  Country
                  Soft Rock
                  Rock

                  With very convincing results.
                  I hope that was sarcasm, as your friend obviously tested no one and made up the "right" results.

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                  • #10
                    My brain has a single threaded input - I can't listen and focus my eyes at the same time.

                    And those voices in my head are pretty annoying too. They're always arguing about crap I don't care about.

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                    • #11
                      Ahoy, another Overclocked Remix fan eh?

                      Yep, I have 1.6GB.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Vesayen


                        I hope that was sarcasm, as your friend obviously tested no one and made up the "right" results.
                        ???? Why make such an assumption? As a matter of a fact, the test was administered during class, to a class of about 25 students, all with IQ's of 130 or greater. I am not saying the test was "balanced" as the questions were in history, and not math, but studying was required, so math would not have worked.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by st_swithin
                          My brain has a single threaded input - I can't listen and focus my eyes at the same time.

                          And those voices in my head are pretty annoying too. They're always arguing about crap I don't care about.

                          Best VG music score: Wipeout 3.
                          Wipeout 3? Never heard it. I love love loved wipeout's score....
                          Iws that for PS2?
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                          • #14
                            Yeah, PSX2 - wipeout had a great score, but you really gotta hear wipeout 3 - it was really well put together.
                            -30-

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                            • #15
                              but studying was required, so math would not have worked.

                              Please explain how repeating a solution method multiple times is different from reading/writing something multiple times.
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                              I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity. -- Bill Veeck | Don't listed to the Linux Satanist, people. - St. Leo | If patching security holes was the top priority of any of us(no matter the OS), we'd do nothing else. - Me, in a tired and accidental attempt to draw fire from all three sides.
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