People have now started using music while they are studying, but the question stands does music really help you to stay focused on the task at hand? Most people would say yes, saying that the music helps to relax them and keep them on track. Although many others would say otherwise, claiming that the music is a distraction to them as they try to work. The true answer is that it depends on the person, and the type of music they are listening to. Whether or not music can help you while you study completely depends on the person and their learning style. It also depends on the music, music with vocals may become distracting while studying and instrumental music may not. It all depends on you.
There are, truly, two different types of people when it comes to this subject, those who study well with music playing, and those who do not study so well with music. The people who study well while listening to music might find it hard to focus if they were to not have music playing. They might find the outside stimulus distracting, if they weren't listening to music, and thus have a more difficult time trying to study. To them the music helps keep them focused on what they are doing because the music prevents outside stimulus from being distracting. The music, to them, would provide them their own little world, you could say, that keeps them focused on their task. Music also relaxes the brain, which reduces stress for the student. That could also be why the student prefers to listen to music whilst they are studying. It will help reduce the stress of studying and in some cases could even make the studying fun. However, there are those who just absolutely cannot study while listening to music. To those types of people the music itself would be a distraction, and they would get easily side tracked from doing their work. This makes it harder for those students to retain the information, and thus making the tests and quizzes harder for them. When they...