1. No matter what you do, listening to music will interfere with your concentration;

2. Listening to music affects your arousal level;

3. Listening to music Change your mood or emotional state.

Whether music helps or interferes with your work depends on the type of task you are doing and the type of music you are listening to. The following is my summary:

1. Listening to music can help improve your productivity when you are doing some repetitive and boring tasks.

Assembly line workers or quality controllers often need to concentrate on their work, but their jobs are not interesting, so concentration always fades away over time. Studies have found that upbeat music can improve these people's productivity and accuracy.

Interestingly, the results were better when the music was played not continuously but periodically when workers' concentration was most likely to wane. In this case, music can make the task seem less boring and can also increase workers' arousal levels and alertness. Many studies support this conclusion and suggest people use music without lyrics. If you must use music with lyrics, it is best if the lyrics are familiar or less interesting.

2. Listening to music before performing some cognitive tasks or creative tasks can stimulate our motivation.

Fast and upbeat music can improve our mood and stimulate our motivation. In one cross-cultural study, for example, Canadian college students performed much better on an IQ test after listening to Mozart's music than after listening to Alberoni's slow music. Compared with listening to unfamiliar classical music, Japanese primary school students spend longer on drawing after listening to familiar and favorite songs, and the works they draw are more creative.