{"id":140853,"date":"2015-08-05T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=140853"},"modified":"2015-08-05T12:08:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T12:08:52","slug":"listening-to-music-makes-you-more-effective-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/listening-to-music-makes-you-more-effective-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to music ‘makes you more effective at work’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is for all of you who like to listen to your favourite Sarkodie or Stonebwoy track at work while you grind out some stories or add up some figures.<\/p>\n

There’s more reason for you to do so now.<\/p>\n

Because, according to a new scientific study, listening to music while you work makes you more effective.<\/p>\n

In fact, the study by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) found that when people listened to their favourite music, they made less mistakes, and worked faster.<\/p>\n

Researchers asked\u00a015 surgeons to sew up incisions made in dead pigs\u2019 feet, because they\u2019re most similar to human skin (nice), in their lab.<\/p>\n

The surgeons had to carry out two identical \u2018wound repairs\u2019 using layered stitches, on two consecutive days.<\/p>\n

Some had their preferrred music on during their first day in the lab \u2013 some had it on for the second.<\/p>\n

The study, published in the\u00a0Aesthetic Surgery Journal, found that \u2018the average completion time of a repair for all the surgeons was 7% less when their preferred music was playing, and 10% less for more experienced surgeons.\u2019<\/p>\n

Researchers also compared the quality of the stitching and found that it improved\u00a0when surgeons carried out the wound closures while listening to their preferred music.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our study confirmed that listening to the surgeon\u2019s preferred music improves efficiency and quality of wound closure, which may translate to health care cost savings and better patient outcomes,\u2019 said co-author\u00a0Andrew Zhang.<\/p>\n

While this is only a small study, it backs up the results of research by\u00a0Mindlab International last year. They found that nine out of 10 workers perform better when listening to music.<\/p>\n

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Match the music to the task<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • For data entry and deadline driven tasks, you need a little pop music.<\/li>\n
  • For equation solving, you need \u2018ambient\u2019 music (think lift music, panpipes).<\/li>\n
  • For proof-reading and problem solving, you need dance music.<\/li>\n
  • If you\u2019re working with numbers or doing something that requires attention to detail, you need classical music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Twenty six participants were given a series of different tasks \u2013 including spell-checking, equation solving, mathematical word problems, data entry and abstract reasoning \u2013 five days in a row. They completed the tasks while listening to one of four music genres,\u00a0<\/strong>or no music at all, to see which had the greatest effect on accuracy and speed.<\/p>\n

    88 per cent worked more accurately, and 81 per cent worked faster, while listening to music.<\/p>\n

    –<\/p>\n

    Source: Metro UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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