Nick Perham, a PhD at Wales Institution states, “The poorer performance of the music and changing-state sounds are due to the acoustical variation within those environments . . . This impairs the ability to recall the order of items, via rehearsal, within the presented list” (Hendrick). Although true, these effects only occur when listening to music while performing a task. In fact, listening to music before performing a task has been found to increase cognitive performance. Essentially, music has more beneficial consequences than non beneficial consequences due to the way it influences the
Nick Perham, a PhD at Wales Institution states, “The poorer performance of the music and changing-state sounds are due to the acoustical variation within those environments . . . This impairs the ability to recall the order of items, via rehearsal, within the presented list” (Hendrick). Although true, these effects only occur when listening to music while performing a task. In fact, listening to music before performing a task has been found to increase cognitive performance. Essentially, music has more beneficial consequences than non beneficial consequences due to the way it influences the