More information: Kelly-Ann Lachance et al, Listening habits and subjective effects of background music in young adults with and without ADHD, Frontiers in Psychology (2025).

You might have heard music improves concentration, but it’s not that simple. There are ways music and studying can work together, and some ways they can’t.

Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 29, No. 2, Music Training and Nonmusical Abilities (December 2011), pp. 173-183.

(1) 2. Music can give you a motivational jump-start before you start on both cognitive tasks and those requiring creativity. Up-tempo, pleasing music can boost your mood and be motivational.

Can listening to music while preparing a presentation or doing homework help you concentrate? One expert, Alexander Pantelyat, an assistant professor of neurology and the co-founder and co ...