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Does music help with concentration?

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Does music help with concentration?

« on: 02/08/2017 12:10:41 »

Ollie says:

I have ADHD; a friend told me of a 'useful' website that streams music designed to help one concentrate. What is the science behind this, if any?

What do you think?

« Last Edit: 02/08/2017 21:31:23 by chris »

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Re: Does music help with concentration?

« Reply #1 on: 02/08/2017 21:32:56 »

We explored this topic in a Question of the Week a little while back: Does music help you to concentrate?

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Re: Does music help with concentration?

« Reply #2 on: 04/08/2017 10:59:38 »

How does coherent oscillations in the gamma-band influence associative learning? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9989409
Positive musical vibrations in the gamma-band may be required for memory retention.

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