Psychologists have been doing research on if there is a definitive answer on whether it is a good or bad idea to listen to music while studying. Bridget Daleiden from the Department of Educational Psychology Leadership and Higher Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has joined to answer.

Walk into any college library and you will likely see students wearing headphones and listening to music. The idea that music can improve learning has been around for decades. The “Mozart Effect,” is the pop psychology myth, first hypothesized in a 1993 paper, that listening to classical music can help people retain and process new information. However, there is no single answer to whether music helps learners study or not.

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