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satt comments on Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: satt 12 April 2014 01:42:34PM 1 point [-]

One distinction that might matter here is between instrumental music and music with lyrics.

Anecdotally, I think lyric-free music, as background music, distracts me less, and I've tried to remember to listen to e.g. instrumental jazz or prog rock when I want to hear music while studying something.