MadDNB

Recently Mindlab International concluded that nine out of 10 people will perform better when listening to music while working. As someone who programs and listens to Drum and Bass all day long, this comes as no surprise. DnB can keep my mind just busy enough so that the distractions (random thoughts, shiny things, etc..) do not come to the forefront. I can actually focus and think clearly about the task at hand.

From Knowyouredm:

In Mindlab’s experiment, 26 participants were given a series of tasks to complete every day for five days, with one of four genres of music playing while they worked, or with no music at all. The results found that over 80% of participants produced their fastest and most accurate work when listening to music as opposed to nothing at all. Mindlab’s Dr. David Lewis summed up the role of music in the workplace.

Electronic dance music resulted in the highest overall accuracy and fastest performance across a range of tasks. Spell-checking, solving equations, mathematical word problems, and abstract reasoning tasks were all accomplished quickly and more effectively with a driving rhythm of dance music.

So there you go. Don’t feel bad for bobbing your head along to the beat all day, you’re just being more productive!