Anna Fiveash receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Listening to music can enhance our lives in all kinds of ways – many of us use it during exercise, to regulate our mood, or in the ...

Although many people may think background noise in the office environment can be distracting, studies show that employees actually like to hear music while they are at work. Recruiting company ...

Despite arguments to the contrary, background music can undermine both creative innovation and productivity. According to several surveys, most people believe listening to music boosts their ...

Music is regarded as one of the triumphs of human creativity. But does music itself help one to create? It’s a question worth asking, since music has increasingly become a part of the modern-day ...

From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. From classical to country to ambient to stoner rock, here’s what we listen to at our desks. Some people work ...

I can’t work in silence. And if I’m working with words—which is most of the time—I can’t work while playing typical pop, rock, or hip-hop. So I collect instrumental and foreign-language music on a ...

Music has a way of expressing that which cannot be put into words. It is for this reason (and many more) that music is regarded as one of the triumphs of human creativity–but does music itself help ...

If you struggle to be productive while working from home, you're not alone. Staring at a laptop in silence makes it harder to stay on task than you might think. In the absence of coworkers, you might ...