Whether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job.
A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proof reading and problem solving.
In an office-based experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music.
The study also found that 81 per cent completed their fastest work when music was played.
And it matters what type of music you listen to. For instance, if you’re doing your tax returns, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills.
Listening to Jessie J or Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 per cent of participants completing data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs.
During proof-reading, dance music, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact with participants increasing their speed by 20 per cent compared to tests undertaken with no music at all.
Dance music also had a positive effect on spell-checking with a 75 per cent pass rate compared to 68 per cent when no music was played at all.
The research, undertaken by Brighton-based Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive.
‘The MusicWorks experiment revealed a positive correlation between music and productivity – overall it showed that when listening to music, nine out of 10 people performed better,’ said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International.
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莫扎特也好,麥莉也好,你的音樂品味決定著你工作的效率。
據(jù)英國《每日郵報(bào)》10月21日?qǐng)?bào)道, 一項(xiàng)新的研究表明,在辦公室聽音樂可以提高數(shù)據(jù)輸入、校對(duì)及計(jì)算型工作的效率及準(zhǔn)確性。
研究選取了辦公室工作人員為研究對(duì)象,發(fā)現(xiàn)88%的人在聽音樂時(shí)工作準(zhǔn)確率達(dá)到工作以來最高水平。
研究發(fā)現(xiàn),81%的人在聽音樂時(shí)工作速度達(dá)到最快。
這也取決于聽何種類型的音樂。比如,如果你正在做納稅申報(bào)單,那么古典音樂最合適,因?yàn)樗芴岣哌\(yùn)算能力。
聽賈斯汀·比伯(Justin Bieber)及杰西(Jessie J)的音樂也能提高工作速度。58%的受試者在聽流行音樂時(shí)完成數(shù)據(jù)輸入任務(wù)的速度更快。
在處理校對(duì)工作時(shí),大衛(wèi)·庫塔(David Guetta)等舞曲最有好處,聽這類音樂的受試者比沒有音樂的受試者速度快20%。
舞曲對(duì)提高拼寫檢查也大有幫助。播放舞曲時(shí),拼寫檢查的通過率為75%,而未播放音樂時(shí)通過率為68%。
這項(xiàng)由位于布萊頓的英國國際思維研究室(Mindlab International)開展的調(diào)查顯示,員工在沉寂的辦公室工作是最低效的。
國際思維研究室主席戴維·賴維斯博士(Dr David Lewis)稱,“這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)了音樂對(duì)工作效率的積極作用,總體而言,結(jié)果顯示,聽音樂時(shí)9/10的人工作得更好?!?/p>
(譯者 Stellaliu 編輯 祝興媛)
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