Music while you study

[juffur]

Does anyone here listen to music while they study or write? I find it gives real inspiration when I am writing.

These two songs especially. Really gets my mind in the mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lC1lRz5Z_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJf4ZffkoI


I am curious, could this be an autism thing? Perhaps music is providing stimulation that helps me reduce any other external sound sensations that would otherwise distract me and take away from my intellectual brain. Thoughts and ideas?

 

[whale_bone]

I need more chill music for studying... and it can't have a lot of lyrics or I'll get distracted. Boards of Canada works for me.

There was a paper last year looking at music as a way to regulate emotion in autism/ alexithymia: Autism, Music, and the Therapeutic Potential of Music in Alexithymia
Be forewarned though... it's long.