Music has always been considered as something that can help us perform better and we often tend to play some music while studying or working on something. However, a recent study reveals that this might not be a very good idea. After studying for some time with music playing in the background, when you try to recall facts, events, numbers etc you might realize that you don’t remember them too well.

The study was conducted in the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK on 25 participants and they were asked to memorize information and recall them later. The tests were taken under different hearing conditions, with their favorite music on, with music they didn’t like or without any music. The results showed that the participants performed worst when music was on, irrespective of whether or not they liked the music. The best performance was when there was no music or any other noise.

Music harms the cognitive abilities and when you try to memorize something the constantly changing words and notes in the music being played affects the memorizing ability and thus hampers your studies.

There are studies which have proved that music is good for studying but it is true only when you listen to music before studying and not while studying. It isn’t that music doesn’t have any benefit at all. Many researchers found that music can enhance your ability to perform better, but the only thing to be kept in mind is that listening to music while studying will only harm you.