OT? How our brains react to music.

David M. Porritt dm.porritt@verizon.net
Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:33:32 -0600


Ron:

If you are weird, then I am too.  When music is playing it has my
conscious attention and the task at hand has to be an automatic,
sub-conscious type job.  Most of the jobs I do require a higher
percentage of my CPU than what's left over from the music.  When I do
listen, I listen.

dave

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On 11/23/2002 at 11:31 AM Ron Nossaman wrote:
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>This is something that's always intrigued me, since I'm just the
opposite. 
>I prefer silence most times, and especially when I'm working. I find

>background music of any sort to be intrusive noise when I'm trying
to 
>concentrate on something, or even working in the shop. No radio or
CD when 
>I'm driving either, because that's thinking time. When I put on some
music 
>and go limbic, I want to relax and give it my undivided attention to
get 
>the full endorphin dose.
>
>Probably just weird.
>
>Ron N
>
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David M. Porritt
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Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
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