Science Has Discovered The Best Music For Boosting Mood And Productivity, SO CRANK UP THESE FUNKY BEATS

There’s long been an established connection between focus, productivity, and music. With the right kind of music anyone can truly unlock their brotential, only until recently we didn’t know what the right kind of music was. However, scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute outside of Albany, New York have finally pinpointed the best kind of music to boos mood and productivity.

Researchers have discovered that the best music to listen to while working is any sort of music with a natural element. On the simplest of levels this means that listening to nature sounds or music incorporating the soothing sounds of nature (waterfalls, birds, mating wombats) will lead to optimal worker satisfaction.

These findings were published in AIP’s Scitation, and summarized by ScienceAlert.com in the following excerpts:

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently discovered that adding a natural element could boost moods and focus.

Sounds of nature can mask intelligible speech just as well as white noise while also enhancing cognitive functioning, optimising the ability to concentrate, and increasing overall worker satisfaction, the researchers found. The mountain stream sound researchers used in their study also possessed enough randomness that it didn’t distract test subjects.

Here in the BroBible HQ we’ve got the best of the 80’s, 90’s, and early 2000’s pumping at all times throughout the day. As I’m writing this we’ve got ‘Roll To Me’ by Del Amitri blasting on the speakers:

And I have to think that these funky fresh tunes from yesteryear boost my productivity as much as any track ever produced by Enya. Though maybe Enya’s a bad example because I’ve been known to blog up a goddamn storm when jamming out to ‘Orinoco Flow’

But according to the research, if you REALLY want to be productive this is what you need to be listening to, or music like this: