Re: AUDITORY Digest - 24 May 2006 to 25 May 2006 (#2006-119)

[Douglas Eck <eckdoug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Yes, this explanation makes a lot of sense to me.
> Best,
> Stefan
>
> Robbin Miranda wrote:
>
> >Dear Bruno and List,
> >I noticed the same thing myself in college: listening to music did not i=
> nterfere with math homework, but I could not read or write while listenin=
> g to any type of music.

Hello Stefan, Robbin, everyone,

This is a very interesting observation.  I've noticed that I can listen to music, in fact very challenging music, when I program (one kind of writing) but not when I write in a natural language.  It's interesting to see this potential link. 

Writing "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...." uses one part of the brain while writing the following uses another?  :-)

public static void main() {
   printf("Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow\n");
   exit(0);
} 

-Doug

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