Whether you're working the floor at a retail store or sifting through papers at a desk, a new study suggests you may want to start paying more attention to the music that's playing in the background — ...

If you're listening to metal and studying, congratulations! Your GPA probably isn't very high. At least according to a survey taken by The College Rover. The survey asked 1,025 students ages 18 to 23 ...

If you’re attached to lo-fi tunes for studying, that's fine. You just have to keep them low and make sure no lyrics sneak in. Otherwise, try to prioritize a reduction in noise as much as ...

Can music affect how well you drive? Sure it can. For example, if I was ever forced to drive while listening to Imagine Dragons, I’d drive into a telephone pole and end it all. But apparently the ...

Does listening to metal make you a dangerous driver? A new study from Extreme Terrain suggests that the answer may be yes. The company surveyed 1,000 American drivers to see how their music listening ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. In a previous column about the stress of working in an “open” office, I suggested that the popular practice ...