The Impact of Music on Student Concentration: Exploring Genre and Productivity

Concentration is one of the most important factors in determining a person’s efficiency and work ethic. There has not been much study done on the manipulation of concentration to determine its direct effects on efficiency. Listening to music while studying has also become prominent in Generation Z. This paper strives to explore the correlation between listening to music and adolescents’ concentration levels. A literature review was conducted using Google Scholar and a study was conducted on 25 high school students from the same school in Georgia. The Mozart effect and Arousal Mood hypothesis were explored within the literature review to help understand why music affects people. The results indicated that those with higher productivity tend to listen to music less. This negative finding as obtained from the study does not support the current trend of listening to music while studying. This study enriches the research on music and sparks necessary future investigations on specifics such as genre. These specifics would deepen our understanding which could make music an even more powerful tool.