This is one song I can't stop singing since TheRedheadRiter and I were grooving to it on Twitter the other night. It got me thinking, "would I blog better posts while listening to music or is silence really golden?"
According to research, music can improve your performance. It is called the Mozart Effect. After listening to Mozart's sonata for two pianos (K448) for 10 minutes, normal subjects showed significantly better spatial reasoning skills than after periods of listening to relaxation instructions designed to lower blood pressure or silence. This effect has been shown to only last about 10-15 minutes. What are spatial reasoning skills? According to Wikipedia it is the ability to visualize the arrangement of objects and mentally manipulate them over a time ordered sequence. This ability is great for generating and conceptualizing multi-step problems used in architecture, science, math art and other common uses in everyday life. Would Bon Jovi's music have the same effect as Mozart? Would our blog posts be more creative? I think so.