My Sleep Study
I did something interesting the past few weeks. After reading this website, I was curious as to what kind of music would effect my mood on a daily basis. Of course, thats not to profound. If you walk to class listening to Kenny G, you won’t be as ready to fight those evil differential equations as you would be if you listened to System of a Down.
But I took my experiment a little further. I frequently listen to music while I sleep. I have an XM radio that plays a really nice commercial-free mix of certain genres. Usually, I just let the jazz station or something mellow play, and I sleep fairly well. But for a few days, under no direction nor purpose, I sampled different types of music while I slept and observed their impact on my day. Doing my best to beat the placebo effect, I noted the following:
Listening to classical music while I sleep seems to make my days a little more productive, but I feel tired a little more.
Listening to jazz makes me feel lazy and worthless.
Listening to classic rock makes me feel bright and energetic, but I feel academically behind.
Listening to blues makes me feel competent and smart, but kinda pissy and cranky all day.
Of course, these are just initial results. Only been a few days per genre and who know, but I think I’m going to listen to blues more before test days and classic rock the rest of the time. I suggest you try it out for yourself.
This is interesting. Jazz makes you feel lazy and worthless?! What kind of jazz? (And what kind of classical.)
Try listening to Strauss’ Alpine Symphony - you may feel tired but only because your brain will be in AWE. Also, Mahler’s 5th Symphony..
I like how blues makes you feel pissy and cranky.
So what should we listen to to get pumped for races??