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White noise as background to increase focus during work bouts, or 40Hz binaural beats— both of which by the way are available at zero cost online via YouTube, etc., are among the more useful data-supported tools for increasing focus.
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So I don't tend to use white noise and pink noise while I work, but I know a number of people that do.
And if you don't like those, or even if you do, you might alternate them with or occasionally use white noise, pink noise or brown noise, also readily available at zero cost.
if you go to YouTube and you just put in White Noise background for cognitive Focus or brown noise background for cognitive Focus you can just try those if you like during a session in which you're trying to read or learn or do mathematics or music or any kind of cognitive work
it's clear that if we want to focus and learn that working in silence or with white noise or brown noise or 40 Hertz binaural beats is going to be preferable to working while listening to music
previous studies compared the effects of working in silence versus working with 40 Hertz binaural beats or white noise or brown noise in the background and in those studies it was found that the white noise Brown noise and 40 Hertz binaural beats background produced better levels of focus I should say heightened levels of focus and cognitive performance and learning then working in silence