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poll - distractions

posted by [personal profile] the_dala at 10:12pm on 31/10/2004
Just curious about this. Vanessa often asks me to to hold off watching TV if she's studying or goes in the common room, and if I actually did any studying in here, I would be more likely to ask her to turn her music down. So....

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(Pick one even if you're not really easily distracted)
Music:: "against the wind," bob seger
Mood:: 'curious' curious
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:10pm on 31/10/2004
It depends. If it's something I put on myself, it's something I know I won't be distracted by, usually something very familiar. With classical, I'm so unfamiliar with all of it that my brain wants to follow it and gets distracted.
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posted by [identity profile] gryphons-lair.livejournal.com at 07:22pm on 31/10/2004
I find that speech-- dialog, books-on-tape, song lyrics-- is more distracting than non-speech sounds, generally.
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posted by [identity profile] the-dala.livejournal.com at 08:11pm on 31/10/2004
Yeah, I think so too. I definitely couldn't listen to a book on tape -- actually listen to it rather than tune it out -- and do much else at the same time.
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posted by [identity profile] gryphons-lair.livejournal.com at 08:21pm on 31/10/2004
Yes, I find that I can only pop a video in the player while I'm writing if it's related to the story (POTC for Sparrington, obviously) or is one I know so well I can tune it out.

Stuff I don't have almost-memorized tends to suck me in.
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posted by [identity profile] monkeypuzzle.livejournal.com at 09:55pm on 31/10/2004
Music focuses me. Of course, I will take my time picking the right music, but I can riff of any music really. Tv however, with the sound up will distract me. With the sound off it ain't so bad.
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