rob@amadeus.TEK.COM (Dan Tilque) (02/14/88)
In article <1110@cpocd2.UUCP> nate@cpocd2.UUCP (Nathan Hess) writes: >In article <2260@gryphon.CTS.COM> tsmith@gryphon.CTS.COM (Tim Smith) writes: >>I find that I can write code (any language) very well while listening >>to music (just about any kind), but cannot write coherent English while >>listening to music (even purely instrumental music). I don't know if >>this is a purely idiosyncratic foible, or is widespread. Any comments? > >The same is true for me. I can also do math, chemistry, physics, etc. >while listening to music, (including reading texts involving any >combination of these subjects) but I can't write *or* read literary >papers, poetry, etc. in the presense of music. > >So it's still probably an idiosyncratic foible, but you're not the only >one in the world who displays it, Tim. :-)# Just a guess, but I would say that you're experiencing a kind of left brain/ right brain phenomenon. Left/right brain effects can (and have) been over-emphasised in the popular press but the effects are real. Just make sure that your left brain knows what your right brain is doing. :-) --- Dan Tilque -- dant@mrloog.LA.TEK.COM "You can lead a yak to water but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke." -- Opus . -Rob "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOUR'S EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM IN PEACE."