Can you work as you listen to the music or watch TV?

I work better with music, and well homework not so much.

when i was also a student,i also work either with the tv on or the radio on.i think having those while i'm working sets me on the mood or keeps my brain functioning.it also helps me a lot when i'm under pressure or stress.what i do is i stop what i do for a moment then continue on after some time.since i'm not a student anymore,i just listen to music while making posts here in mylot.lolz!

It's not a question of if I can it's that I have to. I was always raised in a noisy house with lots of friends, radios, or the T.V. playing. Then I went to college and lived in a dormitory. Unless, I'm dictating there must be noise or there's no work.

Yes I can but too bad most people don't understand that. They think that I'm not doing anything and that i am too focused on what I'm watching or listening too. Actually those things help me focus even more. It relaxes me and lets me get more focused on work

Yes , i often do that . In fact , I like listen to the music when I do everything,including doing homework , housework even sleeping. But watching Tv is too difficult for me to pay full attention to one thing , you know there are more interferes on Tv than music.

yes i can, i belive that thats the only way i get things done around my house lol. but yea I listen to it while I do homework and stuff.

sometimes, when my school work is not hard, i can listen to music or watch tv.. when its so hard, and i need to stay a little bit longer, i do not watch tv or music... however since i have my pc, i cant full attetnion to my work.. i always playing video games.. i have been avoiding it though...

As long as the music is relaxing then I can work. I particularly listening to instrumental, jazz, classic songs. That way I can focus to work and makes my brain to actually function. It's true and scientifically proven. There's no way that I would work under rap or heavy metal songs!

i can listen to music and work, but watching Tv while working something serious, really hampers it.so i avoid doing something like reading seriopus topics. but i am ok like reading newspaper, doing some other work while watching TV

I could answer that in yes and no. Well when studying sometimes it's better if I listen to music - the tendency is that your both left and right brain functions. Besides, when you're reviewing and then later when you're taking the exam it's helpful that you've played some songs. It's because when you need to recall the information (for example terms and definitions), you'll realize that you've encountered that term while one particular song is playing as you listen to it. Pretty nifty huh? My answer to the latter is no, because television is, yes let's admit it, one of the major reasons of distractions and poor performance. Throw in the computer and PC games and they make a trio. I can't focus when watching the TV because especially if the shows are great (oh specifically CSI or Kyle XY) my eyes are already glued!

Music is on most of the times. I do not watch TV, but I sure put up a movie to play and then work. I make sure that I have already seen the movie, but I enjoy the dialogues as the movie is playing. My friends disapprove of me using this method while studying, which is the most part of work that I do, but I think it is better for me that way. My mind can somehow concentrate more when I'm listening to music or so. Don't know how it happens but it just does. bourne

Hi there! I can work with music on. I don't get distracted and lose my concentration. In fact sometimes music can improve my mood and gives me the momentum I need in order to work faster. Especially if the music is good. But I can't work with a television on. Maybe because I can see what's on TV and it distracts me if I would look or peek at it time to time. It makes me forget what I am thinking about. I think its ok if you do things at the same time. As long as it doesn't distract you from work. Ciao!

when im at work and doing what i gotta do there i always have the radio on, time flies a little bit faster because i start singing and getting on a roll with the work im finishing. when im trying to do something important at home on the net or work related, i sometimes have the tv on but usually not because i find it too distracting for me

Yes, must always have music or TV on. Except when I'm watching my favourite show, then I get distracted and can't keep my eyes off the screen.

I prefer to have music going while I am working. It helps me keep my focus and I can get the job quicker usually this way too.

I usually can concentrate well with TV or music on. Sometimes, if it is too loud I need it to be turned off, tho. Or, also if I'm too tired, or sick or something. If you normally concentrate fine with music on, and now you can't, then I would think there may be a reason. Either you're no longer interested in your work, you're not getting enough sleep, you're stressed out about something, something like that.

definitely when i watch TV i cannot concentrate to the other thing im doing, because my attention will be on the TV specially when i like what i watching. but when listening to music, i think my mind is so relax that i can do whatever i need to do, i can study when listening to music but i cant stUdy while watching TV.

i always listen to the music while working coz its more inspiring while working with music but tv no never doing it.

it depends on what kind of work you are doing when you listen to music or watch tv. music will be noise, when you thinks something very hardly. but it will be very funny when you do some easy job, such as cleaning your house.

multitasking is one of my great talents..so yes i can work while listening to music or watching tv. i can even sing while im encoding..;o)