{"id":23246,"date":"2023-01-30T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=135736"},"modified":"2023-01-30T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:35:16","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: How to enhance your focus with sound, with Dr Nick Perham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will listening to certain types of music boost your focus? Could the background noise of a coffee shop increase your attention levels? Dr Nick Perham answers these questions and much more. <\/p>

By Thomas Ling\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 30 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we\u2019re discussing how music and sound influences your focus.<\/p>\n

What music will improve your concentration most? Could the hubbub of a coffee shop increase your attention span? And what\u2019s the deal with white noise? To answer all your questions about how to best use sound to boost your focus, we\u2019re joined by Dr Nick Perham<\/a>, reader in applied cognitive psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University.<\/p>\n\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em>\u00a0on your preferred podcast platform here:\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-electrome\/"\">The electrome, with Sally Adee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-big-garden-birdwatch\/"\">Big Garden Birdwatch, with Adrian Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-emotions-with-dr-dean-burnett\/"\">Emotions, with Dr Dean Burnett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/planet-earth\/instant-genius-podcast-biodiversity\/"\">Biodiversity, with Dr Andrew Terry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-change-your-habits\/"\">How to change your habits, with Dr Gabija Toleikyte<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/future-technology\/instant-genius-podcast-future-of-food\/"\">The food of the future, with Evan Fraser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Will listening to certain types of music boost your focus? Could the background noise of a coffee shop increase your attention levels? Dr Nick Perham answers these questions and much more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":23247,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham.jpg",940,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham.jpg",800,340,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham.jpg",940,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/01\/instant-genius-podcast-how-to-enhance-your-focus-with-sound-with-dr-nick-perham.jpg",940,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Will listening to certain types of music boost your focus? Could the background noise of a coffee shop increase your attention levels? Dr Nick Perham answers these questions and much more.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/23246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}