These findings suggest that listening to self-selected music has no detrimental impact on reading comprehension and may protect against the decrease in positivity students experience during study.

Finally, analysis of chosen music from participants in the music condition revealed no relationships between audio features and reading scores

Music did impact emotion – participants in the noise & silence conditions had decreased positivity after reading, those in the music condition maintained positivity. Participants in music & noise conditions experienced no change in energy, those who heard silence felt less energised after reading

There was no effect of music listening on reading comprehension - participants performed similarly whether they listened to music, background noise, or silence.

We examined whether music is detrimental or beneficial for reading comprehension. University students were randomly assigned to a condition (participant-selected music, background noise, silence) during reading. We measured reading comprehension scores, & ratings of emotional positivity and energy.

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