I showed this to my former psych professor. He said (among other things) that you really should cite Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi on this one - that's basically the guy that coined "flow" to begin with. Also, while the distractions are competing for your working memory, they are not all in working memory at the same time.
All in all, though, I agree about the importance of having "auditory control" over your environment. I tend to listen to RED or Switchfoot when I'm working.
I showed this to my former psych professor. He said (among other things) that you really should cite Mihaly Csiksentmihalyi on this one - that's basically the guy that coined "flow" to begin with. Also, while the distractions are competing for your working memory, they are not all in working memory at the same time.
All in all, though, I agree about the importance of having "auditory control" over your environment. I tend to listen to RED or Switchfoot when I'm working.
Are you kidding me? I love RED and switchfoot is my favorite band!
I'm going to meet them in about 2hours before the concert!