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Andrew Huberman saying in a podcast that it's not the case for verbal recall: https://youtu.be/Ze2pc6NwsHQ?t=3350 Interesting podcast, btw. got it from HN few days ago.
I prefer pink (and occasionally punk) noise
Possibly the same reason why people like to listen to music while working? The essential feature common to white noise and music you're familiar with could be the predictability. I know for me a good song (uptempo, not too distracting) can help me block out the outside world and make me feel very productive.
Music with words distracts me as I like to 'understand' songs and just enjoy the message. I tried electronic music and as a European it really makes me want to dance, hah. By far the best music for me is classical music. It literally makes tedious things like writing emails, documenting and coding much more enjoyable.
White noise is an equal mix of all frequencies. It's what you get from radio static. It's hissy and nasty.
Brown noise is the sound of things being randomly bumped around (Brownian motion). It's what you get from waterfalls and thunder. It's smooth and delicious.
I just go “Alexa play brown noise”. It helps my brain filter out noises.
The only thing it doesn’t work for is barking dogs. For that I have to put on my headphones and play lofi on top of Alexa’s brown noise.
White noise is horrible to listen to. Brown noise is where it's at. Exponentially smoothed for the connoiseurs, get that soft rumble going. White noise is an equal mix of all frequencies. It's what you get from radio static. It's hissy and nasty. Brown noise is the sound of things being randomly bumped around (Brownian motion). It's what you get from waterfalls and thunder. It's smooth and delicious.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28402424 :
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_oscillation#Overview says brainwaves are 1-150 Hz? IIRC compassion is acheivable on a bass guitar.
Doodling improves memory retention / learning, too. IDK how much difference the content of a doodle makes? Hypothesis: Additional "cognitive landmarky" content in the doodle or received waveforms would increase retention up to a limit.
White noise is horrible to listen to. Brown noise is where it's at. Exponentially smoothed for the connoiseurs, get that soft rumble going. White noise is an equal mix of all frequencies. It's what you get from radio static. It's hissy and nasty. Brown noise is the sound of things being randomly bumped around (Brownian motion). It's what you get from waterfalls and thunder. It's smooth and delicious.