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8 Best Songs To Listen While Solving Math Problems Posted: 16 Aug 2013 08:39 AM PDT It has been scientifically proven that listening to music while solving math problems is a good way to improve results. Music is said to help in activating certain areas of the brain that are used in solving math problems. It also helps in concentrating and focusing by working as an active filter of outside noise. The thinking goes that a constant noise is less distracting than alternating noise such as car horns etc. Music creates an audio barrier that cancels out any outside noise. Once you start concentrating on a math problem and there’s a song playing the background it get easy to maintain focus and concentration. From personal experience I’ve found that certain songs work better than others. Usually great songs work great in helping to concentrate. Here are 8 best songs to listen while solving math problems. 8. Land, Patty Smith: Land from the album Horses by Patty Smith is a great song to do math problems do. It’s a nice jam and Patty Smith sings these really poetic lyrics over the song. The song keeps getting louder and softer but it doesn’t break the concentration. It is the continuous lyrics being spoken that really help in concentrating. Of course you have to make sure that you are concentrating on the problem and not on the lyrics. It is also a fairly long song which creates a long period of concentration. 7. Baba O’Riley, The Who: Baba O’Riley by The Who is also a three chord jam that works as a great concentration song. It also helps in pumping me up as I imagine being part of the ‘teenage wasteland’. A great song in itself and also as a song to do math problems to. 6. High Hopes, Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd is the best band to do math problems to. Their songs are long and there are a lot of instrumental parts with great guitar solos. This really helps me in concentrating on math problems. High Hopes from the album The Division Bell is one of the best songs to study to. It goes on in the background as a drone jam while you can solve one problem after the other. 5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pink Floyd: Another great Pink Floyd song is Shine on You Crazy Diamond. For one thing it’s almost half an hour long. There are very less lyrics in it. And the instrumental part is a slow jam. It’s a great song to put on and concentrate on a big problem that’s been bothering you. I also try to imagine being the ‘crazy diamond’ who solves the especially difficult math problem. 4. Hurricane, Bob Dylan: Another great song to do math problems to is Hurricane by Bob Dylan. It’s a legendary blues jam about racism in America but it works well as a song to concentrate to as well. Dylan’s raspy voice drones on in the background while you can concentrate on the math problem. It also helps me in picking up my pace and doing more problems. 3. Lose Yourself, Eminem: Hip hop songs are pretty good to concentrate to because they usually have a constant beat and melody going on in the background and the lyrics are hard to understand so they don’t distract you. Lose Yourself by Eminem from the OST of 8 Mile Road is a great song. It helps in pumping me up whenever I’m low. It works great as workout music. And it also works great to do math problems. 2. Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin is a legendary song that everyone has heard many times. But if you’ve never tried solving math problems to it then you’ll be surprised at how well it works. Plant’s high pitched vocals can sometimes be a little distracting but it’s Jimmy Page’s melodic guitar playing that is really soothing and calming. 1. Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Floyd: Another Pink Floyd song has to be in this list because of its ironical lyrics. This is for the times when you don’t feel like working on math problems but you still have to do it. Solve the problems and also sing along this ultimate rebel anthem and sing aloud the part of ‘we don’t need no education’. It’s a good song to take away some of the frustration of having to do so many math problems! The post 8 Best Songs To Listen While Solving Math Problems appeared first on TopYaps.

Top 10 Saddest Movies Of Past Two Decades Posted: 15 Aug 2013 11:35 PM PDT Although it seems little weird when people loosen their purse strings to buy tears in exchange, but it is true. Here we are talking about those sad-film addicts who love watching colossal tragical movies on big screen. How it happens, is a sure-shot question of curiosity for people like me. This phenomenon of  neurobiology really intrigues me sometime. The theory says that watching sad films lead people to get reflective as they compare and contrast their own life with the life of on-screen characters and they end up feeling happy about themselves. When we empathize with other people (even fictitious), the feel-good hormone "oxytocin," is released which prompts us to care for others. We all know that, making someone cry is tougher than making him/her laugh. So giving a big salute to those filmmakers who make us shed some precious drops, we present to you a list of top 10 greatest tear-jerkers of past two decades. 10. My Sister's Keeper: In this 2009 drama, "My Sister's Keeper," directed by Nick Cassavetes, Anna Fitzgerald is supposed to be the genetic match for Kate, her older sibling, who's suffering from leukemia. Anna is expected to donate her kidney to save her sister, but she is hesitant about this, since she knows that it will debilitate her personal future as well. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and Walter Raney. 9. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas: Based on the eponymous novel, "The Boy in Striped Pyjamas," this 2008 drama film is set in the backdrop of World War II. Bruno, the young and impressionable son of the commandant is bonding with a Jewish boy from other side of fence. The story takes several twists and turns.The film is directed by Mark Herman and it stars Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Fermiga, Amber Beattie and Rupert Friend. 8. A Walk to Remember: This is a 2002 coming-of-age romantic film, based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. In the film, a prank played on a fellow teenager student goes wrong but others take it too seriously and there are further consequences, which you need to watch it to know it. The film's directed by Adam Shankman and it stars Shane West and Mandy Moore. 7. Boys Don't Cry: It is a 1999 romantic drama film, directed by Kimberly Peirce. The life story of Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen with identity crisis . The central character Teena assumed herself as a male until the truth was unveiled to her that she's born biologically female. The film stars Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard and Brendan. 6. The Pursuit of Happyness: The film "The Pursuit of Happyness," is a 2006 American biographical account based on Chris Gardner's year-old struggle with homelessness. It has been regularly approved by many as the 'triumph of the spirit' cinematic experience. The film is directed by Gabriele Muccino and includes Will Smith as Gardner, a homeless salesman-turned stockbroker and his son Jaden Smith. 5. I Am Sam: It is a 2001 American drama film, starring Sean Penn, who is a victim of learning disability. This so-called mentally retarded man braves epic struggle for securing the custody of his little daughter. The film is written and directed by Jessie Nelson and also has Michelle Pfeiffer, who's a lawyer in the film. 4. My Life: In the film, "My Life," Michael Keaton plays a soon-to-be father who’s been diagnosed with kidney cancer. He's left with some counted months to live; so he documents his final days and compiles it all on videotapes to pass onto his son. The film will keep you glued from the beginning to the end. 3. Titanic: This is one of the best love stories ever. People can't help falling in love with Jack and Rose. In the film, Rose, a young girl who is engaged to be married to be one from the same rich standing, falls in love with Jack, a free-spirited, artist on the Titanic ship that sets sail on its first journey across the Atlantic. The film is superbly directed by James Cameron while it stars LeonardioDicaprio as Jack and Kate Winslet as Rose. 2. The Notebook: The film "The Notebook," is a 2004 American romantic drama film, directed by Nick Cassavetes. In this film, a poor, but passionate youth falls for a rich young woman and inspires her. But the chemistry of Noah and Allie fades because of the social differences. The film captures their trajectory through decades. The film stars Gena Rowlands and James Garner in lead. 1. P.S. I Love You: This is a 2007 drama that was directed by Richard Lagravenese. The film's story revolves around a widow, who discovers that her late husband has left some wisdom words to help her overcome the troubles of life, to ease her pain and to start a new life ahead. The film's prominent cast includes, Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. The post Top 10 Saddest Movies Of Past Two Decades appeared first on TopYaps.

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