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Question 1

Best music for data entry - accuracy and speed

Answer 1

Ambient music improves accuracy by 92%. Pop music increases speed in 58% of people

Question 2

Best music for proofreading

Answer 2

Dance; increases speed by 20%

Question 3

What is synoptical reading?

Answer 3

Reading many books on a particular topic to compare them

Question 4

define laconic

Answer 4

using very few words

Question 5

tensile:

Answer 5

capable of being stretched

Question 6

does optimism improve performance?

Answer 6

optimism increases persistence, not performance (Tenney, Logg & Moore, 2015)