Listening to classical music ‘boosts concentration’ while heavy rock music ‘distracts men’ during tasks, study claims

HEARING classical music boosts men’s concentration but heavy rock distracts them, a study says.

Fellas were tested by doing kids game Operation when listening on headphones to Mozart and then AC/DC.

They were faster and made fewer errors with the classics because rock can trigger stress.

The music had no effect on women, who took longer at the game but made fewer mistakes. Experts tested 352 science show visitors at London’s Imperial College.

Researcher Dr Daisy Fancourt said: “Although this study is clearly tongue-in-cheek and was all performed in our spare time it’s part of our wider research into the effect of music on performance.”