It turns out there literally is something productive in the air in public places: namely, the sound waves. A 2017 study from the University of British Columbia found that, counter-intuitively, a moderate amount of background noise can actually make you more creative than the bliss of silence.
事实是,在公共场合,空气中确实存在着能让你做事更加高效的东西——它便是,声波。英属哥伦比亚大学2017年的一项研究发现,比起一片寂静,适度的嘈杂声响实际上会让你更有创造力,这一发现与我们的日常认知背道而驰。
This conclusion resulted from an insidious study in which researchers piped increasing volumes of background noise into a room full of students engaged in word-association tests and product brainstorms, both of which demanded focus and creativity. Students performed best and generated the most creative solutions when working under moderate noise conditions—70 decibels of ambient sounds. They performed worse in low noise (50 db, the volume of a quiet room) and poorest in high noise (85db, the volume of a garbage disposal). Incidentally, 70 db is about the same volume of background noise that you’d find in a crowded cafe.
研究人员让学生们进行词汇联想测试及产品头脑风暴。这两项活动均需要注意力和创造力。实验过程中,研究人员逐渐将背景噪音的音量调高,暗中观察学生的表现,最终得出了上述结论。他们发现,当背景噪音为中等程度——70分贝时,学生的表现最好,提出的创造性方案最多。背景噪音降低(50分贝,房间处于安静状态)时,他们的表现有所打折。而噪音很大(85分贝,相当于垃圾处理厂的声音)时,他们的表现最差。巧合的是,70分贝正好是一间咖啡馆坐满人时的环境噪音音量。
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