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		gastlygem on July 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Music for Programming Have you tried listening to songs in another language? I can't listen to English and Chinese songs, but Spanish songs mostly just fly over my head.

silisili on July 8, 2022 [–]

Correct. Songs in languages I don't speak do not have this effect, so I figure it's the brain processing every English word it understands front and center.

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