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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

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What Is White Noise, Pink Noise and Brown Noise?

When there's ongoing sound, your auditory system hears that even if you're not paying attention to it. There is some evidence that playing white noise in the background or on headphones can facilitate cognition. But it's mainly through an increase in this overall alertness as a consequence of areas like locus ceruleus and other brainstems. Some areas are associated with autonomic arousal from that noise.

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