MONOTONOUS JOBS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 384, 16 March 1937, Page 2

MONOTONOUS JOBS.

Music Banishes Boredom, j Press Association—Copyright. London, March 15. Music banishes boredom among workers engaged in monotonous jobs j and improves their output, state j Messrs S. Wyatt and J. N. Langdon, i reporting to the Medical Research • Council after 2 1 weeks’ treatment • .j'ith girls making paper crackers. ■ Dance music with will marked rhv- i thins and distinctive melodies are the ! most popular. For an effective stTmu- I lant the playing period should no*- be | less than an hour or over iwo hours in each spell of work; otherwise every alternative half-nour is uie best arrangement. Girls l who worked with music increased their output, varying at different tests from 6.2 to IL3 per cent. The total daily increase ranged from 2.6 ’to 6 per cent. Questioned on the benefits of music, the girls said they worked better because they talked less. The | music took their minds off illeir trou- ; oles. . I