WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Even moderate background noise can affect how infants learn language at an early and crucial time of their development, according to new research from Purdue University. "This ...

If you've ever wondered why you can't focus without the TV humming in the background or why silence makes you anxious rather ...

Most people have trouble focusing when there are distractions, and that surely impairs learning. Learning can be impaired by distracting background sounds. That is why teachers generally encourage ...

A noisy classroom can be a bad learning environment. Source: Adityamanutd CC0 via Wikimedia Commons There are lots of noisy environments in life in which we are expected to learn. Classrooms filled ...