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Re:Context switching costs more than we give it credit for by carschno on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:28AM (#25823343)
For me, not being a native English speaker, it "feels" much easier to listen to music with English lyrics while working effectively on other cognitive tasks like coding, compared to listening to music with vocals in my native language.

On the other hand, there are several other factors, like how tired I am, how hard the foreground task is etc., so it is hard to pin-point it specifically to the lyrics language.

Re:Context switching costs more than we give it credit for by ImprovedSilence on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:38PM (#25830050)
This 100%. I don't speak Spanish, but my god, Latin pop just gives me the flow.