Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a high-level

Re:Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a hig... by nyc111 on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:23PM (#29029397)

I think, we should not call a conversation we hear "noise", it disturbs our focus but it's not noise. Noise has no pattern and no meaning. But the most disturbing sound is the sound that repeats in fixed intervals. I believe repeating sounds in high volume is even used as a form of torture. So airplane noise is torture because it's loud and it repeats.

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Re:Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a hig... by oldie on Thursday October 28, 2021 @05:58PM (#29032581)

I find a conversation more distracting if it's relevant to me.

If we have to cram developers into open plan offices then each feature team should be dispersed throughout the building, so that the discussions each person overhears are less relevant to the person overhearing them.

Contrarian, or what? :-)

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Re:Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a hig... by noja on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:36AM (#29036184)

> So airplane noise is torture because it's loud and it repeats.

Airplane noise when a plane flies above you? or airplane noise inside the plane?

I find airplane noise within a plane great - it blocks out all the other noise.

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Re:Why noise is necessary for our brains to perform at a hig... by nyc111 on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:04PM (#29040124)

Airplane noise, as mentioned in the article, they move close to an airport. I agree, inside the plane is white noise and not too bad.

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