Inspiring instrumentals improve your mental focus Male student sitting at table with books and laptop. Young man studying in library reading book. JACOB LUND/SHUTTERSTOCK Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness, according to research from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. When young adults were given a task that required intense concentration, they did better while listening to the bright “Spring” concerto versus the slower and more somber “Autumn” one.

Inspiring instrumentals improve your mental focus

JACOB LUND/SHUTTERSTOCK

Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness, according to research from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. When young adults were given a task that required intense concentration, they did better while listening to the bright “Spring” concerto versus the slower and more somber “Autumn” one.