Life, Dreams and Reality -- Sohel's Blog

"people learned significantly better after a walk in nature than after a walk in a dense urban environment, suggesting that processing a barrage of information leaves people fatigued" -  hmm....IPOD needs to take some rest then. Link:  Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime

I believe it does. It may also depends on the type of music. "In fact, it’s music’s dual ability to distract attention (a psychological effect) while simultaneously goosing the heart and the muscles (physiological impacts) that makes it so effective during everyday exercise. Multiple experiments have found that music increases a person’s subjective sense of motivation during a workout, and also concretely affects his or her performance." Link:  Does Music Make You Exercise Harder?