Should you be able to rock out at your desk? It’s an age-old question that science has been trying to answer for a long time. On the one hand, some bosses say listening to Motorhead at full volume for eight hours daily is distracting. But on the other hand, many workers believe that listening to music helps them to concentrate. So who is right? Does listening to music in the workplace help you work better? Music While Your Work Throughout History While listening to music via a personal device seems like a new thing, it’s been going on for a long time. The UK government, for instance, encouraged nineteenth and early twentieth-century…