Over-simplified review of evidence on impact of background music on creative work: small hit to memory/attention, but makes you happier, so you may do better work on net.
Good collabs have a similar logic. Distracting, coord costs—but making work more fun may be high-order bit.
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This review is a good place to start: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03
See also a nice bibliography here:

