A few years ago, [Artem] learned about ways to focus sound in an issue of Popular Mechanics. If sound can be focused, he reasoned, it could be focused onto a plane of microphones. Get enough ...

Yet, more than just being pleasing to the ear, this sound, and others the Mac can generate, have helped boost my focus in recent months when I’m under deadline and trying to get work done.

Some people with ADHD find that certain types of music or other sounds can help them focus. But it doesn’t work for everyone. Share on Pinterest Listening to music can have a range of effects on ...