What is white noise? And how does that help in increasing our focus while doing certain task?

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What is white noise? And how does that help in increasing our focus while doing certain task?

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White noise has an equal distribution of frequencies across a chosen range, analogous to white color that is an even mixture of all colors. Natural sources of noise such as wind disturbing leaves or moving water are somewhat muffled and contain more bass, and can be described as pink or brown color.

You might be able to focus more if the noise overpowers small sounds that would otherwise draw your attention.