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Way back when the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis caused some stir, a claim that the language used influences how one views the world. Loglan (thence lojban) was created in part by a desire to test this hypothesis. Also there were these new computer things at the time, how would we interface with those? The strong version of the hypothesis is generally held in low regard, though there are various effects, little leaky abstractions that filter into your perception depending on your language. One recent study involves perception; English speakers tend to noun a picture, as the noun comes first, so we need a noun to lead with. Verb first other languages do, so speakers of those "look around" more to identify an action. And then there are languages with totally free word order, and the speakers of those look all over the place to figure out what is what.
pa xejrespa cu gunta pa smani .i
gunta fa pa xejrespa pa smani .i
pa xejrespa pa smani cu gunta
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/grammar-changes-how-we-see-an-australian-language-shows/
Therefore, one might expect various (small) differences from using different environments. A blank piece of musical paper might differ from a busy digital audio workstation interface? Finding testable things here might be tricky; without double-blind experiments to be had and IR sensors and grad students and whatnot one might try different environments or workspaces to see if anything works better or worse for you.