Hello Dr. Huberman. I am Dr. Enaldo Oliveira, conductor and Pedagogue specialist in String Teaching. Thank you very much for your speech. I have dedicated my career on teaching string instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) to students here at Brazil. I have taught students from slums and also students who committed acts against the law. In your talk, you addressed topics that I have been thinking about for the last 30 years, but I did not have a scientific basis on the subject. A few years ago, I inserted meditation exercises, mindfulness, breathing, yoga, Pa-kua, etc., at the beginning of my classes, as a strategy to improve student learning. Right now, I'm trying to learn about neuroscience to write about this experience relating music, meditative practices and relaxation, and the action and relationship of this with the brain. My goal is to publish so that I can draw the attention of governments in Brazil, so that music can be included as a subject in schools and be part of the education of Brazilians. There is no music teaching in formal schools here. I have always advocated that we don't ask our children if they want to study mathematics. For everything you described about the benefits of learning to play an instrument, we shouldn't ask children if they want to study an instrument. Everyone should learn music to improve the performance of the neural system and the learning tools of all other academic disciplines. I would like to talk to you more about this. Congratulations on your work and gratitude for sharing it with us. Att. Dr. Enaldo Oliveira.
Hello! I'm also from Brazil. I'm very interested in your experience with integrating meditation exercises into your teaching. My wife, who teaches visual arts, is considering using these techniques in her classes. She's noticed challenges in engaging students accustomed to rapidly consuming information, such as that on TikTok, and their difficulties in settling down to learn deep and complex subjects. Could you share the challenges and benefits you've encountered with these techniques? Also, do you have any insights on implementing them successfully in a regular school environment? E cara, parabéns, acredito que são professores como você que são responsáveis pelos impactos positivos na educação atual. Você não só tá implementando soluções à nível individual (nas suas aulas) como também buscando mudanças estruturais nas instituições de ensino, com as suas publicações. Muito obrigado por existir e por se esforçar pra causar mudanças positivas nas futuras gerações, com certeza isso não tá sendo e não será em vão, espero que cê encontre satisfação no seu trabalho e na sua vida pessoal e que continue fazendo esse trabalho!
I just recently quit alcohol. Everytime I get a craving, or a feeling of anxious, sadness, etc. I will stop everything I'm doing, lay down and listen to some chill piano. This has helped me tremendously in dealing with my out-of-wack emotions and withdrawal symptoms. It's nice to hear the method backed by science!
0:37: 🎵 Music is a neurological phenomenon that activates nearly every part of our brain and body. 8:25: 🎵 Music can describe and evoke emotions with a tremendous degree of nuance. 17:08: 🎶 Babies as young as three months old respond to music with rhythmic movements of their limbs and torso. 25:07: 💓 Deliberately inhaling with vigor increases heart rate, while deliberately exhaling slows down heart rate due to respiratory sinus arrhythmia. 33:45: 🎵 Listening to music activates different neural circuits in the brain and body, leading to specific reactions and increased motivation. 41:26: 🧠 The video discusses the brain areas involved in the release of dopamine and the activation of the amygdala when listening to music. 49:22: 💪 Listening to music before exercising or doing cognitive work can increase motivation. 56:45: 🎵 Listening to instrumental music with a faster tempo (140-150 beats per minute) can enhance cognitive work. 1:04:31: ! The impact of listening to music during physical exercise is highly individual and varies based on the type of exercise. 1:12:31: 🎶 Approximately 82% of people listen to music to make themselves happy, 46.5% listen to process emotions, and 32.5% listen to increase concentration. 1:21:01: 🎶 The circuit of neurons that goes from our ears to our brain impacts our emotions, motivation, and propensity to move, and is fundamental to communication. 1:29:23: 😌 Listening to the song 'Weightless' by Marconi Union can reduce anxiety and induce relaxation. 1:37:40: 🎵 Learning an instrument or how to sing increases connectivity in the brain and enhances various brain circuits. Recap by Tammy AI
My granddaughter was born last November and was a very unsettled newborn. She spent several days quite unwell in NICU but was discharged home well. To settle her in the first weeks at the times when she was crying unconsolably, we tried different songs and typical baby songs and the ones that worked, while being rocked and danced around was Pogues Fairytale of New York, and Billy Joel Piano Man. Those two got the strongest response from her. As soon as it started she stopped crying and looked wide eyed and calm. It was like magic!
Mother of a professional musician here. I'm almost afraid to listen as I'm sure it will reveal everything starting from my mother singing while I was still in utero.
My training is in classical music, but I find myself gravitating to different genres depending on what I want to do. Music really does set the mood for what I do, to the point where I make playlists oriented towards the tasks I work on. And I am 100% sure that other people do this too, because it just makes sense.
I do this. I mostly gravitate toward classical, especially when working on projects or cleaning. Unless I am working out. Oddly, it goes more to the association with violence/victory lol. Such as from Eminem to the Wonder Woman movie soundtrack. I suppose there are actually classical influence in those. I know a lot of people go to trance/dancehall but that doesn’t work in my brain.
Yep, I'm doing the ironic thing of using Andrew's podcast as the background noise when I am working as I find long TH-cam videos that have lots of narration, but still stimulating regarding the content, helps me concentrate on work much better than distractions on my phone - I do have diagnosed ADHD so I'll love Andrew to explain my brain's behaviour LOL. Another podcast I use is 'Fall of Civilizations' for the same purpose. It MUST be in the background playing through my speakers or else it isn't as effective e.g. if it's in front of me or I'm listening to it via headphones - it doesn't have the same effect. - Ah, me and my brain eh.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎵 Music's Neural Wonders - Music activates various brain regions and even the body itself. 02:37 🕊️ Music's Emotional Expressiveness - Music can describe and evoke a wide range of emotions, conveying intent. 10:05 ❤️ Innate Response to Music - Babies as young as three months old respond to music with rhythmic movements. 19:46 🩺 Music's Physiological Impact - Listening to music daily can reduce resting heart rate and affect heart rate variability. 21:52 🎵 Music's Impact on the Parasympathetic Nervous System - Listening to music activates the parasympathetic nervous system. - Music increases heart rate variability, even during sleep. - Regularly listening to 10-30 minutes of favorite music benefits mental and physical health. 24:09 🎶 Effects of Music on the Cardiovascular System - A meta-analysis reveals that music positively impacts the cardiovascular system. - The impact is likely through changes in breathing, not just direct effects on heart rate. - Breathing patterns, influenced by music, affect heart rate variability. 32:05 🧠 Music's Influence on Motivation - Music activates neural circuits related to motivation and movement. - The frontal cortex predicts musical patterns, fostering anticipation. - This predictive mechanism can be leveraged to increase motivation. 42:37 🧠 Impact of Music on Memory and Emotions - Music can evoke a range of emotions and memories, including nostalgia, happiness, and sadness. - Specific brain areas, such as the para hippocampal regions, cortex, and hippocampus, are activated by music and contribute to our emotional and memory responses. - Hearing a particular song can trigger a flood of memories associated with the time and place we first heard it. 44:29 🎶 Music's Effect on Motivation and Brain Circuits - Music activates brain circuits related to action initiation (basal ganglia) and rhythmic timing (cerebellum), influencing our motivation to move. - Faster music with a beat around 140-150 beats per minute can significantly enhance motivation to move. - Listening to music creates a neuronal resonance that boosts motivation independently of song familiarity. 51:01 🎧 Music for Cognitive Focus and Productivity - Silence is generally the best environment for cognitive tasks and learning. - Instrumental music, preferably with a faster tempo, can be suitable for cognitive work, especially if you don't know the lyrics. - Music with lyrics, even if motivating, can compete with your cognitive processes and hinder learning. - Listening to familiar motivating music during breaks between learning sessions can enhance cognitive performance. 01:02:49 🎵 How Music Affects Learning - Listening to music during breaks between cognitive work can enhance focus and learning. - Different types of physical exercise may have varying responses to music. - Switching between silence and music, particularly upbeat music, during exercise can improve performance. 01:07:29 🧠 Benefits of Music in Shifting Mood - Music can shift mood by activating specific brain circuits and releasing neurochemicals. - Happy music tends to be faster with or without meaningful lyrics. - Sad music is slower and activates the corrugator muscles, furrowing the brow. - AI may play a role in generating mood-shifting music in the future. 01:14:42 🎶 The Power of Cadence in Music - Cadence and frequency of music impact facial expressions and emotional states. - Low-frequency sounds played with spacing evoke "bass face." - These circuits are fundamental for emotional communication in humans. 01:23:40 📈 Duration of Music for Mood Processing - Listening to happy music for at least nine minutes can significantly shift mood to a happier state. - To process somber or sad emotions, listening to sad music for an equivalent duration can be effective. 01:23:52 🎵 Music's Impact on Sadness - Listening to 13 minutes or more of sad music when feeling sad can help process somber feelings. 01:27:46 🧘♀️ Music for Reducing Anxiety - Certain songs, like "Weightless" by Marconi Union, can reduce anxiety by up to 65% in just three minutes of listening. 01:34:04 🧠 Music, Instruments, and Brain Connectivity - Learning to play an instrument, especially at a young age, enhances brain connectivity, aiding in various forms of learning. 01:39:11 🎶 Listening to Novel Forms of Music - Listening to new and unfamiliar music, especially when paying attention, can stimulate brain circuitry and enhance overall learning capacity. Made with HARPA AI
This is very helpful for those wanting a concise breakdown of the podcast, particularly, if they couldn't take notes or didn't have time to listen to the full episode.
Humberman is god! Not only is he extremely bright but hes well spoke and really makes you understand what hes saying no matter what your level of education is. Well done sir
I wake up And I put Rosalia, dance and sing to her music and the day is ON. Singing and dancing without anyone listening or seeing you is something that I found to be Deeply healing and energizing. Sunshine + Rosalia + Mate + excersise , the best way I found to start myself.
Thank you, Professor Huberman, for taking on this most important subject. You are about to embark down a road that will change your life forever and have nearly as much impact as Costello did. (I do not say that lightly. Animals saved my life. My first career was practicing Animal Law). Once you begin learning your instrument (whatever it may be), you will start to see a path. You will start to see the mystery and magic but also the innate structure music has within us first hand. It will take some time so please don’t give up (if it is guitar just know your callouses will develop and the pain will subside). We need you. From this side of it. I only started my real study of music (and playing instruments) post retirement from my practice of law. It is completely doable as an adult. Five minutes a night is all it takes to start. Just don’t give up. Make it as important as teeth brushing. And soon you will not be able to go to sleep without it. This is not to say that one must play an instrument to understand it’s impact but it may help you have a deeper understanding and connection to help you process the vast array of information that will soon flood you. It may also help you with your experts and enable you to continue to enlighten the rest of us. I have studied at length the mathematics of music (9 minutes!? Ha! Not at all surprised!) which is a subject onto itself. But what I am most interested in learning from your podcast is the physiological impact music has on us*, which you have so generously touched upon and have already given us actionable tools. Thank you! But there is so much more. My understanding is that frequencies can change us. You touched on this with the babies and how certain types of songs create a senses of happiness or sadness. What I am excited to learn from your future podcasts are the physiological impact sound waves have when entering our bodies (not just our ears). My understanding is that sound waves move more efficiently in mass than air and have even been known to make patterns in bodies of water and geometric shapes in sand. See Chladni Patterns. So what does this mean for us? How is it we all innately understand dissonance and consonance? How does it move our bodies and how impactful are different frequencies? I believe there is a professor in Michigan using high frequency sound waves to kill cancer cells. The list is seemingly endless. But I will stop here. Thank you! Thank you for all of your podcasts, for deciding to buckle down at UCSB and for going on to grad school. Thank you for becoming a scientist and deciding to make the world a better place by providing real information with real actionable tools and protocols. And thank you for being a scientist who truly respects the sentient nature of animals. You are forever my hero. With so much gratitude, Sandy //////*not limited to humans.
The 9 minute time frame referenced as the earliest listen time for optimal benefits made me chuckle too!! Not surprised at all!! Humans, or any complex biological system for that matter, are fundamentally an amazingly intricate, highly specialised fluid filled resonant chamber, filled with increasingly smaller fluid filled geometric, resonant chambers!! If Dear Hubie ever does a full episode on sacred geometry and human biology, I dare say it will be once of the best things to ever grace the internet!! Haha.. There is some amazing research coming out on this subject in recent years! I will find some articles I have saved and link them in... The heart for example, doesnt not just lub-dub! It makes over 120 micro acoustic sounds that signal various systems in the body. These sonic messages carried in the blood, travel with mindblowing speed and accuracy to activate and regulate immune cells, cardiac functioning, neurological and endocrine processes!! Look up micro acoustics in biological systems if you haven't already! When the body is functioning well, we are a veritable ochestra.. Each of us, a magnum opus over the course of our life. But when the body goes out of coherence, the phonons literally become discordant with their resonant outputs. Ie. no longer in harmony! 😉 My background in science began in biology with a focus on wildlife ecology, entomology, and natural systems. Progressed to microbiology and chemical ecology and I am now starting a chapter as a quantum Biologist and Sound Medicine Practitioner. The validity of so many ancient healing modalities blows my mind and its so exciting that we finally have the tech to be studying these effects! So much respect and gratitude for your contributions Andrew! .. and over the moon to hear you're coming to Australia soon! Huzzah!!!
"Music and the Brain" - an exquisite harmony of science and art! 🎶 All of your series have been my guiding symphony through the last year to learn more about the wonders of the human body, our brain, our consciousness etc. and now an very inspiring topic which is music's connection to our minds and its mathematical precision. Thank you for all you do, Mr. Huberman, for orchestrating these enlightening episodes. I'd be thrilled and honored to share my own musical studies on the brain with you one day . 🎵🧠🔬 Keep the melodies of knowledge flowing! 🙌
I’ve watched many of your podcasts, here you seem extra energized and happy just talking about MUSIC. Best of luck on your musical instrument adventure.
Have we studied woodwind and particularly saxophone players, as we learn early in the process towards proficiency how to breath with forced lower diaphragm for volume and impact on tone. Old time doctors would prescribe woodwind playing for asthma and other lung conditions. It changed my childhood asthmatic problems and led me to the joy of playing the sax.
What a time to be alive this is like why we sleep or breathe, a deep insight with easily doable actions on a subject most people engage every day but never think about. For free and meticulously well organised and presented. Thank you for this awesome contribution to humanity
My favorite episode so far. I'm biased as an audio engineer and music producer but I think everyone can relate to the power of music. I cannot wait for the deep dive into frequency ratios and specific emotions. Thank you for making this!
As a musician I am eager to hear Andrew’s research on the Science of music and it’s been great so far as I’m 15 minutes into it! Keep up the great work Andrew!
Listening to "Weightless" by Marconi Union for 3 minutes reduces anxiety by up to 65% • Music for focus, ranked from best to worse: 1) Brown/white noise or binaural beats 2) Silence 3) Instrumental music 4) Lyrical music • Listening to 10-30 minutes of music per day increases heart rate variability around the clock (i.e., not just when you're listening to the music) • Listening to music for 10-15 minutes facilitates a propensity for action (so do this before a cognitive work bout or pre-exercise) • If you wanna boost your happiness, listen to upbeat (140-150 BPM) music for a minimum of 9 minutes • Huberman started using a separate phone in the gym - one that doesn't allow him to text/scroll socials (i.e., only for music) • Listening to sad music (40-50 BPM) when you're feeling down for a minimum of 13 minutes helps you process the sadness
Music and poetry are huge parts of my life, responsible both for amazing highs, and for getting me through harrowing lows. Dr Huberman - I have followed you for years, silently, and have really appreciated everything about your mission, the way you act in the world, and how you clearly care about and are excited by the science and how it can help people... and I just want to say thank you for everything you've done. You're a brilliant person.
Musician and lover of music history, here. Andrew Huberman delivers a fascinating look into the power of music to make us feel. The Baroque period was all about wanting to create music that would move the emotions; it was a radical departure from the polyphony of the Renaissance . Those responsible were artists and intellectuals such as Vincenzo Galilei, who were aware of the power of a melodic line with a simple accompaniment. They believed they were recreating Ancient Greek theatre. And so recitative and opera were created. Great podcast!
Music and coffee are my most reliable dopamine boosters! And so are, as of recently, dr Huberman's podcasts. What an exciting topic you've chosen, Professor! It was simply delightful to listen to this podcast and learn a few more things about the brain's functioning. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us!
I'm very happy to see more than 4 million people following you, this means that there are still curious people, people who want to learn and become better. Thank you for what you do. Keep it up!
A little over 2 years ago I considered myself as someone that didn’t like music. Today I can proudly say it’s changed my life so much for the better. Music heals the soul!
@@neandrewthalI always had a general like for electronic music but didn’t know it at the time but since I started raving just over 2 years ago it’s been tech house, house and melodic techno.
@@JSF_7 Cool. I am not even aware of anything being called melodic techno as a genre but I generally like my techno to be melodic if not atmospheric or both.
When I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder at 24 I hadnt been working for a couple of years but my love of the human body never left me so I told myself I would get a degree. So, the Open University gave me the ability to do this. It took me five years but I got there. The last modules I did were neuroscience modules. They changed how I see the world. Three weeks into the module on the senses I sat crying on my bed because I just didnt understand. By the end I got a distinction. Neurobiology changed my life. And now my nephew has started to question things at age 7. My level of excitement and passion is as great as Andrews here. My knowledge?...I can only wish. He gets so excited and its infectious. And now my nephew has caught the bug and I couldnt be more thrilled. Anyway, I just wanted to thank everyone with the podcast for keeping science exciting and relevant and available. Thank you.
I'm a highly sensitive person and have been attached to music in all the ways you describe since I started being able to pick up the chords and melodies in songs as a teenager.
Dr Huberman, I haven’t seen you in a while and may I just say that you appear to be looking much more tired than I remember you from previous episodes (watched several months ago), so I hope you’re well and not overworking yourself. As always, excellent content. Your voice is like therapy itself. All the best to you and the followers
@@santoshch7445 You can play thousands of songs by learning like 5 or 6 basic chord shapes. G Major, C major, A minor, F major, E minor, D major. Forget about everything else. Practice switching between those shapes. I recommend "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles as a good practice song since it involves quick chord changes. After that you can learn pentatonic scales so you can play leads and solos.
it puts me at ease to see that a stanford teacher struggles with self image and anxiety . i say this from the way he is on camera .... doing the same things I would do if I was nervous about millions of people watching me. love your pod cast I'm very grateful that you make this accessible to anyone who wants to learn . thank you
2 years ago I watched your first video and I'm not shocked at all how massive this channel has become. I literally swell with emotion because so many of your videos have truly helped the lives of myself (ADHD) and my children (ASD). Thank you always.
This may be my favorite episode. I'm not a musician, but I've always been interested in music and love it. I listened to fast paced music while walking or jogging for decades now (think Walkman and cassette tapes) and intuitively know it makes me feel like stepping to the beat. Now I understand exactly how that works. As a side note, your delivery skills have improved dramatically over time. Not that they were bad before, but you have achieved a level of concise precision that is rare among podcasters or even university lecturers. It's obvious that you have been consciously working on these skills which are much appreciated.
11:49 - Music has the ability to evoke emotions and create a sense of intent within us. When we listen to music, our body responds to the frequencies of sound, causing our neurons and hormones to contribute to a symphony of emotion. Music can't describe objects, but it can explain and evoke emotions in nuanced ways. 14:39 - Music can convey intent and evoke different emotional states within us. Similar to spoken language, music can change its intonation and frequency to imply different meanings. When music conveys intent, it activates neural circuits in our body that generate movement, leading us to feel the need to respond or move in a particular way. 17:16 - Babies as young as three months old respond to music by moving their limbs and torso in rhythmic patterns. Different frequencies and arrangements of sound evoke different types of bodily movements, even in infants who have not yet learned how to dance. The neural circuits in our body that respond to music are closely tied to the neural circuits that generate movement. 19:43 - Music can cause changes in our bodily physiology, such as reducing resting heart rate and increasing heart rate variability. Studies have shown that listening to music for 10 to 30 minutes per day can have significant effects on our bodily functions. Heart rate variability, which reflects the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, tends to increase when listening to music, leading to periods of relaxation and calm. 21:55 - Listening to music for a dedicated period of time each day, around 10 to 30 minutes, can increase heart rate variability not only during the listening period but also throughout the day and even during sleep. This increase in heart rate variability has positive effects on mental and physical health. 24:01 - A recent meta-analysis explores the effects of music on the cardiovascular system and reveals that listening to favorite music positively impacts the cardiovascular system through changes in breathing, rather than direct changes in heart rate. The relationship between breathing and heart rate is explained, highlighting the phenomenon of respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Music is able to influence our physiology at a subconscious level, turning the knobs of our cardiovascular system and increasing heart rate variability. 26:24 - Breathing patterns play a crucial role in the relationship between music and heart rate. When we inhale vigorously or make our inhale longer, our heart rate increases, while deliberate exhaling slows down the heart rate. This is due to respiratory sinus arrhythmia, where the diaphragm's movement affects the space in the heart and the volume of blood flowing through it. The nervous system detects these changes and sends signals to speed up or slow down the heart rate accordingly. 28:47 - Listening to music subconsciously changes our breathing patterns, even if we are not consciously aware of it. Music communicates emotion, evokes respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and increases heart rate variability. Our patterns of breathing change in response to the music, leading to changes in heart rate. This deep impact on our nervous system occurs below our conscious awareness, making music a powerful tool for improving mental and physical health. 31:09 - Music can be a potent tool for increasing motivation. While strategies like "just do it" or motivational speeches may work for some, music has the ability to activate pre-motor and motor circuits in the brain and body. These circuits mobilize our body and can be leveraged to increase motivation. Listening to music while working out or prior to physical activity taps into these circuits and enhances motivation. Notes generated by ZippyNotes AI
This episode was extremly interesting. It is not too late to learn an instrument being adult. I started to learn to play the piano when I was 40 and I play daily with great enthusiasm. It relaxes me and gives me so much joy. So go for it, you will not become a concert player, but still enjoy making music, not just listening. Althouth I love listening too. Greetings from Germany.
You are such a blessing Dr. Huberman. I enjoyed this episode a lot and will listen in again (and probably again!) since I was in the midst of angst and couldn't listen in continuity (very segmented since I was so distracted in my thoughts with my internal anger). Anyway, long story short when I came to your part about reducing anxiety by listening to Weightless, I immediately put you on pause and played Weightless in the background, and listened to you again while Weightless plays in the background. The music reminds of when I play my keyboard with different sounds, it can produce sounds of various instruments like harps, horns, percussion, angelic voices, and even nature sounds. The sound feels like it transports you to another dimension. You feel the physicalness of things around you, yet you seem to be in that "thousand mile stare." You have a sense of being here, nowhere, and everywhere at the same time. I will listen to Weightless again when I'm reading. Anything to help me focus better (Baroque music also helps me). And will try to listen to the music again next time when I come across challenging times. Thank you for your excellent work, and this particular one really solidifies my belief that music is good therapy!
I am in school to become a music therapist and I’m really looking forward to this podcast! We use science based information and to help/heal people using music. I hope there is mention of music therapy!!
@jennyhenry9462 - was looking for the music therapy for healing aspect, as well - mainly for a friend in ICU after a nearly fatal - with brain injury as he had no helmet on - bicycle rider hit from behind with a vehicle @40 mph. Needless to say - there was brain injury, mostly parietal lobe, where the backward force from the initial hit sent him airborne and crashing backwards into the windshield of the car. Again, for some reason that morning he decided not to wear his helmet. 3 wks later has made great progress (compared to his initial state) but still in ICU - trying to talk, but some 9f the words are nonsensical. Speaks 5 different languages, and has responded to French, with a reply in perfect French. But French is his most minimally used & less fluent languages - so go figure.🤔 His 1 language is Spanish, his 2nd is English - he is a Spanish professor in U.S. Family is playing 'his music' for him (not sure the genre). I'm going to suggest finding a rehab facility that - among other venues, also uses music to heal....if only I knew more about it!
@cathithomas2888 I think the OP was maybe expecting a bit more on the healing aspect, rather than about 'how music affects us' - pretty sure the OP got that part...being in school to become a music therapist.
Intuition When you don't know How you know... But you know you know... and you know you knew and that's all you needed to know 😊😊😊 thank you for your Science. ❤❤❤
Your violin experience is delightful. I'm sure you didn't think so at the time, but that you shared it with millions shows your keen ability at self-effacement. Really a wonderful podcast today. Thank you so much.
In the two lowest times in my life, I just totally shut down, isolated myself and as I thought about how i had got there, how had a become the shell of the person i was and how i had allowed others to bring me to that state. I instinctively went to my playlist, not as a deliberate action but it was something personal, something i have always enjoyed, something that is just mine and i indulged in that pleasure. Now i cant say if it was after the first song or the 10th but immediately I began to do a 180. Everyday I was a little stronger until i was ready to come out fighting again. I think it was a mixture of taking the time out to focus my inner self and also the memories of better times that the tunes brought back, the rhythms and beats.. i don't know, it just gave me a huge surge of energy and confidence and love of myself to stand up and fight. The second time I did the same and the only reason there was a second time was because, music alone couldn't do it, I needed to tackle, head on, the fundamental issues that were harming me and i hadn't done that so i slowly ended up in the same place again. Im in a much better place now and listening to music was an enormous part of it. Thank you for helping me understand better and appreciate even more the power that listening to music has.
Andrew, I've never seen you like this before! "No, I'm not gonna dance for you!" I laughed a lot here. I'm so grateful for this episode, that's a special one for sure❤
Dr. Huberman. I had a nearly identical experience with the violin in my youth. It was both humiliating and soul crushing. I hope your effort at learning a new instrument is successful. Thank you for all you do to make science accessible and entertaining.
I have never been this excited while watching any other subject related podcast. I watched every second of this podcast with pure energy. Thank you always for your work ANDREW sir ! From NEPAL
Extremely thought-provoking. I would like to see someone do a mini study on brainwaves when listening to a pipe organ in person. I will never forget the first time I was in the presence of one and the organist was playing some really low tones and I could feel it come in through my feet and resonate through my body. Incredible!
You surely make every Monday the best day of the week, that excitement when knowing its Monday and another Podast will be releaased, Monday is truely a Dr.Huberman Day!
I really hope someone sees this who's part of the podcast! I had a stroke a birth which scarred my frontal cortex and have seizures. Music is a huge part of my life. I really appreciate all the info I love learning about the brain it's amazing. Ty again
Have been following the podcast for a while and all content has been very informative and educational. This episode is an absolute favourite! As an Early years educator and trainee Neurologic Music therapist this covers everything needed to know/ for an in-dept introduction about music and it's effects on the human brain. More people need to be aware of how music and art effect people and their wellbeing. Thank you Andrew for your work :)
DR Huberman, I see my son in you. Only he is 5 years old. You are the future of him. God bless you. Thank you for all the knowledge along with your positive attitude.
Hello Dr. Huberman. If you haven't completely given up on playing an instrument, go drums. It's the archery of instrument. I'm a drummer and I listened to 10s of your podcast. You ARE rhythm aware plus physical. Your cognition style, the way you mentally break down or build up concepts in your head is EXTREMELLY drum-friendly. You're a natural at understanding subdivision and flow. Drums are for you man!
Thank you so much Dr.Huberman for this wonderful episode. I am a neuroscience student and I took a cognitive neuroscience of music course recently. When I was writing my paper I noticed that listening to arousing music 20 minutes after studying heightens memory. 1:02:33
I loved it so much!! Can you do an episode about Reading ( stories, ect..) There is a study by the university of Sussex they found that reading for as few as six minutes reduced stress by as much as 68 percent. I hope that you'll do an episode of that ! thanks for everything Andrew !
Andrew, thanks so much for this and FUTURE podcasts on music. I have an 8 year old daughter who has been playing piano and singing since she was 6. Private piano and vocal lessons. Oh, and she’s is the school choir. She’s so smart and full of joy. I think that these podcasts on music are helping me understand what’s happening inside my daughter’s brain on a much deeper level- intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Thank you.
I swear Andrew... I'm pretty certain you've extended my life by years. My humble gratitude knows no bounds. Thank you dear boy. Love KAZ FROM NSW AUSTRALIA xx
Hi Dr. Huberman, thanks for the great episode. I'm a jazz musician and, as you may know, jazz music is almost entirely improvised, with soloists relying on a combination of learned musical vocabulary, harmonic song forms, and real-time reactions to what the rest of band is playing. Successfully improvising a jazz solo most definitely involves entering a flow state with the music--legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker said "learn the horn, learn your scales, learn the tunes, and then forget all that shit and just blow!" If you dive into the neuroscience of improvisation, particularly within a jazz context, in future episodes on music, I believe that would be a great topic for discussion, and greatly appreciated by us jazz musicians. Thanks for all of the great work.
This episode leads me to believe music is the purest and most primal of arts, because it's literally just complex patterns expressed through a very limited medium. Looking at it this way seems to give a lot of sense to the findings in the papers. It boosts mood and productivity, because it's challenging and relaxing to the brain at the same time. With the brain recognising and processing so many patterns non-stop to keep us alive, no wonder it enjoys when patterns that aren't crucial to your survival are thrown its way.
I am so blessed to come across you dear Mr Huberman in the beginning of this new year 2023. I have a great teacher ever since now! Thank you for sharing!
Marconi Union "Weightless" is not accidental song. It was specifically designed with the help of the British Academy of Sound Therapy to reduce heart rate and relax. Pay attention to the beat, it is mimicking the heartbeat of a relaxed person. Also other tricks used. Pretty amazing!
Specific music frequencies has made a huge impact on my personal healing journey, therefore I love using music for guided self hypnosis and meditation recordings for my clients, and for that I have been doing a lot of research on music frequencies. Thank you Dr. Huberman for such a profound insight into this topic. 🙏❣️
I have skipped the last two episodes in order to finish this one first. I love the topic....off topic but my favourite thing to do while working is listening to this podcast. 😊
When I took ketamine while tripping on LSD, my brain completely restructured the music I was listening to. It didn't sound like anything I've ever heard before. One of the most terrifying but also the most interesting experiences I've had. Our brains are truly magical.
Could be due to the dissociative nature of ket. I lost all sense of self while having a similar mixed cocktail in my system and the curtains and patterns around me started moving and as I felt emotions they morphed almost according to my mood. Also terrifying.
I have always been fascinated by the effects of music on my brain and body. Thank you Mr. Huberman for bringing clarity and evidence on those mechanisms.
As a serious amateur violinist and singer, I have been a huge fan of your podcasts for a long time, as I find everything you discussed has been highly relevant to learning and striving for excellence in any disciplines. I am particularly delighted to listen to this episode, twice already! Really looking forward for further discussions on this topic. Just curious, the future musician guest speakers will in any chance include Vijay Gupta? He is an amazing violinist, a fantastic speaker and a great social activist. Thank you so much for your great work, Mr. Huberman!
🎉 congrats on 4 million. Grateful to be one. Such diverse, understandable, actionable, relevant and enjoyable info, this episode as a great example... Bless you Andrew Huberman
A few weeks back I commented about leaving the country and starting Pyshcology at Uni. Today my first term begins haha, thanks again for the inspiration Professor
YESSSSSS!!! I'm so excited that you made this video!!! I have been curious about this my whole life, never understood how some people don't listen to music because I'm so incredibly obsessed with music 😂 The music chooses me & I love the way it flows through me usually as I tap my hands to the beat as I drive... or dance ❤❤❤ Thank you for explaining this, it helps me understand myself a little better 😂
this podcast has affirmed as to why I love and need for music. Music now and as far back as I can remember, has helped my mood, life and body. My body and mind, feels it in such a way that no matter what I will feel better. I listen to music everyday, all kinds of genres, in all sorts of volume. Both my sons are the same, specially the younger one with Fragile X Syndrome, not a day goes by that he does not listen to music. Thank you Annoth
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I would be super curious for a podcast about the effects on the brain on listening to speech at faster than normal speeds (say listening to a podcast at 2x or 3x or 4x and possibly even faster speeds). Would there be any link or similar mechanisms with reading/speed reading? Thanks so much for this video Dr Huberman 😊
This was fascinating! I have studied classical piano since I was little, and I've always been intrigued by the ways in which music can affect us, so this podcast did a great job of both answering many of my questions and generating more. I'm actually taking a class right now about the math/Physics/engineering side of music, so this episode came at a good time for me! I'm curious: has there been much research done on how individuals with perfect/absolute pitch process and respond to music, or how/why perfect pitch develops in the first place? I happen to have it. I also happen to be blind, and many individuals with my eye condition have perfect pitch as well, so I'm curious about the subject in general.
Would love many more episodes on this topic!! Also, talking about vibrations and frequencies of the brain, an episode with Joe Dispenza as guest would be extremely interesting 🙌🏼 Thank you as always for these super informative podcasts, appreciate them so much.
Any chance you could cover "frisson"? I experience it regularly and often wonder what it means. For those that don't know, frisson is a French term for getting the chills due to excitement. It's an incredible feeling! Thanks Andrew appreciate what you do tremendously
He did discuss this phenomenon on a previous podcast which was music related somewhat. Have not yet had chance to listen here to completion. I would be surprised if not discussed to some degree.
IMO the feeling you get from asmr and the chills you get from music are very different I wouldn’t say it’s the same psychological response .. especially from the studies ASMR has on ptsd
Music is the only thing that gives me this, I’m not a musician but I do write poems & lyrics. Sometimes sing Melodie’s that randomly come to me. I love it. Sometimes I give myself chills but it’s been a while since
Seems like you enjoyed doing this one especially, I’m excited to hear that you plan to do more. Something maybe you could cover is that learning even rudimentary techniques on a drum kit feels like it splits your brain in half and grows other parts together, I’ve never had anything else make me feel that way at least to that extent. Not saying I’m a Neal Pert or anything but I wonder if there’s any studies about drummers specifically, and what they’re neurons look like or whatever compared to normies haha
48:30 49:20 🎶 10-15 min prior physical or cognitive work = upper mood motivation to engage in it. Catecholamine + narrow 54:51 🤫 learning task in silence > instrumental background (favourite speed) > music with lyrics > FAVORITE music with or without lyrics White noise / Brown noise / Binaural Beats / Silence = BEST for focus and learning 58:17 59:25 listen your voice while you read 1:00:12 1:03:53 1:07:03 - 1:07:25 1:09:18 🎹🧠 1:10:07 ⚡️ 1:10:33 1:11:15 cool insight 1:15:50 1:18:38 😆 VS 😣 1:22:38 threshold: 9MIN OR MORE 1:24:18 sink or escape pain? 1:25:15 13MIN 1:26:05 1:26:25 … 1:30:38 1:34:00 instruments🪢neuroplasticity 1:35:32 1:36:01 feedback loops🚪1:36:40 1:36:50 corpus callosum 1:38:12 1:39:05 1:40:24 1:41:53 il cervello è fatto per la musica
I haven't even listened to this yet, but I can't wait to ask (I might forget to come back!) my burning Question: does learning to PLAY by EAR (as say Traditional Irish music teaches) affect the brain differently than learning to READ it from sheet music?
Thank you so much for covering the topic! I hope you read this: As a 35-year multi-ethnic, multi-instrumentalist who can learn virtually any instrument, and professionally perform and compose on at least 30, along with highly complex electronic music technology, and sing and write in multiple languages, I want to encourage you that violin has one of the most difficult learning curves to get it not to sound aweful, and a lack of proficiency on that particular instrument is not remotely indicative of a lack of musical potential. The scale length is so short, which makes the margin for intonation error (out of tune notes) brutal. On top of that, one is having to learn bow technique before the thing sounds remotely appealing. Add to that the fact that high frequency noise carries way more than low, and pierces the ether, and our hearing to the maximum, which then makes it impossible to practice quietly, and you have a recipe for potential early childhood musical disaster. I highly encourage you to try different instruments until you fall in love with one. Keyboard can be a nice place to start because you can put in headphones. If you like strings, ukulele (especially baritone) is very easy on the fingers, and with only 4 strings, chords are easier. I hope we’ll get to see some videos in the near future if you happily playing your favorite instruments and enjoying increased bilateral connectivity!
I love this episode. I have always liked listening to 120 bpm with no words for Cardio. If I listen to music that has lyrics that I like I get distracted during the work. Pre-workout music is always high paced "ego driven" music. Anything talking about being the best/winning works. I want to quote a rapper named Cannibus who stated "color is vibration and vibration is sound"...this lyric always stuck with me because the way these things relate scientifically is thought provoking. I think what Dr. Huberman states about music cooberates this connection. Kayne also stated "I'm just trying to change the color on your mood ring..." I am not shocked that music has this capability, but I am pleasantly surprised that some of these things I have been doing intuitively.
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By far, this is my most enjoyed video of Andrew. Not that his other videos are an inch far from enlightening, I've travelled with this one, listening to an important cluster of music in-between ideas... Thank you so much!!! I hope this knowledge transmission never ends.
Great topic! We all are music. It doesn't exist without those of us who think we're "just listening". We are made for music and there is not need for judgement within ourselves as we engage in music.
Rating: 8.9/10 In Short: Our brain is literally music… Notes: This was a really interesting and necessary topic---the beauty of the fact that our neurons literally play music in our brains can not be stated enough. It really highlights why music plays such a critical role in our emotions and brains generally. However, your personal love of music and experiences, which i've heard you speak about in many different podcasts, don't come across very well and it makes me want to ask you more personal and relatable questions about how music has shaped and affected huberman, not just how it generally affects people.
All very helpful info. Im an english teacher working with students of other mother tongues. Often, I work with adults and like to offer tools to help stimulate and improve learning and memory. I also am learning guitar (im almost 50) and have found your podcasts helpful to maximize my progress. That is why i enjoy watching, applying, testing, and recommending what I learn to myself and others.
Self taught musician and song writer. I played metal music based around a theme of perseverance. I started with guitar and singing about 20 yrs ago but also play bass and drums and dabble on piano. Drums are my current favorite and have played off and on for 16 yrs. Goal was to play and record everything to create full songs. Loved improvising too lol that’s how most of my songs came to fruition. Great episode!!!!
Hello Dr. Huberman. I am Dr. Enaldo Oliveira, conductor and Pedagogue specialist in String Teaching. Thank you very much for your speech. I have dedicated my career on teaching string instruments (violin, viola, cello and double bass) to students here at Brazil. I have taught students from slums and also students who committed acts against the law. In your talk, you addressed topics that I have been thinking about for the last 30 years, but I did not have a scientific basis on the subject. A few years ago, I inserted meditation exercises, mindfulness, breathing, yoga, Pa-kua, etc., at the beginning of my classes, as a strategy to improve student learning. Right now, I'm trying to learn about neuroscience to write about this experience relating music, meditative practices and relaxation, and the action and relationship of this with the brain. My goal is to publish so that I can draw the attention of governments in Brazil, so that music can be included as a subject in schools and be part of the education of Brazilians. There is no music teaching in formal schools here. I have always advocated that we don't ask our children if they want to study mathematics. For everything you described about the benefits of learning to play an instrument, we shouldn't ask children if they want to study an instrument. Everyone should learn music to improve the performance of the neural system and the learning tools of all other academic disciplines. I would like to talk to you more about this. Congratulations on your work and gratitude for sharing it with us. Att. Dr. Enaldo Oliveira.
Oi Enaldo! Gostaria de ler seu material quando for publicado!
Hello! I'm also from Brazil. I'm very interested in your experience with integrating meditation exercises into your teaching. My wife, who teaches visual arts, is considering using these techniques in her classes. She's noticed challenges in engaging students accustomed to rapidly consuming information, such as that on TikTok, and their difficulties in settling down to learn deep and complex subjects. Could you share the challenges and benefits you've encountered with these techniques? Also, do you have any insights on implementing them successfully in a regular school environment? E cara, parabéns, acredito que são professores como você que são responsáveis pelos impactos positivos na educação atual. Você não só tá implementando soluções à nível individual (nas suas aulas) como também buscando mudanças estruturais nas instituições de ensino, com as suas publicações. Muito obrigado por existir e por se esforçar pra causar mudanças positivas nas futuras gerações, com certeza isso não tá sendo e não será em vão, espero que cê encontre satisfação no seu trabalho e na sua vida pessoal e que continue fazendo esse trabalho!
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I just recently quit alcohol. Everytime I get a craving, or a feeling of anxious, sadness, etc. I will stop everything I'm doing, lay down and listen to some chill piano. This has helped me tremendously in dealing with my out-of-wack emotions and withdrawal symptoms. It's nice to hear the method backed by science!
Thank you so much for sharing this .. 💪💪
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That’s awesome. Congrats to you for taking control.
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0:37: 🎵 Music is a neurological phenomenon that activates nearly every part of our brain and body.
8:25: 🎵 Music can describe and evoke emotions with a tremendous degree of nuance.
17:08: 🎶 Babies as young as three months old respond to music with rhythmic movements of their limbs and torso.
25:07: 💓 Deliberately inhaling with vigor increases heart rate, while deliberately exhaling slows down heart rate due to respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
33:45: 🎵 Listening to music activates different neural circuits in the brain and body, leading to specific reactions and increased motivation.
41:26: 🧠 The video discusses the brain areas involved in the release of dopamine and the activation of the amygdala when listening to music.
49:22: 💪 Listening to music before exercising or doing cognitive work can increase motivation.
56:45: 🎵 Listening to instrumental music with a faster tempo (140-150 beats per minute) can enhance cognitive work.
1:04:31: ! The impact of listening to music during physical exercise is highly individual and varies based on the type of exercise.
1:12:31: 🎶 Approximately 82% of people listen to music to make themselves happy, 46.5% listen to process emotions, and 32.5% listen to increase concentration.
1:21:01: 🎶 The circuit of neurons that goes from our ears to our brain impacts our emotions, motivation, and propensity to move, and is fundamental to communication.
1:29:23: 😌 Listening to the song 'Weightless' by Marconi Union can reduce anxiety and induce relaxation.
1:37:40: 🎵 Learning an instrument or how to sing increases connectivity in the brain and enhances various brain circuits.
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I think I'm speaking for everyone. We all have been waiting for music episodes. Nothing but gratefullness for you Dr. Huberman. It changes lives.
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I absolutely love how Mr. Huberman lights up during this podcast. It’s clear he loves the topic and has a tremendous respect for it. ❤
My granddaughter was born last November and was a very unsettled newborn. She spent several days quite unwell in NICU but was discharged home well. To settle her in the first weeks at the times when she was crying unconsolably, we tried different songs and typical baby songs and the ones that worked, while being rocked and danced around was Pogues Fairytale of New York, and Billy Joel Piano Man. Those two got the strongest response from her. As soon as it started she stopped crying and looked wide eyed and calm. It was like magic!
I've listened to the piano man because of this comment. I get it 😂
Fairytale of NY may be the best modern xmas song. Amazing
My special girl is calmed by John Coltrane. My favorite things. She always takes a deep breathe on the opening notes
As a longtime semi-pro musician and producer, this will be a fantastic episode, I'm sure. Thank you Mr. Huberman for your work as always.
Mother of a professional musician here. I'm almost afraid to listen as I'm sure it will reveal everything starting from my mother singing while I was still in utero.
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So excite to listen haha actually excited to drive Uber tonight
1986... Met & Married the love of my life. A very well known musician from Glasgow, Scotland.
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My training is in classical music, but I find myself gravitating to different genres depending on what I want to do. Music really does set the mood for what I do, to the point where I make playlists oriented towards the tasks I work on. And I am 100% sure that other people do this too, because it just makes sense.
I do this. I mostly gravitate toward classical, especially when working on projects or cleaning. Unless I am working out. Oddly, it goes more to the association with violence/victory lol. Such as from Eminem to the Wonder Woman movie soundtrack. I suppose there are actually classical influence in those. I know a lot of people go to trance/dancehall but that doesn’t work in my brain.
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💯 % makes sense. my workout mix is high energy, but different genres.
Same here
Just like music, Andrew's podcast strikes a chord with everyone.
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Yep, I'm doing the ironic thing of using Andrew's podcast as the background noise when I am working as I find long TH-cam videos that have lots of narration, but still stimulating regarding the content, helps me concentrate on work much better than distractions on my phone - I do have diagnosed ADHD so I'll love Andrew to explain my brain's behaviour LOL. Another podcast I use is 'Fall of Civilizations' for the same purpose. It MUST be in the background playing through my speakers or else it isn't as effective e.g. if it's in front of me or I'm listening to it via headphones - it doesn't have the same effect. - Ah, me and my brain eh.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🎵 Music's Neural Wonders
- Music activates various brain regions and even the body itself.
02:37 🕊️ Music's Emotional Expressiveness
- Music can describe and evoke a wide range of emotions, conveying intent.
10:05 ❤️ Innate Response to Music
- Babies as young as three months old respond to music with rhythmic movements.
19:46 🩺 Music's Physiological Impact
- Listening to music daily can reduce resting heart rate and affect heart rate variability.
21:52 🎵 Music's Impact on the Parasympathetic Nervous System
- Listening to music activates the parasympathetic nervous system.
- Music increases heart rate variability, even during sleep.
- Regularly listening to 10-30 minutes of favorite music benefits mental and physical health.
24:09 🎶 Effects of Music on the Cardiovascular System
- A meta-analysis reveals that music positively impacts the cardiovascular system.
- The impact is likely through changes in breathing, not just direct effects on heart rate.
- Breathing patterns, influenced by music, affect heart rate variability.
32:05 🧠 Music's Influence on Motivation
- Music activates neural circuits related to motivation and movement.
- The frontal cortex predicts musical patterns, fostering anticipation.
- This predictive mechanism can be leveraged to increase motivation.
42:37 🧠 Impact of Music on Memory and Emotions
- Music can evoke a range of emotions and memories, including nostalgia, happiness, and sadness.
- Specific brain areas, such as the para hippocampal regions, cortex, and hippocampus, are activated by music and contribute to our emotional and memory responses.
- Hearing a particular song can trigger a flood of memories associated with the time and place we first heard it.
44:29 🎶 Music's Effect on Motivation and Brain Circuits
- Music activates brain circuits related to action initiation (basal ganglia) and rhythmic timing (cerebellum), influencing our motivation to move.
- Faster music with a beat around 140-150 beats per minute can significantly enhance motivation to move.
- Listening to music creates a neuronal resonance that boosts motivation independently of song familiarity.
51:01 🎧 Music for Cognitive Focus and Productivity
- Silence is generally the best environment for cognitive tasks and learning.
- Instrumental music, preferably with a faster tempo, can be suitable for cognitive work, especially if you don't know the lyrics.
- Music with lyrics, even if motivating, can compete with your cognitive processes and hinder learning.
- Listening to familiar motivating music during breaks between learning sessions can enhance cognitive performance.
01:02:49 🎵 How Music Affects Learning
- Listening to music during breaks between cognitive work can enhance focus and learning.
- Different types of physical exercise may have varying responses to music.
- Switching between silence and music, particularly upbeat music, during exercise can improve performance.
01:07:29 🧠 Benefits of Music in Shifting Mood
- Music can shift mood by activating specific brain circuits and releasing neurochemicals.
- Happy music tends to be faster with or without meaningful lyrics.
- Sad music is slower and activates the corrugator muscles, furrowing the brow.
- AI may play a role in generating mood-shifting music in the future.
01:14:42 🎶 The Power of Cadence in Music
- Cadence and frequency of music impact facial expressions and emotional states.
- Low-frequency sounds played with spacing evoke "bass face."
- These circuits are fundamental for emotional communication in humans.
01:23:40 📈 Duration of Music for Mood Processing
- Listening to happy music for at least nine minutes can significantly shift mood to a happier state.
- To process somber or sad emotions, listening to sad music for an equivalent duration can be effective.
01:23:52 🎵 Music's Impact on Sadness
- Listening to 13 minutes or more of sad music when feeling sad can help process somber feelings.
01:27:46 🧘♀️ Music for Reducing Anxiety
- Certain songs, like "Weightless" by Marconi Union, can reduce anxiety by up to 65% in just three minutes of listening.
01:34:04 🧠 Music, Instruments, and Brain Connectivity
- Learning to play an instrument, especially at a young age, enhances brain connectivity, aiding in various forms of learning.
01:39:11 🎶 Listening to Novel Forms of Music
- Listening to new and unfamiliar music, especially when paying attention, can stimulate brain circuitry and enhance overall learning capacity.
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Humberman is god! Not only is he extremely bright but hes well spoke and really makes you understand what hes saying no matter what your level of education is. Well done sir
I wake up And I put Rosalia, dance and sing to her music and the day is ON.
Singing and dancing without anyone listening or seeing you is something that I found to be Deeply healing and energizing.
Sunshine + Rosalia + Mate + excersise , the best way I found to start myself.
Music connected me to the depths of my broken heart and helped me heal, grieve and produced euphoria without drugs and alcohol.
Thank you, Professor Huberman, for taking on this most important subject. You are about to embark down a road that will change your life forever and have nearly as much impact as Costello did. (I do not say that lightly. Animals saved my life. My first career was practicing Animal Law). Once you begin learning your instrument (whatever it may be), you will start to see a path. You will start to see the mystery and magic but also the innate structure music has within us first hand. It will take some time so please don’t give up (if it is guitar just know your callouses will develop and the pain will subside). We need you. From this side of it. I only started my real study of music (and playing instruments) post retirement from my practice of law. It is completely doable as an adult. Five minutes a night is all it takes to start. Just don’t give up. Make it as important as teeth brushing. And soon you will not be able to go to sleep without it. This is not to say that one must play an instrument to understand it’s impact but it may help you have a deeper understanding and connection to help you process the vast array of information that will soon flood you. It may also help you with your experts and enable you to continue to enlighten the rest of us. I have studied at length the mathematics of music (9 minutes!? Ha! Not at all surprised!) which is a subject onto itself. But what I am most interested in learning from your podcast is the physiological impact music has on us*, which you have so generously touched upon and have already given us actionable tools. Thank you! But there is so much more. My understanding is that frequencies can change us. You touched on this with the babies and how certain types of songs create a senses of happiness or sadness. What I am excited to learn from your future podcasts are the physiological impact sound waves have when entering our bodies (not just our ears). My understanding is that sound waves move more efficiently in mass than air and have even been known to make patterns in bodies of water and geometric shapes in sand. See Chladni Patterns. So what does this mean for us? How is it we all innately understand dissonance and consonance? How does it move our bodies and how impactful are different frequencies? I believe there is a professor in Michigan using high frequency sound waves to kill cancer cells. The list is seemingly endless. But I will stop here. Thank you! Thank you for all of your podcasts, for deciding to buckle down at UCSB and for going on to grad school. Thank you for becoming a scientist and deciding to make the world a better place by providing real information with real actionable tools and protocols. And thank you for being a scientist who truly respects the sentient nature of animals. You are forever my hero. With so much gratitude, Sandy //////*not limited to humans.
The 9 minute time frame referenced as the earliest listen time for optimal benefits made me chuckle too!! Not surprised at all!!
Humans, or any complex biological system for that matter, are fundamentally an amazingly intricate, highly specialised fluid filled resonant chamber, filled with increasingly smaller fluid filled geometric, resonant chambers!!
If Dear Hubie ever does a full episode on sacred geometry and human biology, I dare say it will be once of the best things to ever grace the internet!! Haha..
There is some amazing research coming out on this subject in recent years! I will find some articles I have saved and link them in... The heart for example, doesnt not just lub-dub! It makes over 120 micro acoustic sounds that signal various systems in the body. These sonic messages carried in the blood, travel with mindblowing speed and accuracy to activate and regulate immune cells, cardiac functioning, neurological and endocrine processes!! Look up micro acoustics in biological systems if you haven't already!
When the body is functioning well, we are a veritable ochestra.. Each of us, a magnum opus over the course of our life. But when the body goes out of coherence, the phonons literally become discordant with their resonant outputs. Ie. no longer in harmony! 😉 My background in science began in biology with a focus on wildlife ecology, entomology, and natural systems. Progressed to microbiology and chemical ecology and I am now starting a chapter as a quantum Biologist and Sound Medicine Practitioner. The validity of so many ancient healing modalities blows my mind and its so exciting that we finally have the tech to be studying these effects!
So much respect and gratitude for your contributions Andrew! .. and over the moon to hear you're coming to Australia soon! Huzzah!!!
"Music and the Brain" - an exquisite harmony of science and art! 🎶 All of your series have been my guiding symphony through the last year to learn more about the wonders of the human body, our brain, our consciousness etc. and now an very inspiring topic which is music's connection to our minds and its mathematical precision. Thank you for all you do, Mr. Huberman, for orchestrating these enlightening episodes. I'd be thrilled and honored to share my own musical studies on the brain with you one day . 🎵🧠🔬 Keep the melodies of knowledge flowing! 🙌
I’ve watched many of your podcasts, here you seem extra energized and happy just talking about MUSIC. Best of luck on your musical instrument adventure.
Have we studied woodwind and particularly saxophone players, as we learn early in the process towards proficiency how to breath with forced lower diaphragm for volume and impact on tone. Old time doctors would prescribe woodwind playing for asthma and other lung conditions. It changed my childhood asthmatic
problems and led me to the joy of playing the sax.
What a time to be alive this is like why we sleep or breathe, a deep insight with easily doable actions on a subject most people engage every day but never think about. For free and meticulously well organised and presented. Thank you for this awesome contribution to humanity
My favorite episode so far. I'm biased as an audio engineer and music producer but I think everyone can relate to the power of music. I cannot wait for the deep dive into frequency ratios and specific emotions. Thank you for making this!
As a musician I am eager to hear Andrew’s research on the Science of music and it’s been great so far as I’m 15 minutes into it! Keep up the great work Andrew!
Listening to "Weightless" by Marconi Union for 3 minutes reduces anxiety by up to 65%
• Music for focus, ranked from best to worse:
1) Brown/white noise or binaural beats
2) Silence
3) Instrumental music
4) Lyrical music
• Listening to 10-30 minutes of music per day increases heart rate variability around the clock (i.e., not just when you're listening to the music)
• Listening to music for 10-15 minutes facilitates a propensity for action (so do this before a cognitive work bout or pre-exercise)
• If you wanna boost your happiness, listen to upbeat (140-150 BPM) music for a minimum of 9 minutes
• Huberman started using a separate phone in the gym - one that doesn't allow him to text/scroll socials (i.e., only for music)
• Listening to sad music (40-50 BPM) when you're feeling down for a minimum of 13 minutes helps you process the sadness
Music and poetry are huge parts of my life, responsible both for amazing highs, and for getting me through harrowing lows.
Dr Huberman - I have followed you for years, silently, and have really appreciated everything about your mission, the way you act in the world, and how you clearly care about and are excited by the science and how it can help people... and I just want to say thank you for everything you've done. You're a brilliant person.
Indeed!
Musician and lover of music history, here. Andrew Huberman delivers a fascinating look into the power of music to make us feel. The Baroque period was all about wanting to create music that would move the emotions; it was a radical departure from the polyphony of the Renaissance .
Those responsible were artists and intellectuals such as Vincenzo Galilei, who were aware of the power of a melodic line with a simple accompaniment. They believed they were recreating Ancient Greek theatre. And so recitative and opera were created. Great podcast!
Huberman podcasts are music to my ears.
Music and coffee are my most reliable dopamine boosters! And so are, as of recently, dr Huberman's podcasts. What an exciting topic you've chosen, Professor! It was simply delightful to listen to this podcast and learn a few more things about the brain's functioning. Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us!
The 16:30 mark explains the reaction I used to get from my Son when I used to sing to him and play guitar 🎸 wile he was in his crib 😊
You got time to see this with your schedule? Crazy
@@dariotatopiolayou can listen
Just watched one of your videos before I clicked this one and of course you’re in the comment section 🤣
I'm very happy to see more than 4 million people following you, this means that there are still curious people, people who want to learn and become better. Thank you for what you do. Keep it up!
A little over 2 years ago I considered myself as someone that didn’t like music. Today I can proudly say it’s changed my life so much for the better.
Music heals the soul!
How old are you? 2?
@@flus. 3 now
What music made you like music?
@@neandrewthalI always had a general like for electronic music but didn’t know it at the time but since I started raving just over 2 years ago it’s been tech house, house and melodic techno.
@@JSF_7 Cool. I am not even aware of anything being called melodic techno as a genre but I generally like my techno to be melodic if not atmospheric or both.
When I was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder at 24 I hadnt been working for a couple of years but my love of the human body never left me so I told myself I would get a degree. So, the Open University gave me the ability to do this. It took me five years but I got there. The last modules I did were neuroscience modules. They changed how I see the world. Three weeks into the module on the senses I sat crying on my bed because I just didnt understand. By the end I got a distinction. Neurobiology changed my life. And now my nephew has started to question things at age 7. My level of excitement and passion is as great as Andrews here. My knowledge?...I can only wish. He gets so excited and its infectious. And now my nephew has caught the bug and I couldnt be more thrilled. Anyway, I just wanted to thank everyone with the podcast for keeping science exciting and relevant and available. Thank you.
I'm a highly sensitive person and have been attached to music in all the ways you describe since I started being able to pick up the chords and melodies in songs as a teenager.
Dr Huberman, I haven’t seen you in a while and may I just say that you appear to be looking much more tired than I remember you from previous episodes (watched several months ago), so I hope you’re well and not overworking yourself. As always, excellent content. Your voice is like therapy itself. All the best to you and the followers
I practice guitar at least 2 hours a day. Helps a great deal with mental focus and stimulation.
Hi. I started to learn as well. But I am too overwhelmed with all the videos on youtube. Do you have a structure that you follow daily?
@@santoshch7445 You can play thousands of songs by learning like 5 or 6 basic chord shapes. G Major, C major, A minor, F major, E minor, D major. Forget about everything else. Practice switching between those shapes. I recommend "Yellow Submarine" by the Beatles as a good practice song since it involves quick chord changes. After that you can learn pentatonic scales so you can play leads and solos.
Start with the basics, and master that until you step up.
it puts me at ease to see that a stanford teacher struggles with self image and anxiety . i say this from the way he is on camera .... doing the same things I would do if I was nervous about millions of people watching me. love your pod cast I'm very grateful that you make this accessible to anyone who wants to learn . thank you
2 years ago I watched your first video and I'm not shocked at all how massive this channel has become. I literally swell with emotion because so many of your videos have truly helped the lives of myself (ADHD) and my children (ASD). Thank you always.
We are music. Our hearts thump. Same with art. Thankyou Dr. Standing Ovation
everything in this podcast makes so sense.I love it how dr.huberman is verbalizing my feeling.💜💜
This may be my favorite episode. I'm not a musician, but I've always been interested in music and love it. I listened to fast paced music while walking or jogging for decades now (think Walkman and cassette tapes) and intuitively know it makes me feel like stepping to the beat. Now I understand exactly how that works. As a side note, your delivery skills have improved dramatically over time. Not that they were bad before, but you have achieved a level of concise precision that is rare among podcasters or even university lecturers. It's obvious that you have been consciously working on these skills which are much appreciated.
11:49 - Music has the ability to evoke emotions and create a sense of intent within us. When we listen to music, our body responds to the frequencies of sound, causing our neurons and hormones to contribute to a symphony of emotion. Music can't describe objects, but it can explain and evoke emotions in nuanced ways.
14:39 - Music can convey intent and evoke different emotional states within us. Similar to spoken language, music can change its intonation and frequency to imply different meanings. When music conveys intent, it activates neural circuits in our body that generate movement, leading us to feel the need to respond or move in a particular way.
17:16 - Babies as young as three months old respond to music by moving their limbs and torso in rhythmic patterns. Different frequencies and arrangements of sound evoke different types of bodily movements, even in infants who have not yet learned how to dance. The neural circuits in our body that respond to music are closely tied to the neural circuits that generate movement.
19:43 - Music can cause changes in our bodily physiology, such as reducing resting heart rate and increasing heart rate variability. Studies have shown that listening to music for 10 to 30 minutes per day can have significant effects on our bodily functions. Heart rate variability, which reflects the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, tends to increase when listening to music, leading to periods of relaxation and calm.
21:55 - Listening to music for a dedicated period of time each day, around 10 to 30 minutes, can increase heart rate variability not only during the listening period but also throughout the day and even during sleep. This increase in heart rate variability has positive effects on mental and physical health.
24:01 - A recent meta-analysis explores the effects of music on the cardiovascular system and reveals that listening to favorite music positively impacts the cardiovascular system through changes in breathing, rather than direct changes in heart rate. The relationship between breathing and heart rate is explained, highlighting the phenomenon of respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Music is able to influence our physiology at a subconscious level, turning the knobs of our cardiovascular system and increasing heart rate variability.
26:24 - Breathing patterns play a crucial role in the relationship between music and heart rate. When we inhale vigorously or make our inhale longer, our heart rate increases, while deliberate exhaling slows down the heart rate. This is due to respiratory sinus arrhythmia, where the diaphragm's movement affects the space in the heart and the volume of blood flowing through it. The nervous system detects these changes and sends signals to speed up or slow down the heart rate accordingly.
28:47 - Listening to music subconsciously changes our breathing patterns, even if we are not consciously aware of it. Music communicates emotion, evokes respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and increases heart rate variability. Our patterns of breathing change in response to the music, leading to changes in heart rate. This deep impact on our nervous system occurs below our conscious awareness, making music a powerful tool for improving mental and physical health.
31:09 - Music can be a potent tool for increasing motivation. While strategies like "just do it" or motivational speeches may work for some, music has the ability to activate pre-motor and motor circuits in the brain and body. These circuits mobilize our body and can be leveraged to increase motivation. Listening to music while working out or prior to physical activity taps into these circuits and enhances motivation.
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This episode was extremly interesting. It is not too late to learn an instrument being adult. I started to learn to play the piano when I was 40 and I play daily with great enthusiasm. It relaxes me and gives me so much joy. So go for it, you will not become a concert player, but still enjoy making music, not just listening. Althouth I love listening too.
Greetings from Germany.
I am also late beginner. and I have so much fun!
I feel the same way! Love playing the clavinova for hours. Learned ( kind of) as an adult.
You are such a blessing Dr. Huberman. I enjoyed this episode a lot and will listen in again (and probably again!) since I was in the midst of angst and couldn't listen in continuity (very segmented since I was so distracted in my thoughts with my internal anger). Anyway, long story short when I came to your part about reducing anxiety by listening to Weightless, I immediately put you on pause and played Weightless in the background, and listened to you again while Weightless plays in the background. The music reminds of when I play my keyboard with different sounds, it can produce sounds of various instruments like harps, horns, percussion, angelic voices, and even nature sounds. The sound feels like it transports you to another dimension. You feel the physicalness of things around you, yet you seem to be in that "thousand mile stare." You have a sense of being here, nowhere, and everywhere at the same time.
I will listen to Weightless again when I'm reading. Anything to help me focus better (Baroque music also helps me). And will try to listen to the music again next time when I come across challenging times. Thank you for your excellent work, and this particular one really solidifies my belief that music is good therapy!
I am in school to become a music therapist and I’m really looking forward to this podcast! We use science based information and to help/heal people using music. I hope there is mention of music therapy!!
what is your favourite practice for healing using music that you are currently studying/developing ?
@jennyhenry9462 - was looking for the music therapy for healing aspect, as well - mainly for a friend in ICU after a nearly fatal - with brain injury as he had no helmet on - bicycle rider hit from behind with a vehicle @40 mph.
Needless to say - there was brain injury, mostly parietal lobe, where the backward force from the initial hit sent him airborne and crashing backwards into the windshield of the car. Again, for some reason that morning he decided not to wear his helmet.
3 wks later has made great progress (compared to his initial state) but still in ICU - trying to talk, but some 9f the words are nonsensical.
Speaks 5 different languages, and has responded to French, with a reply in perfect French. But French is his most minimally used & less fluent languages - so go figure.🤔
His 1 language is Spanish, his 2nd is English - he is a Spanish professor in U.S.
Family is playing 'his music' for him (not sure the genre).
I'm going to suggest finding a rehab facility that - among other venues, also uses music to heal....if only I knew more about it!
the entire podcast is about music and how it affects us. That’s pretty much what music therapy is about.
@cathithomas2888
I think the OP was maybe expecting a bit more on the healing aspect, rather than about 'how music affects us' -
pretty sure the OP got that part...being in school to become a music therapist.
Intuition When you don't know How you know... But you know you know... and you know you knew and that's all you needed to know 😊😊😊 thank you for your Science. ❤❤❤
Your violin experience is delightful. I'm sure you didn't think so at the time, but that you shared it with millions shows your keen ability at self-effacement. Really a wonderful podcast today. Thank you so much.
In the two lowest times in my life, I just totally shut down, isolated myself and as I thought about how i had got there, how had a become the shell of the person i was and how i had allowed others to bring me to that state. I instinctively went to my playlist, not as a deliberate action but it was something personal, something i have always enjoyed, something that is just mine and i indulged in that pleasure.
Now i cant say if it was after the first song or the 10th but immediately I began to do a 180. Everyday I was a little stronger until i was ready to come out fighting again.
I think it was a mixture of taking the time out to focus my inner self and also the memories of better times that the tunes brought back, the rhythms and beats.. i don't know, it just gave me a huge surge of energy and confidence and love of myself to stand up and fight.
The second time I did the same and the only reason there was a second time was because, music alone couldn't do it, I needed to tackle, head on, the fundamental issues that were harming me and i hadn't done that so i slowly ended up in the same place again.
Im in a much better place now and listening to music was an enormous part of it.
Thank you for helping me understand better and appreciate even more the power that listening to music has.
Andrew, I've never seen you like this before! "No, I'm not gonna dance for you!" I laughed a lot here.
I'm so grateful for this episode, that's a special one for sure❤
Laughing during listening to a neuroscience lecture, yes we are nerds (proudly nerds) 😂
And I agree with you this is the jolliest I've seen him on an episode so far
Dr. Huberman. I had a nearly identical experience with the violin in my youth. It was both humiliating and soul crushing. I hope your effort at learning a new instrument is successful. Thank you for all you do to make science accessible and entertaining.
I have never been this excited while watching any other subject related podcast. I watched every second of this podcast with pure energy. Thank you always for your work ANDREW sir ! From NEPAL
Music gives me energy whenever I listen to it. It make me happy and Anxiety free.
Extremely thought-provoking. I would like to see someone do a mini study on brainwaves when listening to a pipe organ in
person. I will never forget the first time I was in the presence of one and the organist was playing some really low tones
and I could feel it come in through my feet and resonate through my body. Incredible!
You surely make every Monday the best day of the week, that excitement when knowing its Monday and another Podast will be releaased, Monday is truely a Dr.Huberman Day!
Protect this man at all cost!
I really hope someone sees this who's part of the podcast! I had a stroke a birth which scarred my frontal cortex and have seizures. Music is a huge part of my life. I really appreciate all the info I love learning about the brain it's amazing. Ty again
Have been following the podcast for a while and all content has been very informative and educational. This episode is an absolute favourite! As an Early years educator and trainee Neurologic Music therapist this covers everything needed to know/ for an in-dept introduction about music and it's effects on the human brain. More people need to be aware of how music and art effect people and their wellbeing. Thank you Andrew for your work :)
DR Huberman, I see my son in you. Only he is 5 years old. You are the future of him. God bless you. Thank you for all the knowledge along with your positive attitude.
Music is everything, music is the universal language of the soul. ❤ Amazing episode 💣💥
@@DASOMILITIAyou r missing out
Hello Dr. Huberman. If you haven't completely given up on playing an instrument, go drums. It's the archery of instrument. I'm a drummer and I listened to 10s of your podcast. You ARE rhythm aware plus physical. Your cognition style, the way you mentally break down or build up concepts in your head is EXTREMELLY drum-friendly. You're a natural at understanding subdivision and flow. Drums are for you man!
I've been a professional musician for most of my life and I am really looking forward to this episode! Thank you in advance!🎼🎶🎹
Thank you so much Dr.Huberman for this wonderful episode. I am a neuroscience student and I took a cognitive neuroscience of music course recently. When I was writing my paper I noticed that listening to arousing music 20 minutes after studying heightens memory. 1:02:33
I loved it so much!! Can you do an episode about Reading ( stories, ect..) There is a study by the university of Sussex they found that reading for as few as six minutes reduced stress by as much as 68 percent. I hope that you'll do an episode of that ! thanks for everything Andrew !
Andrew, thanks so much for this and FUTURE podcasts on music. I have an 8 year old daughter who has been playing piano and singing since she was 6. Private piano and vocal lessons. Oh, and she’s is the school choir. She’s so smart and full of joy. I think that these podcasts on music are helping me understand what’s happening inside my daughter’s brain on a much deeper level- intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Thank you.
I swear Andrew... I'm pretty certain you've extended my life by years. My humble gratitude knows no bounds. Thank you dear boy. Love KAZ FROM NSW AUSTRALIA xx
Hi Dr. Huberman, thanks for the great episode. I'm a jazz musician and, as you may know, jazz music is almost entirely improvised, with soloists relying on a combination of learned musical vocabulary, harmonic song forms, and real-time reactions to what the rest of band is playing. Successfully improvising a jazz solo most definitely involves entering a flow state with the music--legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker said "learn the horn, learn your scales, learn the tunes, and then forget all that shit and just blow!" If you dive into the neuroscience of improvisation, particularly within a jazz context, in future episodes on music, I believe that would be a great topic for discussion, and greatly appreciated by us jazz musicians. Thanks for all of the great work.
I'm thankful for these videos at the end of a long and sometimes bad day. Your podcast always puts me in a good mood!
This episode leads me to believe music is the purest and most primal of arts, because it's literally just complex patterns expressed through a very limited medium. Looking at it this way seems to give a lot of sense to the findings in the papers. It boosts mood and productivity, because it's challenging and relaxing to the brain at the same time. With the brain recognising and processing so many patterns non-stop to keep us alive, no wonder it enjoys when patterns that aren't crucial to your survival are thrown its way.
I’m so happy with this episode, it’s absolutely interesting and incredibly detailed, thank you Dr.Huberman
I am so blessed to come across you dear Mr Huberman in the beginning of this new year 2023. I have a great teacher ever since now! Thank you for sharing!
Marconi Union "Weightless" is not accidental song. It was specifically designed with the help of the British Academy of Sound Therapy to reduce heart rate and relax. Pay attention to the beat, it is mimicking the heartbeat of a relaxed person. Also other tricks used. Pretty amazing!
Specific music frequencies has made a huge impact on my personal healing journey, therefore I love using music for guided self hypnosis and meditation recordings for my clients, and for that I have been doing a lot of research on music frequencies. Thank you Dr. Huberman for such a profound insight into this topic. 🙏❣️
The rhythm of life is emulated by great musicians.
amplified, revealed
I have skipped the last two episodes in order to finish this one first. I love the topic....off topic but my favourite thing to do while working is listening to this podcast. 😊
When I took ketamine while tripping on LSD, my brain completely restructured the music I was listening to. It didn't sound like anything I've ever heard before. One of the most terrifying but also the most interesting experiences I've had. Our brains are truly magical.
Could be due to the dissociative nature of ket. I lost all sense of self while having a similar mixed cocktail in my system and the curtains and patterns around me started moving and as I felt emotions they morphed almost according to my mood. Also terrifying.
I have always been fascinated by the effects of music on my brain and body.
Thank you Mr. Huberman for bringing clarity and evidence on those mechanisms.
First day back at uni studying music and you drop this treasure! 🙏 Thanks 😊
I didn’t have prior knowledge of the science behind music but it’s all relatable now because I now know why music and sounds does things to me.
As a serious amateur violinist and singer, I have been a huge fan of your podcasts for a long time, as I find everything you discussed has been highly relevant to learning and striving for excellence in any disciplines. I am particularly delighted to listen to this episode, twice already! Really looking forward for further discussions on this topic. Just curious, the future musician guest speakers will in any chance include Vijay Gupta? He is an amazing violinist, a fantastic speaker and a great social activist. Thank you so much for your great work, Mr. Huberman!
🎉 congrats on 4 million. Grateful to be one. Such diverse, understandable, actionable, relevant and enjoyable info, this episode as a great example... Bless you Andrew Huberman
A few weeks back I commented about leaving the country and starting Pyshcology at Uni. Today my first term begins haha, thanks again for the inspiration Professor
Andrew Huberman is music to my brain
YESSSSSS!!! I'm so excited that you made this video!!! I have been curious about this my whole life, never understood how some people don't listen to music because I'm so incredibly obsessed with music 😂
The music chooses me & I love the way it flows through me usually as I tap my hands to the beat as I drive... or dance ❤❤❤ Thank you for explaining this, it helps me understand myself a little better 😂
this podcast has affirmed as to why I love and need for music. Music now and as far back as I can remember, has helped my mood, life and body. My body and mind, feels it in such a way that no matter what I will feel better. I listen to music everyday, all kinds of genres, in all sorts of volume. Both my sons are the same, specially the younger one with Fragile X Syndrome, not a day goes by that he does not listen to music. Thank you Annoth
Beauty is in the brain of the beholder
This man is a treasure. I hope he is making serious bank. If so, it is satisfying to know that there are people out there receiving what is well earned.
Can you please make a podcast on how nature influences a human body, this episode is great as always
He just did a few weeks ago
@@WhiteRhino0589 I'm pretty sure he's done more than one as well
@@me0101001000im sure he mentioned it a lot of the times, but my sugestion was more of a in depth topic, a whole episode
totally Huberman you are a music to our ears
I would be super curious for a podcast about the effects on the brain on listening to speech at faster than normal speeds (say listening to a podcast at 2x or 3x or 4x and possibly even faster speeds). Would there be any link or similar mechanisms with reading/speed reading?
Thanks so much for this video Dr Huberman 😊
Only 20 minutes in and it's clear the man digs his tunes. With or without his science hat on.
This was fascinating! I have studied classical piano since I was little, and I've always been intrigued by the ways in which music can affect us, so this podcast did a great job of both answering many of my questions and generating more. I'm actually taking a class right now about the math/Physics/engineering side of music, so this episode came at a good time for me! I'm curious: has there been much research done on how individuals with perfect/absolute pitch process and respond to music, or how/why perfect pitch develops in the first place? I happen to have it. I also happen to be blind, and many individuals with my eye condition have perfect pitch as well, so I'm curious about the subject in general.
Would love many more episodes on this topic!! Also, talking about vibrations and frequencies of the brain, an episode with Joe Dispenza as guest would be extremely interesting 🙌🏼 Thank you as always for these super informative podcasts, appreciate them so much.
Any chance you could cover "frisson"? I experience it regularly and often wonder what it means. For those that don't know, frisson is a French term for getting the chills due to excitement. It's an incredible feeling! Thanks Andrew appreciate what you do tremendously
He did discuss this phenomenon on a previous podcast which was music related somewhat. Have not yet had chance to listen here to completion. I would be surprised if not discussed to some degree.
Do you mean getting ASMR - autonomous sensory meridian response. Or is it not the same? Would like to find out more too.
@@in2097 A number of similar terms to basically describe this same physiological response.
IMO the feeling you get from asmr and the chills you get from music are very different I wouldn’t say it’s the same psychological response .. especially from the studies ASMR has on ptsd
Music is the only thing that gives me this, I’m not a musician but I do write poems & lyrics. Sometimes sing Melodie’s that randomly come to me. I love it. Sometimes I give myself chills but it’s been a while since
Coming from someone who doesnt have a science background Andrew is a blessing. I wish more such researchers make these kind of videos.
Seems like you enjoyed doing this one especially, I’m excited to hear that you plan to do more. Something maybe you could cover is that learning even rudimentary techniques on a drum kit feels like it splits your brain in half and grows other parts together, I’ve never had anything else make me feel that way at least to that extent. Not saying I’m a Neal Pert or anything but I wonder if there’s any studies about drummers specifically, and what they’re neurons look like or whatever compared to normies haha
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54:51 🤫 learning task in silence > instrumental background (favourite speed) > music with lyrics > FAVORITE music with or without lyrics
White noise / Brown noise / Binaural Beats / Silence = BEST for focus and learning
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I haven't even listened to this yet, but I can't wait to ask (I might forget to come back!) my burning Question: does learning to PLAY by EAR (as say Traditional Irish music teaches) affect the brain differently than learning to READ it from sheet music?
Good question. I would think so. Eg I'd think that playing by ear makes it easier to improvise and shift and respond eg play in a session group.
Thank you so much for covering the topic! I hope you read this:
As a 35-year multi-ethnic, multi-instrumentalist who can learn virtually any instrument, and professionally perform and compose on at least 30, along with highly complex electronic music technology, and sing and write in multiple languages, I want to encourage you that violin has one of the most difficult learning curves to get it not to sound aweful, and a lack of proficiency on that particular instrument is not remotely indicative of a lack of musical potential. The scale length is so short, which makes the margin for intonation error (out of tune notes) brutal. On top of that, one is having to learn bow technique before the thing sounds remotely appealing. Add to that the fact that high frequency noise carries way more than low, and pierces the ether, and our hearing to the maximum, which then makes it impossible to practice quietly, and you have a recipe for potential early childhood musical disaster. I highly encourage you to try different instruments until you fall in love with one. Keyboard can be a nice place to start because you can put in headphones. If you like strings, ukulele (especially baritone) is very easy on the fingers, and with only 4 strings, chords are easier. I hope we’ll get to see some videos in the near future if you happily playing your favorite instruments and enjoying increased bilateral connectivity!
I love this episode. I have always liked listening to 120 bpm with no words for Cardio.
If I listen to music that has lyrics that I like I get distracted during the work.
Pre-workout music is always high paced "ego driven" music. Anything talking about being the best/winning works.
I want to quote a rapper named Cannibus who stated "color is vibration and vibration is sound"...this lyric always stuck with me because the way these things relate scientifically is thought provoking.
I think what Dr. Huberman states about music cooberates this connection.
Kayne also stated "I'm just trying to change the color on your mood ring..."
I am not shocked that music has this capability, but I am pleasantly surprised that some of these things I have been doing intuitively.
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By far, this is my most enjoyed video of Andrew. Not that his other videos are an inch far from enlightening, I've travelled with this one, listening to an important cluster of music in-between ideas... Thank you so much!!! I hope this knowledge transmission never ends.
Great topic! We all are music. It doesn't exist without those of us who think we're "just listening". We are made for music and there is not need for judgement within ourselves as we engage in music.
Rating: 8.9/10
In Short: Our brain is literally music…
Notes: This was a really interesting and necessary topic---the beauty of the fact that our neurons literally play music in our brains can not be stated enough. It really highlights why music plays such a critical role in our emotions and brains generally. However, your personal love of music and experiences, which i've heard you speak about in many different podcasts, don't come across very well and it makes me want to ask you more personal and relatable questions about how music has shaped and affected huberman, not just how it generally affects people.
All very helpful info. Im an english teacher working with students of other mother tongues. Often, I work with adults and like to offer tools to help stimulate and improve learning and memory. I also am learning guitar (im almost 50) and have found your podcasts helpful to maximize my progress. That is why i enjoy watching, applying, testing, and recommending what I learn to myself and others.
Self taught musician and song writer. I played metal music based around a theme of perseverance. I started with guitar and singing about 20 yrs ago but also play bass and drums and dabble on piano. Drums are my current favorite and have played off and on for 16 yrs. Goal was to play and record everything to create full songs. Loved improvising too lol that’s how most of my songs came to fruition. Great episode!!!!