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How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning

2023/9/18
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是一位专注于神经科学、学习和健康的斯坦福大学教授和播客主持人。
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Andrew Huberman: 音乐是一种神经现象,它激活大脑的几乎每一个部分,并且当我们聆听音乐时,大脑和身体会以自身的方式参与到音乐的创造中。不同类型的音乐激活大脑中不同的神经回路,从而创造不同的脑部和身体状态。音乐可以用来增强学习和记忆,并增强神经可塑性。在工作间隙或短暂休息期间听音乐比工作时听音乐更有益于专注。每天听10到30分钟自己喜欢的音乐可以降低心率,提高心率变异性。聆听自己喜欢的音乐对心血管系统的影响很可能是通过改变呼吸模式实现的,而不是直接改变心率。音乐可以作为提高动机,特别是进行体育锻炼的动机的工具,因为它会激活大脑和身体中促进运动的神经回路。节奏超过140-150 bpm的快节奏音乐可以提高运动动机。40赫兹的双耳节拍可以增强注意力和专注力,但其他频率的双耳节拍可能会适得其反。在需要高度专注的认知任务中,在安静的环境下工作表现最佳,其次是伴有器乐音乐的环境,而伴有歌词的音乐则会降低表现。为了专注和学习,最好在安静的环境下或伴有白噪声、棕色噪声或40赫兹双耳节拍的环境下工作。在认知工作期间的休息时间听音乐可以提高认知能力和专注力。在体力活动中,在用力间隙听音乐可以提高表现。音乐可以用来改变情绪,并帮助人们摆脱焦虑状态。特定的音乐可以有效地减轻焦虑,其效果与某些处方苯二氮卓类药物相当。学习乐器,特别是儿童时期学习,可以增强大脑连接性,促进神经可塑性。学习乐器或唱歌可以增强神经可塑性,提高学习和掌握新技能的能力。聆听新的音乐类型可以增强大脑的神经可塑性。

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Music is a neurological phenomenon activating nearly every part of our brain and body. This episode explores how music can be leveraged to shift brain states and bodily states, including emotional processing, enhancing learning and memory, and boosting neuroplasticity. We'll also discuss whether music or silence is better for focus while studying.
  • Music activates nearly every part of the brain.
  • Listening to music activates our brain in ways that help create the music at a neural level.
  • It's better to listen to music between bouts of work rather than while working.

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In this episode, I describe how your brain and body are fundamentally wired to perceive and respond to music and how those responses can be leveraged to improve your mood, allow for processing sad emotions and enhance learning and performance. I explain the data showing how music can increase motivation for cognitive or physical work, what specific music has been shown to enhance cognitive performance, and whether silence or music is more effective in enhancing focus while studying. I also discuss how specific musical pieces can rapidly reduce anxiety, as well as certain prescription medications. I explain how listening to certain types of music can improve various health metrics (e.g., heart rate). Finally, I discuss how music helps to enhance neuroplasticity (rewiring of brain connections), thereby improving learning and memory. Whether you sing, play an instrument or enjoy listening to music, this episode provides numerous science-informed tools for using music to enhance productivity, mood, emotional states, and overall enjoyment of life.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Music & Your Brain

(00:03:32) The Brain Body Contract

(00:03:49) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up

(00:07:09) Music & Emotions; Brain & Body Interpretation

(00:13:03) Music & Intent; Babies, Music & Movement

(00:19:19) Tool: Health Metrics & Music, Breathing & Heart Rate

(00:29:16) Sponsor: AG1

(00:30:50) Music, Brain & Predictions

(00:38:07) Music & Brain: Novelty, Arousal, Memories

(00:44:22) Tool: Movement; Motivation & Faster Music

(00:50:49) Tool: Cognitive Work & Binaural Beats

(00:54:11) Silence or Music for Studying?, White Noise, Binaural Beats

(00:58:47) Tool: Retain Information & Internal Dialogue

(01:00:53) Tool: Focus, Work Breaks & Music

(01:04:11) Physical Exercise, Performance & Music

(01:08:43) Music & Shifting Mood

(01:14:41) “Happy” vs. “Sad” Music, “One-Hit Wonders” & Artificial Intelligence

(01:19:30) “Bass Face”; Music, Movement & Facial Expressions

(01:22:46) Tools: Shift to Happy Mood with Music; Sad Mood Catharsis

(01:27:30) Tool: Music & Reducing Anxiety, “Weightless”

(01:31:16) Playing Instruments, Singing & Brain Connectivity

(01:39:58) Music & the Brain

(01:42:14) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac)

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