How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning | Huberman Lab Podcast

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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Articles
Effects of music on the cardiovascular system: https://bit.ly/3Rqkmnn
Music versus midazolam during preoperative nerve block placements: a prospective randomized controlled study: https://bit.ly/3RqB5a5
40-Hz Binaural beats enhance training to mitigate the attentional blink: https://go.nature.com/3LmXWQk

Other Resources
How to Increase Motivation & Drive (Huberman Lab episode): https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-increase-motivation-and-drive
Controlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction (Huberman Lab episode): https://hubermanlab.com/controlling-your-dopamine-for-motivation-focus-and-satisfaction
Tools to Manage Dopamine and Improve Motivation & Drive (Huberman Lab episode): https://hubermanlab.com/tools-to-manage-dopamine-and-improve-motivation-and-drive/
Brainwaves (App Store): https://apple.co/3ZBK36N
Brainwaves (Google Play): https://bit.ly/3enO8HP
Dr. Eddie Chang: The Science of Learning & Speaking Language (Huberman Lab episode) https://hubermanlab.com/dr-eddie-chang-the-science-of-learning-and-speaking-languages
Dr. Erich Jarvis: The Neuroscience of Speech, Language & Music (Huberman Lab episode): https://hubermanlab.com/dr-erich-jarvis-the-neuroscience-of-speech-language-and-music
Physiological Sigh: https://youtu.be/afAZ1hlvRjI
Marconi Union – Weightless: https://youtu.be/qYnA9wWFHLI

Timestamps
00:00:00 Music & Your Brain
00:03:32 The Brain Body Contract
00:04:12 Sponsors: Eight Sleep & ROKA
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
00:29:54 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
01:07:37 Sponsor: InsideTracker
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

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