Daniel J. Levitin

I don't think so. But I'm sure some of your million listeners will write in now and be very angry.

I don't think so. But I'm sure some of your million listeners will write in now and be very angry.

I don't think so. But I'm sure some of your million listeners will write in now and be very angry.

I've seen people train with them. That makes sense.

I've seen people train with them. That makes sense.

I've seen people train with them. That makes sense.

Fun is important here. If you've got an exercise workout that's otherwise unpleasant or painful, we know that music can act as an analgesic, a natural painkiller, and it can act as a motivator. So these are two different tools in the Swiss army knife of music and two different neurochemical systems. The fun of music is driven by the dopaminergic system.

Fun is important here. If you've got an exercise workout that's otherwise unpleasant or painful, we know that music can act as an analgesic, a natural painkiller, and it can act as a motivator. So these are two different tools in the Swiss army knife of music and two different neurochemical systems. The fun of music is driven by the dopaminergic system.

Fun is important here. If you've got an exercise workout that's otherwise unpleasant or painful, we know that music can act as an analgesic, a natural painkiller, and it can act as a motivator. So these are two different tools in the Swiss army knife of music and two different neurochemical systems. The fun of music is driven by the dopaminergic system.

Listening to music you like releases dopamine. Our lab was the first to show the analgesic, pain-killing effects. If you listen to music, your brain releases its own endogenous, that is, internal opioids. So where you might otherwise be weightlifting or running and feeling some pain, the music raises your pain threshold so that it doesn't bother you anymore.

Listening to music you like releases dopamine. Our lab was the first to show the analgesic, pain-killing effects. If you listen to music, your brain releases its own endogenous, that is, internal opioids. So where you might otherwise be weightlifting or running and feeling some pain, the music raises your pain threshold so that it doesn't bother you anymore.

Listening to music you like releases dopamine. Our lab was the first to show the analgesic, pain-killing effects. If you listen to music, your brain releases its own endogenous, that is, internal opioids. So where you might otherwise be weightlifting or running and feeling some pain, the music raises your pain threshold so that it doesn't bother you anymore.

Absolutely. You're the A student yet again. It has to be music you like, and you can't say, oh, well, classical is better, or Elvis is king and he's better than Billie Eilish. We can leave that argument to musicologists, but if you're talking about brain effects... What your brain cares about is what it likes.

Absolutely. You're the A student yet again. It has to be music you like, and you can't say, oh, well, classical is better, or Elvis is king and he's better than Billie Eilish. We can leave that argument to musicologists, but if you're talking about brain effects... What your brain cares about is what it likes.

Absolutely. You're the A student yet again. It has to be music you like, and you can't say, oh, well, classical is better, or Elvis is king and he's better than Billie Eilish. We can leave that argument to musicologists, but if you're talking about brain effects... What your brain cares about is what it likes.

And so for a Parkinson's patient, if the tempo is right, it could be heavy metal or country or tube and throat singing. None of that matters. And same with an exercise workout or pain killing. And so we don't think of it in terms of genre of music or artists. Mozart is not special. Sorry to burst the bubble. That whole Mozart effect was bad pseudoscience.

And so for a Parkinson's patient, if the tempo is right, it could be heavy metal or country or tube and throat singing. None of that matters. And same with an exercise workout or pain killing. And so we don't think of it in terms of genre of music or artists. Mozart is not special. Sorry to burst the bubble. That whole Mozart effect was bad pseudoscience.

And so for a Parkinson's patient, if the tempo is right, it could be heavy metal or country or tube and throat singing. None of that matters. And same with an exercise workout or pain killing. And so we don't think of it in terms of genre of music or artists. Mozart is not special. Sorry to burst the bubble. That whole Mozart effect was bad pseudoscience.

Do we know that? Yeah, we do. By the age of 20 weeks, the auditory system of the developing fetus is fully functional. They hear through amniotic fluid, which is somewhat like for us to listen underwater. If you're at a pool and there's music blasting, you'll notice you hear mostly the low frequencies, the notes, the percussion.

Do we know that? Yeah, we do. By the age of 20 weeks, the auditory system of the developing fetus is fully functional. They hear through amniotic fluid, which is somewhat like for us to listen underwater. If you're at a pool and there's music blasting, you'll notice you hear mostly the low frequencies, the notes, the percussion.