Daniel J. Levitin

Yeah, Chinese has this because they have tones. They all mean different things. One of them means mother. Another means lamp. Another means gunpowder. Yeah. But to us, it's the same sound. So the infant can learn it all. But a funny thing happens around age 10. The primary mission of the brain shifts to get rid of all that unused capacity to make room for other stuff.

And so it starts pruning out unused connections.

And so it starts pruning out unused connections.

And so it starts pruning out unused connections.

Probably. Really? Yes. And you may not need OxyContin at all, depending on how bad the pain is. You might need Tylenol or Ibuprofen, Advil. The brain releases its own opiates in smaller amounts than pharmaceutical levels. It has to be music you like. One thing that music can do, again, it's a Swiss Army knife, different music maybe will relieve pain for you than will relieve anxiety.

Probably. Really? Yes. And you may not need OxyContin at all, depending on how bad the pain is. You might need Tylenol or Ibuprofen, Advil. The brain releases its own opiates in smaller amounts than pharmaceutical levels. It has to be music you like. One thing that music can do, again, it's a Swiss Army knife, different music maybe will relieve pain for you than will relieve anxiety.

Probably. Really? Yes. And you may not need OxyContin at all, depending on how bad the pain is. You might need Tylenol or Ibuprofen, Advil. The brain releases its own opiates in smaller amounts than pharmaceutical levels. It has to be music you like. One thing that music can do, again, it's a Swiss Army knife, different music maybe will relieve pain for you than will relieve anxiety.

But a lot of times pain is exacerbated by anxiety or stress. We become more sensitive to it. The mechanisms are still being worked out, but they're at a sufficient point that I wrote my new book. I heard there was a secret chord. Links in the show notes. In the UK, it's called Music as Medicine, but it's the same book, different title.

But a lot of times pain is exacerbated by anxiety or stress. We become more sensitive to it. The mechanisms are still being worked out, but they're at a sufficient point that I wrote my new book. I heard there was a secret chord. Links in the show notes. In the UK, it's called Music as Medicine, but it's the same book, different title.

But a lot of times pain is exacerbated by anxiety or stress. We become more sensitive to it. The mechanisms are still being worked out, but they're at a sufficient point that I wrote my new book. I heard there was a secret chord. Links in the show notes. In the UK, it's called Music as Medicine, but it's the same book, different title.

I wrote it now because I've been working with the National Institutes of Health and the White House Science Office for 10 years. And there really is a body of literature that not only shows that all these things work, but something in the underlying mechanisms. We can talk about the neurochemical signaling. We can talk about the brain, the biology of the brain that's involved. And

I wrote it now because I've been working with the National Institutes of Health and the White House Science Office for 10 years. And there really is a body of literature that not only shows that all these things work, but something in the underlying mechanisms. We can talk about the neurochemical signaling. We can talk about the brain, the biology of the brain that's involved. And

I wrote it now because I've been working with the National Institutes of Health and the White House Science Office for 10 years. And there really is a body of literature that not only shows that all these things work, but something in the underlying mechanisms. We can talk about the neurochemical signaling. We can talk about the brain, the biology of the brain that's involved. And

We've seen clinical studies, randomized controlled clinical trials like you would with a new drug where music really can work. But again, not in every case. A friend of mine just got a terrible gastrointestinal infection from eating bad food in Pakistan. Oh my gosh, that sounds horrific. So he goes to the doctor when he gets back. It was awful. The doctor says, oh, we'll take this antibiotic.

We've seen clinical studies, randomized controlled clinical trials like you would with a new drug where music really can work. But again, not in every case. A friend of mine just got a terrible gastrointestinal infection from eating bad food in Pakistan. Oh my gosh, that sounds horrific. So he goes to the doctor when he gets back. It was awful. The doctor says, oh, we'll take this antibiotic.

We've seen clinical studies, randomized controlled clinical trials like you would with a new drug where music really can work. But again, not in every case. A friend of mine just got a terrible gastrointestinal infection from eating bad food in Pakistan. Oh my gosh, that sounds horrific. So he goes to the doctor when he gets back. It was awful. The doctor says, oh, we'll take this antibiotic.

He's had to take five different antibiotics. You know, and if you get strep throat, they'll give you an antibiotic. It doesn't always work. So medicine doesn't always work. And music doesn't either. It's a trial and error. But I'm mentioning it because it's not like some wonder drug that's going to solve all our problems on the one hand. But on the other hand, It's about the same as other drugs.

He's had to take five different antibiotics. You know, and if you get strep throat, they'll give you an antibiotic. It doesn't always work. So medicine doesn't always work. And music doesn't either. It's a trial and error. But I'm mentioning it because it's not like some wonder drug that's going to solve all our problems on the one hand. But on the other hand, It's about the same as other drugs.

He's had to take five different antibiotics. You know, and if you get strep throat, they'll give you an antibiotic. It doesn't always work. So medicine doesn't always work. And music doesn't either. It's a trial and error. But I'm mentioning it because it's not like some wonder drug that's going to solve all our problems on the one hand. But on the other hand, It's about the same as other drugs.

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.