Dr. Matt May

Yeah, if we can avoid that detour along the route of cure, because it just adds a new problem for most people, that most people then get hooked and they now have anxiety, but they also need to get off of an addictive substance.

Yeah, if we can avoid that detour along the route of cure, because it just adds a new problem for most people, that most people then get hooked and they now have anxiety, but they also need to get off of an addictive substance.

Matt? Yeah, I like the question too. I can't claim to be an expert on it. There was a book, Music and the Mind, that I read some time ago, and it did resonate with me, to use a musical term. I have some guesses about it. I'll maybe identify two things that I think might be going on with music. So one is rhythm. All music has a rhythm.

Matt? Yeah, I like the question too. I can't claim to be an expert on it. There was a book, Music and the Mind, that I read some time ago, and it did resonate with me, to use a musical term. I have some guesses about it. I'll maybe identify two things that I think might be going on with music. So one is rhythm. All music has a rhythm.

And I think human beings are exposed to that early in life, actually while they're in the womb, because sound transmits so clearly through solid matter and liquid, that an unborn child can hear the heartbeat of their mother. And that heartbeat varies according to circumstances that are also related to her neurophysiology. So I think we get an early exposure to music that may be very specific

And I think human beings are exposed to that early in life, actually while they're in the womb, because sound transmits so clearly through solid matter and liquid, that an unborn child can hear the heartbeat of their mother. And that heartbeat varies according to circumstances that are also related to her neurophysiology. So I think we get an early exposure to music that may be very specific

and create profound emotion. And I think as a species, we've evolved to be very social, that the most important cues that we could be picking up on in our surroundings are related to other people, their facial expressions, their voice, their intonations. And we hear that from a young age, too. We hear the voice of our mother before we're born.

and create profound emotion. And I think as a species, we've evolved to be very social, that the most important cues that we could be picking up on in our surroundings are related to other people, their facial expressions, their voice, their intonations. And we hear that from a young age, too. We hear the voice of our mother before we're born.

And music has both of those components, both rhythm and melody. And so I think it is easy for us to anthropomorphize or hear another person when we're hearing a frequency. Certain frequencies sound sad, a minor note. Certain sound happy, a major note. And everything in between. And so we pick up on those, we learn those from a very early age.

And music has both of those components, both rhythm and melody. And so I think it is easy for us to anthropomorphize or hear another person when we're hearing a frequency. Certain frequencies sound sad, a minor note. Certain sound happy, a major note. And everything in between. And so we pick up on those, we learn those from a very early age.

And I think that when we hear music, we imagine either that emotion is within us or it's coming from outside of us, that we imagine a person speaking to us, talking to us. And it makes a lot of emotional connection to us because of those experiences and those attachments and connections. Those are just guesses. Those could all be wrong.

And I think that when we hear music, we imagine either that emotion is within us or it's coming from outside of us, that we imagine a person speaking to us, talking to us. And it makes a lot of emotional connection to us because of those experiences and those attachments and connections. Those are just guesses. Those could all be wrong.

Again, I haven't seen a lot of science on that, but there are some books about it that might be interesting to people.

Again, I haven't seen a lot of science on that, but there are some books about it that might be interesting to people.

But, David, I also like the sentence, I like bullshitting.

But, David, I also like the sentence, I like bullshitting.

So I'm happy to do that all you'd like and ask all the questions you'd wish for me to answer in a bullshit way.

So I'm happy to do that all you'd like and ask all the questions you'd wish for me to answer in a bullshit way.

It's really not that important, but I do meet every other Monday with Jacob Towery in person at Palo Alto University. It's an awesome group and really love the people who are attending and love teaching with Dr. Jacob Towery.

It's really not that important, but I do meet every other Monday with Jacob Towery in person at Palo Alto University. It's an awesome group and really love the people who are attending and love teaching with Dr. Jacob Towery.