Andrew Huberman· PhD
BUT that listening to music during brief (5-20min) breaks between cognitive tasks (done in silence) is best.
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
BUT that listening to music during brief (5-20min) breaks between cognitive tasks (done in silence) is best.
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listening to music even music with lyrics you're very familiar with can be highly beneficial for learning but that you want to listen to that music in the breaks be between these bouts of cognitive work
listening to music in those breaks it seems can increase our ability to focus and to learn new material once we return to those bouts of cognitive Focus
if you listen to music in the breaks between trying to learn certain material you can actually heighten your level of cognition and focus and your ability to learn