Andrew Huberman· PhD
But when we are adults, we need alertness and we need focus. Just passively being exposed to, you know, music or to a motor pattern, is not going to allow us to change our nervous system.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
But when we are adults, we need alertness and we need focus. Just passively being exposed to, you know, music or to a motor pattern, is not going to allow us to change our nervous system.
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Some we know as we age are very dependent on how attentive and engaged we are as opposed to passively just consuming and and mo and and changing.