There are individual differences in terms of what we call like tolerance for distress. Some people can maintain a lot of stress and not sort of break. The more you follow negative thoughts down a path, the more likely you are going to get more stressed out. Music affects sub-cortical evolutionary older parts of your brain that are below the cortex.
What makes some people better at focusing? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the neuroscience behind concentration and performance with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.
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