Ep. 472: Silence with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio
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The Effects of Silence on the Brain
Silence first began to appear in scientific research as a control or baseline against which scientists compare the effects of noise or music. People who live in consistently loud environments often experience chronically elevated levels of stress hormones. Neurophysiological research suggests that noises first activate those clusters of neurons, located in the temporal lobes of the brain, associated with memory formation and emotion. The activation prompts an immediate release of the stress hormones like cortisol. Two minute silent pauses proved far more relaxing than either relaxing music or a longer silence played before the experiment started.
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