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Dan Clark discusses the science behind functional music and its impact on deep focus.

How would you know if you’d never actually experienced deep focus? Dan Clark, CEO of Brain.fm, says that’s the most common thing people write in to tell him — they thought they knew what concentration felt like, right up until they didn’t. In this encore episode, Dan breaks down the science behind functional music: how […]

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