The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a Career Path
In this episode, my guest is Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery and ophthalmology at Stanford University, studying how we see and use that information to build artificial eyes to restore vision to people who are blind. We discuss how understanding the retina (the light-sensing brain tissue that lines the back of our eyes) is critical to knowing how our brain works more generally. We discuss brain augmentation with biologically informed prostheses, robotics, and AI and what this means for medicine and humanity. We also discuss E.J.’s unique journey into neuroscience and how changing fields multiple times, combined with some wandering, taught him how to guide his decision-making in all realms of life. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in learning how the brain works, from a world-class neuroscientist to the future of brain therapeutics and to those seeking inspiration and tools for navigating their own professional and life journey.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky
(00:02:31) Sponsors: Eight Sleep, ROKA & BetterHelp
(00:06:06) Vision & Brain; Retina
(00:11:23) Retina & Visual Processing
(00:18:37) Vision in Humans & Other Animals, Color
(00:23:01) Studying the Human Retina
(00:29:48) Sponsor: AG1
(00:31:16) Cell Types
(00:36:00) Determining Cell Function in Retina
(00:43:39) Retinal Cell Types & Stimuli
(00:49:27) Retinal Prostheses, Implants
(01:00:25) Artificial Retina, Augmenting Vision
(01:06:05) Sponsor: InsideTracker
(01:07:12) Neuroengineering, Neuroaugmentation & Specificity
(01:17:01) Building a Smart Device, AI
(01:20:02) Neural Prosthesis, Paralysis; Specificity
(01:25:21) Neurodegeneration; Adult Neuroplasticity; Implant Specificity
(01:34:00) Career Journey, Music & Dance, Neuroscience
(01:42:55) Self-Understanding, Coffee; Self-Love, Mediation & Yoga
(01:47:50) Body Signals & Decisions; Beauty
(01:57:49) Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter