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.

Enhance Your Learning Speed & Health Using Neuroscience Based Protocols | Dr. Poppy Crum

September 29, 2025 2:35:50 26.89 MB ( -26.9 MB less) Downloads: 0

My guest is Dr. Poppy Crum, PhD, adjunct professor at Stanford, former Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories and expert in neuroplasticity—our brain’s ability to change in response to experience. She explains how you can learn faster and ways to leverage your smartphone, AI and even video games to do so. We also discuss “digital twins” and the future of health technology. This episode will change the way you think about and use technology and will teach you zero-cost protocols to vastly improve your learning, health and even your home environment.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

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Timestamps

(0:00) Poppy Crum

(2:22) Neuroplasticity & Limits; Homunculus

(8:06) Technology; Environment & Hearing Thresholds; Absolute Pitch

(13:12) Sponsors: David & Helix Sleep

(15:33) Texting, Homunculus, Mapping & Brain; Smartphones

(23:06) Technology, Data Compression, Communication, Smartphones & Acronyms

(30:32) Sensory Data & Bayesian Priors; Video Games & Closed Loop Training

(40:51) Improve Swim Stroke, Analytics & Enhancing Performance, Digital Twin

(46:17) Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Rorra

(49:08) Digital Twin; Tool: Learning, AI & Self-Testing

(53:00) AI: Increase Efficacy or Replace Task?, AI & Germane Cognitive Load

(1:02:07) Bread, Process & Appreciation; AI to Optimize Physical Environments

(1:09:43) Awake States & AI; Measure & Modify

(1:16:37) Wearables, Sensors & Measure Internal State; Pupil Size (Pupillometry)

(1:23:58) Sponsor: Function

(1:25:46) Integrative Systems, Body & Environment; Cognitive State & Decision-Making

(1:32:11) Gamification, Developing Good Habits

(1:38:17) Implications of AI, Diminishing Cognitive Skill

(1:41:11) Digital Twins & Examples, Digital Representative; Feedback Loops

(1:50:59) Customize AI; Situational Intelligence, Blind Spots, Work & Health, “Hearables”

(2:01:08) Career Journey, Perception & Technology; Violin, Absolute Pitch

(2:09:44) Incentives & Neuroplasticity; Technology & Performance

(2:13:59) Acoustic Arms Race: Moths, Bats & Echolocation

(2:21:17) Singing to Spiders, Spider Web & Environment Detection; Crickets; Marmosets

(2:31:44) Acknowledgements

(2:33:18) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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