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.
Essentials: Time Perception, Memory & Focus
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore how biological rhythms and neurochemicals impact our perception of time.
I describe how the body aligns with daily and seasonal light cycles to regulate hormones that influence energy, mood and motivation throughout the year. I share science-based tools to enhance focus and productivity, including strategies for structuring work intervals and optimizing the timing of exercise and daily light exposure. I also explain how neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin influence our perception of time and how factors such as novelty, emotion and routine impact how we experience and recall time.
Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(0:00) Time Perception
(0:48) Entrainment, Circannual Rhythms & Melatonin
(4:22) Circadian Rhythms, Tools: Exercise; Morning & Evening Light for Circadian Entrainment
(9:01) Sponsor: AGZ by AG1
(10:30) Ultradian Cycles, Focus & Work
(14:06) Time Perception, Past, Present & Future
(16:21) Dopamine, Norepinephrine & Serotonin, Time Perception
(18:40) Dopamine & Serotonin, Daily Fluctuations, Tool: Structuring Work, Sleep
(20:23) Trauma, “Over-clocking”, Slowing Time & Emotions
(24:59) Sponsor: BetterHelp
(26:15) Event Perception (Fun vs Boring), Time & Memories
(29:23) Novel Experiences, Places & People, Retrospective Time
(31:24) Habits, Tool: Schedule Functional Units
(32:59) Recap & Book Suggestion
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