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: The Science of Love, Desire & Attachment
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore the psychology and biology of desire, love and attachment. I explain how childhood attachment styles can shape adult romantic relationships and how the brain and body systems influence emotional bonds. I also discuss supplements that may support a healthy libido and practical, science-based tools for understanding your relationship patterns and building stronger relationships.
Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Desire, Love & Attachment
(00:00:23) 4 Attachment Styles, Child & Parent
(00:04:11) Attachment & Autonomic Arousal, Seesaw Analogy
(00:07:26) Sponsor: Eight Sleep
(00:08:44) Tool: Self-Awareness of Attachment Style, Autonomic State & Relationship
(00:09:51) Brain & Neural Circuits for Desire, Love & Attachment
(00:11:19) Empathy, Autonomic Matching
(00:13:09) Positive Delusions, Relationship Breakdown & Failure
(00:16:00) Sponsor: Function
(00:17:39) Universality of Love, Autonomic Coordination
(00:21:38) Self-Expansion & Relationships, Shaping Self-Perception
(00:27:54) Sponsor: AG1
(00:28:44) Testosterone, Estrogen, Dopamine & Libido
(00:31:52) Supplements to Increase Libido: Maca Root, Tongkat Ali (Longjack), Tribulus
(00:38:55) Recap
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