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. Alia Crum: Science of Mindsets for Health & Performance | Episode 56
My guest is Dr. Alia Crum, Associate (tenured) Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Mind & Body Lab. Dr. Crum is a world expert on mindsets and beliefs and how they shape our responses to stress, exercise, and even to the foods we eat. We discuss how our mindset about the nutritional content of food changes whether it is satisfying to us at a physiological (hormonal and metabolic) level. She also tells how mindsets about exercise can dramatically alter the effects of exercise on weight loss, blood pressure, and other health metrics. Dr. Crum teaches us how to think about stress in ways that allow stress to grow us and bring out our best rather than diminish our health and performance. Throughout the episode, Dr. Crum provides descriptions of high-quality peer-reviewed scientific findings that we can all leverage toward better health and performance in our lives.
Thank you to our sponsors
- Thesis - https://takethesis.com/huberman
- ROKA - https://roka.com - code "huberman"
- InsideTracker - https://insidetracker.com/huberman
Dr. Alia Crum Links
- Stanford Mind & Body Lab
- Support Dr. Crum’s research at Stanford (tax-deductible)
- Dr. Crum’s published work
Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman
Supplements from Thorne: https://www.thorne.com/u/huberman
Huberman Lab Social
Links
- Toolkit for changing stress mindsets
- Publication on mindsets & side effects
- Changing patient mindsets about non-life-threatening symptoms during oral immunotherapy
- Stress, mindsets, and success in Navy SEALs special warfare training
- Nutritional analysis of foods and beverages depicted in top-grossing US movies, 1994-2018
- Nutritional Analysis of Foods and Beverages Posted in Instagram Accounts of Highly Followed Celebrities
Timestamps
- (00:00:00) Introducing Dr. Alia Crum from Stanford University
- (00:03:15) Thesis, ROKA, Inside Tracker
- (00:08:26) What Is a Mindset & What Does It Do?
- (00:14:45) Mindsets Change Our Biological Responses to Food
- (00:22:28) Beliefs About Our Food Matter
- (00:25:57) Placebo vs Beliefs vs Nocebo Effects
- (00:28:57) Mindset (Dramatically) Impacts the Effects of Exercise
- (00:33:44) Motivational Messaging & Mindset About Fitness
- (00:39:30) The Power of a ‘Potency & Indulgence’ Mindset
- (00:42:03) Mindsets About Sleep, Tracking Sleep
- (00:45:00) Making Stress Work For (or Against) You
- (01:01:50) Mindsets Link Our Conscious & Subconscious
- (01:04:50) 3 Best Ways to Leverage Stress
- (01:10:40) 4 Things That Shape Mindsets, Influencers & Mindsets
- (01:19:40) Mindsets About Medicines & Side Effects
- (01:26:25) How to Teach Mindsets
- (01:31:47) Dr. Crum’s Research, Clinical & Athletic Backgrounds
- (01:36:20) The Stanford Mind & Body Lab, Resources for Stress
- (01:38:30) Synthesis, Participating in Research
- (01:39:04) Subscribe, Sponsors, Patreon, Instagram, Twitter, Thorne
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac