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. David Berson: Understanding Your Brain's Logic & Function | Episode 50
In this episode, my guest is Dr. David Berson, Professor & Chairman of Neuroscience at Brown University. Dr. Berson discovered the neurons in your eye that set your biological rhythms for sleep, wakefulness, mood and appetite. He is also a world-renowned teacher of basic and advanced neuroscience, having taught thousands of university lectures on this topic. Many of his students have become world-leading neuroscientists and teachers themselves.
Here Dr. Berson takes us on a structured journey into and around the nervous system, explaining: how we perceive the world and our internal landscape, how we balance, see, and remember. Also, how we learn and perform reflexive and deliberate actions, how we visualize and imagine in our mind, and how the various circuits of the brain coordinate all these incredible feats.
We discuss practical and real-life examples of neural circuit function across the lifespan. Dr. Berson gives us a masterclass in the nervous system—one that, in just less than two hours, will teach you an entire course's worth about the brain and how yours works.
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Dr. David Berson
- 00:02:55 Sponsors: Athletic Greens, InsideTracker, Magic Spoon
- 00:08:02 How We See
- 00:10:02 Color Vision
- 00:13:47 “Strange” Vision
- 00:16:56 How You Orient In Time
- 00:25:45 Body Rhythms, Pineal function, Light & Melatonin, Blueblockers
- 00:34:45 Spending Times Outdoors Improves Eyesight
- 00:36:20 Sensation, Mood, & Self-Image
- 00:41:03 Sense of Balance
- 00:50:43 Why Pigeons Bob Their Heads, Motion Sickness
- 01:00:03 Popping Ears
- 01:02:35 Midbrain & Blindsight
- 01:10:44 Why Tilted Motion Feels Good
- 01:13:24 Reflexes vs. Deliberate Actions
- 01:16:35 Basal Ganglia & the “2 Marshmallow Test”
- 01:24:40 Suppressing Reflexes: Cortex
- 01:33:33 Neuroplasticity
- 01:36:27 What is a Connectome?
- 01:45:20 How to Learn (More About the Brain)
- 01:49:04 Book Suggestion, my Berson Appreciation
- 01:50:20 Zero-Cost ways to Support the HLP, Guest Suggestions, Sponsors, Patreon, Thorne
Please note that The Huberman Lab Podcast is distinct from Dr. Huberman's teaching and research roles at Stanford University School of Medicine. The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Huberman Lab Podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.
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