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.
The Science of Hearing, Balance & Accelerated Learning | Episode 27
This episode I describe how our ears and nervous system decode sound waves and gravity to allow us to hear and make sense of sounds. I also describe protocols for rapid learning of sound and other types of information. I discuss sound localization, doppler effects (sound motion), pitch perception and how we isolate sounds in noisy environments. I also review the scientific findings on binaural beats and white noise and how they can improve learning. Other topics and protocols include tinnitus, sea sickness, ear movement, ear growth and the science-supported ways we can all accelerate learning using "gap effects".
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- Ears making sounds, hormones: https://bit.ly/3yneKgV
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 Overview of Topics
- 00:02:20 Protocol: New Data for Rapid Learning
- 00:09:10 Introduction: Hearing & Balance
- 00:13:53 How We Perceive Sounds
- 00:21:56 Your Hearing Brain (Areas)
- 00:23:48 Localizing Sounds
- 00:28:00 Ear Movement: What It Means
- 00:33:00 Your Ears (Likely) Make Sounds: Role of Hormones, Sexual Orientation
- 00:35:30 Binaural Beats: Do They Work?
- 00:43:54 White Noise Can Enhance Learning & Dopamine
- 00:51:00 Headphones
- 00:55:51 White Noise During Development: Possibly Harmful
- 01:03:25 Remembering Information, & The Cocktail Party Effect
- 01:12:55 How to Learn Information You Hear
- 01:18:10 Doppler
- 01:22:43 Tinnitus: What Has Been Found To Help?
- 01:30:40 Aging: How Big Are Your Ears?
- 01:35:00 Balance: Semi-Circular Canals
- 01:40:35 A Vestibular Experiment
- 01:43:15 Improve Your Sense of Balance
- 01:48:55 Accelerating Balance
- 01:51:55 Self-Generated Forward Motion
- 01:56:25 Dizzy versus Light-Headed
- 01:58:38 Motion Sickness Solution
- 02:01:23 Synthesis