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.
How Your Brain Works & Changes | Episode 1
Today’s episode provides an introduction to how the nervous system works to create sensations, perceptions, emotions, thoughts and behaviors, as well as how we can change our nervous system— a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity. The information sets the stage for all Huberman Lab Podcast episodes that follow by covering neurons, synapses, brain chemicals and the rhythms that control our ability to focus, learn and sleep… and more. Thank you for your interest in science. We'll see you next week!
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Timestamps
(00:05:00): What is the Nervous System
(00:08:55): Deja Vu
(00:10:50): How War, Guns & Soap Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain
(00:13:30): Jennifer Aniston Neurons
(00:14:30): Sensations
(00:16:10): Magnetic Sensing & Mating
(00:17:30): Perceptions & The Spotlight of Attention
(00:18:30): Multi-Tasking Is Real
(00:20:10): Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Control of Behavior
(00:21:15): Focusing the Mind
(00:24:30): Antidepressants
(00:27:40): Thoughts & Thought Control
(00:28:35): Actions
(00:33:20): How We Control Our Impulses
(00:36:25): Neuroplasticity: The Holy Grail of Neuroscience
(00:41:20): The Portal to Neuroplasticity
(00:46:40): Accelerating Learning in Sleep
(00:50:20): The Pillar of Plasticity
(00:55:00): Leveraging Ultradian Cycles & Self Experimentation
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac