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. Emily Balcetis: Tools for Setting & Achieving Goals | Episode 83
My guest this episode is Dr. Emily Balcetis, PhD, Professor of Psychology at New York University (NYU). Dr. Balcetis’ research focuses on how our perception of the world, particularly our visual perceptions, influences our level and persistence of motivation, how we conceptualize goals, actual goal achievement, and our emotional state as we pursue goals. Dr. Balcetis explains how to best visualize and overcome challenges in pursuit of larger, complex goals. We also discuss the science of how to define goals and intermediate milestones, overcome obstacles, and effectively track progress. This episode highlights science-based, immediately actionable tools that anyone can use to set and achieve physical and/or cognitive goals more effectively.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Dr. Emily Balcetis, Visualization of Goals & Motivation
(00:03:24) Momentous Supplements
(00:04:38) Thesis, Levels, ROKA
(00:08:08) Vision & Motivation
(00:11:37) Tool: Narrowing Visual Focus & Improving Exercise
(00:21:39) Adjusting Visual Attention & Perceived Fatigue
(00:25:14) Tool: Visual Focus “Spotlight”
(00:27:57) Tool: Goal Gradient Hypothesis, Visual Spotlight to Increase Effort
(00:33:38) AG1 (Athletic Greens)
(00:35:00) Defining Goals vs. Accomplishing Goals, Dream Boards & Goal Lists
(00:41:28) Tool: How to Setting Better Goals & Identify Obstacles
(00:46:38) Vision is Unique, Challenging the Visual System, Realistic Goals & Micro-Goals
(00:57:12) Do Fit People View the World Differently?, States of Body & Visual Experiences
(01:05:54) Caffeine, Stimulants, Visual Windows & Motivation
(01:10:13) Tools: Goal Setting & Cognitive (Non-Physical) Goals, Data Collection
(01:21:54) Year in Review & Memory
(01:26:32) Visual Tools & Mental Health, Depression & Visual Priming
(01:31:33) Focusing Attention & Increasing Visual Detail/Resolution
(01:36:12) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Neural Network Newsletter, Instagram, Twitter, Momentous Supplements
Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac