Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain

Essentials: Using Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss why play is a powerful yet often overlooked tool for shaping the brain across the entire lifespan, not just during childhood. I explain how play engages specific brain circuits and neurochemicals, allowing us to explore different roles and learn in low-stakes environments uniquely suited to learning. I also describe why adults benefit from deliberately reintroducing play and which forms of play are most effective for expanding cognitive flexibility and creative thinking. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Mateina: https://drinkmateina.com/offer Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Power of Play (00:00:37) Play, Brain & Exploring Contingencies; Creatives (00:03:27) Childhood Play & Low-Stakes Scenarios (00:05:18) Sponsor: Mateina (00:06:21) Tool: Adults & Playful Mindset (00:08:53) Play Postures; Eyes (00:12:00) Group Play, Testing & Breaking Rules (00:14:32) Role Play (00:15:43) Sponsor: AG1 (00:16:34) Play Mindset, Low-Stakes Situations, Tool: Adult Play for Brain Health (00:22:29) Tinkerers & Creatives, Playful Spirit (00:24:54) Sponsor: Our Place (00:26:09) Tool: Play to Enhance Neuroplasticity: Dynamic Movement, Chess & Mental Roles (00:30:15) Personal Play Identity, Adulthood (00:33:23) Recap Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Essentials: Using Salt to Optimize Mental & Physical Performance

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The Best Vitality & Health Protocols | Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Dr. Rhonda Patrick, PhD, is a biomedical scientist and public science educator. She shares the exercise, nutrition, supplementation and lifestyle practices linked to better health and lower disease ri...

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Dr. Richard Davidson, PhD, is a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a pioneer in the scientific study of meditation. We discuss how meditation changes you...

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Essentials: Benefits of Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure

Essentials: Benefits of Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss the mechanisms through which deliberate heat exposure enhances both physical and mental health. I outline specific protocols for deliberate heat exp...

12 Mar 43min

Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer With the Immune System | Dr. Alex Marson

Avoiding, Treating & Curing Cancer With the Immune System | Dr. Alex Marson

Dr. Alex Marson, MD, PhD, is a Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. We discuss the biology of the immune system a...

9 Mar 2h 27min

Essentials: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Dr. Charles Zuker

Essentials: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving | Dr. Charles Zuker

In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Charles Zuker, PhD, a professor of biochemistry, molecular biophysics and neuroscience at Columbia University and an Investigator with the Howa...

5 Mar 35min

Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

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Dr. Alok Kanojia, MD, MPH ("Dr. K"), is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and expert in both Eastern and Western medicine to improve mental health. He explains tools for unlearning maladaptive thoughts a...

2 Mar 3h 8min

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