How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield

How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield

My guest is Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art and expert in how to overcome the inner force of "resistance"—the self-sabotaging tendency to procrastinate on your life's most important work that keeps you from realizing your professional and creative potential. Steven shares actionable tools for defeating inner resistance that work. His approach is concrete, not based on slogans or inspirational messages. As the author of numerous best-selling books and screenplays, Steven's routines for cultivating discipline and focus, including his physical training regimen (he is incredibly mentally and physically vigorous at 82), are applicable by anyone. He gives you effective practical strategies for how to structure your day, overcome procrastination and self-doubt and do your best, most meaningful work. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AGZ by AG1: https://drinkagz.com/huberman Helix Sleep: https://helixsleep.com/huberman BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/huberman Rorra: https://rorra.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman David: https://davidprotein.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Steven Pressfield (00:04:55) Ideas & Resistance, Tree & Shadow Analogy (00:08:45) Military, Pushing Through Resistance, War of Art (00:10:14) Physical Training, Tools: Capturing Ideas, Little Successes (00:16:11) Sponsors: Helix Sleep & BetterHelp (00:18:36) Ideas, Invocation of the Muse, Goddess (00:23:19) Writing, Focus, Inner Critic, Perfectionism, Tool: Think in Multiple Drafts (00:28:21) Writing Session; Workout Analogy & Concentration (00:32:28) Aspiring Writers & Focused Hours; Work Session Timing; Phones (00:35:31) Inner Voice; Storytelling, Advertising (00:39:45) Soul & Growth, Creativity, Your Calling & Voices of Resistance, Suppression (00:48:10) Loved Ones: Projection, Resistance & Sabotage (00:51:04) Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Rorra (00:53:52) Angry & Numbing Out, Resistance, Internet; Following Your Calling (00:59:00) Mentors: Lessons on Focus & Quitting (01:06:46) Perfectionism (01:10:42) Contemplating Your Mortality, Family Honor (01:16:49) Proving Yourself & Competition (01:22:01) First Movie, Failure, Analyze Feedback?, Tool: Self-Evaluation (01:28:28) Book Success, One-Hit Wonders; Book Titles (01:34:22) Sponsor: Function (01:36:09) Personal Sacrifice; High Achievers & Unbalanced Life; Social Media (01:44:44) Tool: Turning Pro, Amateur vs Professional Habits, Failure, Feelings (01:49:32) Cost of Turning Pro, Tool: Taking Oneself Seriously & Others’ Reactions (01:56:42) Creativity: Practical Advice & Muse; Acts of Faith; Surrender (02:04:00) Sponsor: David (02:05:17) Workspace, Uncomfortable Chair, Physical Labor, Complaining (02:08:13) Forthcoming Book, Book Recommendations (02:13:46) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How to Increase Motivation & Drive

How to Increase Motivation & Drive

This episode explains the science of motivation and drive. I describe how dopamine — a chemical we all make in our brain, underlies our desire for and pursuit of our goals, as well as our capacity to move and experience pleasure. I describe how we can leverage specific behaviors, reward schedules and dopamine-prolactin balance to help ensure we can maintain motivation and capacity for pleasure over the long term. I also discuss dopamine in the context of ADHD, craving and addiction, and some absolutely amazing results about specificity of drug effects based purely on belief. Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:30 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:04:22 Announcement: Spanish Subtitles   00:05:06 Emotions, Addiction & Mindset   00:06:22 Motivation & Movement: The Dopamine Connection   00:07:29 A Double-Edged Dopamine Blade   00:08:56 Dopamine Fundamentals: Precursor to Adrenalin   00:10:15 The Reward Pathway: An Accelerator & A Brake   00:12:10 Motivation = Pleasure Plus Pain   00:14:14 The Dopamine Staircase: Food, Sex, Nicotine, Cocaine, Amphetamine   00:16:15 Subjective Control of Dopamine Release   00:17:40 Social Media and Video Games   00:18:15 Addiction & Dopamine: Progressively Diminishing Returns   00:18:48 Novelty, Sensation-Seeking & Anticipation   00:20:15 Craving: Part Pain, Part Pleasure & Pain Always Prevails   00:23:11 Desire Scales With Pain: The Yearning Function   00:24:43 The Croissant Craving Circuit   00:25:45 “Here and Now” Molecules: Serotonin, Bliss & Raphe Nucleus   00:26:26 In Your Skin Or Out In the World   00:27:25 Cannabinoids Lethargy & Forgetfulness   00:28:15 The Almond Meditation   00:29:30 Drugs That Shift Exteroception Versus Interoception   00:30:36 Emotional Balance, Active & Passive Manipulation   00:32:36 Procrastination: Leveraging Stress, Breathing, Caffeine, L-Tyrosine, Prescription Drugs   00:37:04 When Enough Is Never Enough; How Dopamine Undermines Itself   00:38:58 Dopamine-Prolactin Dynamics: Sex, Reproduction & Refractory Periods   00:40:30 The Coolidge Effect: Novelty-Induced Suppression of Prolactin   00:42:22 Vitamin B6, Zinc As Mild Prolactin Inhibitors   00:43:25 Schizophrenia, Dopamine Hyperactivity and Side Effects of Anti-Dopaminergic Drugs   00:45:08 Prolactin, Post-Satisfaction “Lows” & Extending the Arc of Dopamine   00:48:00 The Chemistry of “I Won, But Now What?”   00:49:00 Healthy Emotional Development: Child and Parent   00:50:03 Never Say “Maybe” (Reward Prediction Error)   00:52:02 Surprise!   00:52:59 Are You Suppressing Your Drive and Motivation By Working Too Late?   00:54:50 Disambiguating Pleasure and Drive: Dopamine Makes Us Anti-Lazy   00:58:00 Beta-Phenylethylamine (PEA), & Acetyl L-Carnitine   01:00:00 Attention Deficit Disorders, Cal Newport Books, Impulsivity & Obesity   01:03:55 Leveraging Dopamine Schedules   01:05:22 Subjective Control of Dopamine and Drug Effects: The “Adderall” Experiment   01:09:03 Caffeine May Protect Dopamine Neurons, Methamphetamine Kills Them   01:10:57 Nicotine: Dopamine, Possible Neuroprotection, Prolactin Increase   01:11:53 Gambling, Intermittent Reinforcement, & Persistent Goal Seeking (Bad and Good)   01:14:14 Intermittent Halting of Celebration; Enjoy Your Wins, But Not All of Them   01:18:38 A Story Example of Intermittent Reward to Maintain Long-Term Drive and Motivation   01:21:25 Corrections & Notes About Spanish Captions & Other Languages Soon   01:24:00 Synthesis & Framework, Zero-Cost Support & A Note About Sponsors Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Mars 20211h 25min

How Foods & Nutrients Control Our Moods

How Foods & Nutrients Control Our Moods

This episode explains the brain-body connections that allow the specific foods we eat to control our moods and motivation. I discuss the vagus nerve and its role in dopamine and serotonin release in the brain. I review Omega-3 fatty acids and the key role of the gut microbiome in supporting (or hindering) our mental and emotional states. Many actionable tools are reviewed and discussed related to fasting, ketogenic and plant-based diets, probiotics, fermented foods, fish oils, artificial sweeteners, specific supplements that promote dopamine and serotonin, and some remarkable behavioral (and belief) effects. Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:31 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:05:00 Emotions: Aligning Mind & Body   00:06:41 Nutrients, Neurochemicals and Mood   00:08:39 Primitive Expressions and Actions   00:12:30 The Vagus Nerve: Truth, Fiction, Function   00:15:45 “Vagus Stimulation”: A Terrible Concept   00:16:35 Polyvagal Theory   00:18:27 Vagus Senses Many Things, & Moves Our Organs   00:19:35 Sugar Sensing Without Perception of Sweetness   00:23:00 Eating-Induced Anxiety   00:27:30 We Eat Until Our Brain Perceives “Amino Acid Threshold”   00:29:45 Reward Prediction Error: Buildup, Letdown and Wanting More   00:32:01 L-Tyrosine, Dopamine, Motivation, Mood, & Movement   00:34:04 Supplementing L-Tyrosine, Drugs of Abuse, Wellbutrin   00:38:29 Serotonin: Gut, Brain, Satiety and Prozac   00:43:38 Eating to Promote Dopamine (Daytime) & Serotonin (Night Time)   00:44:30 Supplementing Serotonin: Sleep, & Caution About Sleep Disruptions   00:46:40 Examine.com An Amazing Cost-Free Resource with Links to Science Papers   00:48:05 Mucuna Pruriens: The Dopamine Bean with a Serotonin Outer Shell   00:51:00 Emotional Context and Book Recommendation: “How Emotions Are Made”   00:54:55 Exercise: Powerful Mood Enhancer, But Lacks Specificity   00:56:45 Omega-3: Omega-6 Ratios, Fish Oil and Alleviating Depression   01:01:00 Fish Oil as Antidepressant   01:02:40 EPAs May Improve Mood via Heart Rate Variability: Gut-Heart-Brain   01:07:24 Alternatives to Fish Oil to Obtain Sufficient Omega-3/EPAs   01:09:05 L-Carnitine for Mood, Sperm and Ovary Quality, Autism, Fibromyalgia, Migraine   01:16:29 Gut-Microbiome: Myths, Truths & the Tubes Within Us   01:21:55 Probiotics, Brain Fog, Autism, Fermentation   01:25:20 Artificial Sweeteners & the Gut Microbiome: NOT All Bad; It Depends!   01:28:00 Ketogenic, Vegan, & Processed Food Effects, Individual Differences   01:33:20 Fasting-Based Depletion of Our Microbiome   01:35:20 How Mindset Effects Our Responses to Foods: Amazing (Ghrelin) Effects!   01:38:30 How Mindset Controls Our Metabolism   01:41:03 Closing Comments, Thanks, Support & Resources   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Mars 20211h 40min

Master Stress: Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

Master Stress: Tools for Managing Stress & Anxiety

This episode explains what stress is, and how it recruits our brain and body to react in specific ways. I describe the three main types of stress, and how two of them actually enhance the function of our immune system making us less vulnerable to infections. I review tools that allow us to control our stress in real-time, as well as tools to prevent long-term stress, burnout and stress-induced illness and anxiety. As always, we cover behavioral tools and supplements that can assist or hinder stress control. Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman More Huberman Lab Huberman Lab Premium: https://go.hubermanlab.com/premium Huberman Lab Shop: https://go.hubermanlab.com/merch Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:31 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:04:41 Emotions: A Logical Framework of Brain-Body Loops   00:10:29 Stress: The (Falsely Narrow) Animal Attack Narrative   00:14:31 The Stress RESPONSE: Generic, Channels blood, Biases Action   00:21:08 Tools to Actually Control Stress: Reduce Alertness or Increase Calm   00:24:15 The Fastest Way to Reduce Stress In Real Time: “Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia”   00:29:45 The Fastlane to Calm   00:34:53 Important Notes About Heart Rate Deceleration: Vaso-vagal Lag   00:36:50 Cyclic Sighing For Calm and Sleep Induction   00:37:57 Nasal Breathing For Cosmetic, Immune and Performance Enhancement   00:38:46 Two Breathing Centers In The Brain   00:39:45 Breathing For Speaking Clearly   00:40:39 The 3 Types of Stress: Short, Medium and Long-Term   00:42:10 Positive Effects of Short-Term Stress: Immunity and Focus   00:45:32 Adrenalin (Epinephrine) Deploys Killer Immune Cells   00:46:40 Cyclic Deep Breathing IS Stress: Wim Hof, Tummo & Super-Oxygenation   00:50:58 Inflammation Is Useful and Good, In the Short Term   00:52:02 Procrastination and Self-Manufactured Nootropics   00:53:00 Relaxation Can Cause Illness   00:54:30 Immune Activation Protocol   00:55:20 Medium Term Stress: A Clear Definition   00:56:07 Stress Threshold   00:57:10 Stress Inoculation Tools: Separating Mind & Body, On Purpose   00:59:50 Use Vision to Calm the Mind When the Body Is Agitated   01:02:36 Beyond NSDR   01:04:36 Long Term Stress: Definition, Measurement, Cardiovascular Risks   01:06:30 Tools for Dealing With Long Term Stress   01:08:20 The Oxytocin Myth   01:09:15 Serotonin: Satiety, Safety   01:12:00 Delight and Flexibility   01:13:30 Chemical Irritants We Make But Can Control: Tackykinin   01:15:40 Impactful Gratitude   01:16:25 Non-Prescription Chemical Compounds For Additional Anti-Stress Support   01:18:04 Melatonin: Cautionary Note About Adrenal Suppression   01:19:15 Adrenal Burnout Is A Myth… But Why You Need to Know About It Anyway   01:21:10 L-Theanine For Stress Reduction and Task Completion Anxiety   01:23:00 Beware Taurine and Energy Drinks With Taurine   01:23:30 Ashwagandha: Can Powerfully Lower Anxiety And Cortisol   01:25:50 Examine.com Is An Amazing Free Resource   01:26:20 How This All Relates to Emotions: State Versus Demand = Valence   01:32:00 Modulating Reactivity, Mindfulness, & Functionality With Objective Tools   01:34:00 Next Steps   01:35:40 Topic Suggestions, Subscriptions and Reviews Please   01:37:40 Additional Resources, Synthesis   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Mars 20211h 35min

Control Pain & Heal Faster With Your Brain

Control Pain & Heal Faster With Your Brain

In this episode, I describe the science of how and why pain arises in the body and brain, and how we can actively control our experience of pain. I discuss inflammation, stress, acupuncture, limb damage and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). I review protocols that leverage the lymphatic and nervous system to accelerate pain relief and healing in a variety of situations. Other topics discussed include how heat versus cold impacts neurons and wounds, red-light, sunlight, stem cells and more.  Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction/Avenues for Support   00:00:31 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:04:58 Deliberate Unlearning   00:06:43 Pain, Injury and Regeneration   00:09:17 A System of Touch (Somatosensation)   00:11:42 Pain and Injury are Dissociable   00:15:19 Objective versus Subjective Control of Experience   00:16:15 Plasticity of Perception   00:16:41 Lack of Pain Is Self-Destructive; So Is Excessive Pain   00:18:42 Homoculous, Ratonculous, Dogunculus   00:19:05 “Sensitivity” explained   00:21:30 Inflammation   00:22:24 Phantom Limb Pain   00:24:00 Top-down Relief of Pain by Vision   00:26:41 From Deaf to Hearing Sounds   00:28:10 Pain Is In The Mind & Body   00:29:44 Recovering Movement Faster After Injury   00:35:00 Don’t Over Compensate   00:37:34 Concussion, TBI & Brain Ageing   00:40:49 The Brain’s Sewage Treatment System: Glymphatic Clearance   00:43:05 Body Position & Angle During Sleep   00:44:30 Types of Exercise For Restoring & Maintaining Brain Health   00:47:33 Ambulance Cells in The Brain   00:49:20 True Pain Control by Belief and Context   00:51:45 Romantic Love and Pain   00:55:05 Dopaminergic Control of Pain   00:57:15 Acupuncture: Rigorous Scientific Assessment   01:07:32 Vagus Activation and Autonomic Control of Pain   01:08:30 Inflammation, Turmeric, Lead and DHT   01:11:40 Adrenalin: Wim Hof, Tummo, “Super-Oxygenation” Breathing   01:14:53 Protocols For Accelerating Tissue Repair & Managing Pain   01:17:55 Ice Is Not Always Nice (For Pain and Injury): Sludging, Fascia, Etc.   01:22:02 Chronic and/or Whole Body Pain; Red-Light Therapy, Sunlight   01:26:10 Glymphatics and Sleep   01:26:29 Stem Cells, Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP): Shams, Shoulds and Should Nots   01:31:38 Young Blood: Actual Science   01:35:44 Synthesis, Support & Resources Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Mars 20211h 35min

Optimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools

Optimize Your Learning & Creativity With Science-Based Tools

In this episode, I describe how to access focused learning bouts, creative states, and the underlying neural circuitry involved. I frame this in the context of our daily 24-hour cycle in order to make it practical, clear and precise about timing. I review the role of fasting, meal timing and specific types of nutrients for promoting certain states of mind. I also review various other tools and biological factors that directly or indirectly gate brain function and that we can control. I answer commonly asked questions about the science of psychedelics, binaural beats, and visualization. Thank you for your interest in science! Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:30 Sponsors: AG1 & LMNT   00:04:53 The Daily (Learning) Routine   00:07:13 Plasticity Is NOT the Goal   00:09:26 No Obligation To Change   00:09:59 Practical Plasticity Language   00:13:37 Pillars of Neuroplasticity   00:15:16 My Daily Routine: Chronotype Management   00:17:20 Plasticity of the Wake-Sleep Circuit: Morning Light   00:19:09 Delay Caffeine!   00:21:19 Light, Black Coffee, Hydrate   00:22:57 High Alertness, Linear Tasks/Learning   00:25:12 Background Music/Noise: Yay or Nay?   00:26:52 “GO” versus “NO-GO”: The Basal Ganglia & Dopamine   00:28:37 Leveraging GO, NO-GO   00:30:08 Non-Specific Action   00:32:06 Clear, Calm, Focused: The GO, NO-GO Sweet Spot   00:33:48 When Very Alert, Work In Silence; When Tired, Include Background Noise   00:35:28 Temperaments Vary: And So Should This   00:36:01 The 3 Hour-Long Post Waking Block   00:36:20 Early Morning Exercise and GO Networks   00:38:05 Fasting, Ketogenic Diets, & Food Volume   00:39:41 Sodium/Electrolytes   00:40:57 Avoiding Hot Lunch, Food Pre-Occupation   00:42:01 Post Lunch Low/No Cognitive Load   00:42:56 Hydration, NSDR, Nap   00:44:54 Creativity Work   00:46:26 Creativity Is A Two-Part Phenomenon   00:51:15 Psychedelics   00:58:20 Afternoon Light As Insurance   01:00:26 Evening Nutrition   01:01:21 Repacking Glycogen: Hormonal Factors   01:04:11 Pre-Sleep Anxiety: Normal and Easy To Solve   01:07:08 The Power of Objective Tools   01:08:14 Visualization   01:11:34 Mini-Synthesis   01:13:31 Resetting Your Clock   01:15:55 Don’t Trust the Mind Now   01:16:59 Two, (Maybe 3) Optimization Bouts Per Day   01:18:33 Organizational Logic   01:20:22 Wim Hof Breathing, Binaural Beats, Ice Baths, Etc.   01:24:42 Variation Among People, and Dogs   01:25:49 Accurate Versus Exhaustive   01:27:57 Familiar and New Ways To Support   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Feb 20211h 27min

How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance

How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance

In this episode, I discuss how we can use specific types of behavior to change our brain, both for sake of learning the movements themselves and for allowing us to learn non-movement-based information as well. I describe the key role that errors play in triggering our brains to change and how the vestibular (balance) system can activate and amplify neuroplasticity. As always, I cover science and science-based practical tools. Thank you in advance for your questions and for your interest in science! For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:29 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:06:20 Nerves and Muscles   00:12:00 Exercise alone won’t change your brain   00:12:58 Behavior will change your brain   00:13:30 Remembering the wrong things   00:15:00 Behavior as the gate to plasticity   00:15:45 Types of Plasticity   00:17:32 Errors Not Flow Trigger Plasticity   00:21:30 Mechanisms of Plasticity   00:22:30 What to learn when you are young   00:23:50 Alignment of your brain maps: neuron sandwiches   00:26:00 Wearing Prisms On Your Face   00:29:10 The KEY Trigger Plasticity   00:32:20 Frustration Is the Feeling to Follow (Further into Learning)   00:33:10 Incremental Learning   00:35:30 Huberman Free Throws   00:38:50 Failure Specificity Triggers Specific Plastic Changes   00:40:20 Triggering Rapid, Massive Plasticity Made Possible   00:43:25 Addiction   00:45:25 An Example of Ultradian-Incremental Learning   00:49:42 Bad Events   00:51:55 Surprise!   00:52:00 Making Dopamine Work For You (Not The Other Way Around)   00:53:20 HOW to release dopamine   00:55:00 (Mental) Performance Enhancing Drugs   00:56:00 Timing Your Learning   00:57:36 (Chem)Trails of Neuroplasticity   00:58:57 The Three Key Levers To Accelerate Plasticity   00:59:15 Limbic Friction: Finding Clear, Calm and Focused   01:04:25 The First Question To Ask Yourself Before Learning   01:05:00 Balance   01:07:45 Cerebellum   01:10:00 Flow States Are Not The Path To Learning   01:11:18 Novelty and Instability Are Key   01:14:55 How to Arrive At Learning   01:15:45 The Other Reason Kids Learn Faster Than Adults   01:19:25 Learning French and Other Things Faster   01:22:00 Yoga versus Science   01:32:00 Closing Remarks   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Feb 20211h 25min

How to Focus to Change Your Brain

How to Focus to Change Your Brain

This episode introduces neuroplasticity—which is how our brain and nervous system learn and acquire new capabilities. I describe the differences between childhood and adult neuroplasticity, the chemicals involved and how anyone can increase their rate and depth of learning by leveraging the science of focus. I describe specific tools for increasing focus and learning. The next two episodes will cover the ideal protocols for specific types of learning and how to make learning new information more reflexive. For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1 (Athletic Greens): https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Momentous: https://www.livemomentous.com/huberman Timestamps (00:00:00) Introduction (00:00:32) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT, Waking Up (00:03:50) Plasticity: What Is it, & What Is It For? (00:06:30) Babies and Potato Bugs (00:08:00) Customizing Your Brain (00:08:50) Hard-Wired Versus Plastic Brains (00:10:25) Everything Changes At 25 (00:12:29) Costello and Your Hearing (00:13:10) The New Neuron Myth (00:14:10) Anosmia: Losing Smell (00:15:13) Neuronal Birthdays Near Our Death Day (00:16:45) Circumstances for Brain Change (00:17:21) Brain Space (00:18:30) No Nose, Eyes, Or Ears (00:19:30) Enhanced Hearing and Touch In The Blind (00:20:20) Brain Maps of The Body Plan (00:21:00) The Kennard Principle (Margaret Kennard) (00:21:36) Maps of Meaning (00:23:00) Awareness Cues Brain Change (00:25:20) The Chemistry of Change (00:26:15) A Giant Lie In The Universe 00:27:10) Fathers of Neuroplasticity/Critical Periods 00:29:30) Competition Is The Route to Plasticity 00:32:30) Correcting The Errors of History 00:33:29) Adult Brain Change: Bumps and Beeps (00:36:25) What It Takes to Learn (00:38:15) Adrenalin and Alertness (00:40:18) The Acetylcholine Spotlight (00:42:26) The Chemical Trio For Massive Brain Change (00:44:10) Ways To Change Your Brain (00:46:16) Love, Hate, & Shame: all the same chemical (00:47:30) The Dopamine Trap (00:49:40) Nicotine for Focus (00:52:30) Sprinting (00:53:30) How to Focus (00:55:22) Adderall: Use & Abuse (00:56:40) Seeing Your Way To Mental Focus (01:02:59) Blinking (01:05:30) And Ear Toward Learning (01:06:14) The Best Listeners In The World (01:07:20) Agitation is Key (01:07:40) ADHD & ADD: Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (01:12:00) Ultra(dian) Focus (01:13:30) When Real Change Occurs (01:16:20) How Much Learning Is Enough? (01:16:50) Learning In (Optic) Flow/Mind Drift (01:18:16) Synthesis/Summary (01:25:15) Learning With Repetition, Forming Habits As always, thank you for your interest in science! Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac Disclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Feb 20211h 27min

Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget

Understand and Use Dreams to Learn and Forget

This episode is all about the two major kinds of dreams and the sorts of learning and unlearning they are used for. I discuss REM-associated dreams that control emotional learning and their similarity to various trauma treatments such as ketamine and EMDR. I also discuss Non-REM dreams and their role in motor learning and learning of detailed, non-emotionally-laden information. I relate this to science-backed tools for accessing more of the types of sleep and learning people may want. Other topics are listed in the time stamps below. Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:30 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:03:00 The Dream Mask   00:06:00 Cycling Sleep   00:08:10 Chemical Cocktails of Sleep   00:13:00 Motor Learning   00:16:30 High Performance with Less Sleep   00:17:45 Rapid Eye Movement Sleep   00:20:30 Paralysis & Hallucinations   00:23:35 Nightmares   00:24:45 When REM & Waking Collide   00:25:00 Sleeping While Awake   00:26:45 Alien Abductions   00:29:00 Irritability   00:30:00 Sleep to Delete   00:32:25 Creating Meaning   00:34:10 Adults Acting Like Children   00:36:20 Trauma & REM   00:37:15 EMDR   00:39:10 Demo   00:44:25 Ketamine / PCP   00:45:45 Soup, Explosions, & NMDA   00:48:55 Self Therapy   00:50:30 Note About Hormones   00:51:40 Measuring REM / SWS   00:53:15 Sleep Consistency   00:56:00 Bed Wetting   00:58:00 Serotonin   00:59:00 Increasing SWS   00:59:50 Lucidity   01:02:15 Booze / Weed   01:03:50 Scripting Dreams   01:04:35 Theory of Mind   01:07:55 Synthesis   01:10:00 Intermittent Sleep Deprivation   01:11:10 Snoring Disclaimer   01:11:40 New Topic   01:15:50 Corrections   01:17:25 Closing Remarks   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Feb 20211h 16min

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