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Tom Bilyeu
Dr. Moriel Zelikowsky, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Utah, joins Impact Theory to discuss her research on neural circuits involved in emotion, with a specific focus on social isolation and its profound effects on behavior. Her work began with studying fear and memory, e …
Andrew Huberman
The Huberman Lab podcast explores the science of emotions, establishing them as complex phenomena rooted in specific neural circuits and developmental history rather than isolated brain regions like the limbic system. A central theme is that emotional experience arises from a dynamic balance between …
Andrew Huberman
Andrew Huberman introduces the science of gratitude, emphasizing that effective practices differ significantly from common assumptions like simply listing things one is thankful for. He highlights a study published in *Cell Reports* showing that listening to the same story causes listeners' heart ra …
Andrew Huberman
Understanding and controlling aggression requires distinguishing between different types, including reactive aggression driven by threat or protection of loved ones, proactive aggression involving deliberate harm, and indirect aggression manifested through shaming rather than physical violence. Dr. …
Andrew Huberman
In this Ask Me Anything episode, Andrew Huberman addresses the challenges of task switching and productivity, distinguishing between cognitive flexibility—the ability to change types of mental operations—and task switching itself, which involves shifting attention between specific tasks at set inter …
Andrew Huberman
The Huberman Lab podcast explores the profound biological reality of placebo, nocebo, and belief effects, challenging the common misconception that these phenomena are merely psychological tricks or mind-over-matter feats. Host Andrew Huberman explains that while placebos involve inert substances wi …
Andrew Huberman
Dr. Zachary Knight, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and professor at UCSF, explains that food intake regulation relies on two distinct neural systems operating on different time scales: short-term circuits in the brainstem controlling meal size over minutes to hours, and long-term cir …
Andrew Huberman
Dr. Nirao Shah, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, explains to Andrew Huberman that significant structural and functional differences exist between male and female brains, which are highly conserved across vertebrates from birds to humans. These anatomical similarities allow rese …
Andrew Huberman
In this episode of Huberman Lab Essentials, Professor Andrew Huberman explores how the nervous system regulates sugar intake and cravings within a broader biological context. He begins by explaining that glucose is the preferred fuel source for neurons in both the brain and body, which are metabolic …