Essentials: How Hearing & Balance Enhance Focus & Learning

Huberman Lab

Scicomm Media

Science, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.8 • 26.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explore how the auditory and vestibular (balance) systems are essential for enhancing learning and improving focus. I explain how the auditory system captures sound waves and how the brain interprets these signals to make sense of the environment. I also discuss the use of white noise and binaural beats to support brain states conducive to learning, focus and relaxation. Additionally, I explain how the vestibular system helps maintain balance and examine practical tools to enhance auditory learning, cognitive performance and mood. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Huberman Lab Essentials; Hearing & Balance 00:00:55 Sponsor: AG1 00:02:55 Ears, Sound Waves, Cochlea 00:06:42 Sound & Direction, Ventriloquism Effect, Cupping Ears 00:10:09 Sponsor: Eight Sleep 00:11:45 Binaural Beats, Alertness, Calmness, Learning, Anxiety 00:16:03 Tool: White Noise & Learning 00:19:31 White Noise, Hearing Loss & Child Development 00:22:38 Sponsor: Function 00:25:26 Auditory Learning, Cocktail Party Effect, Tool: Remember New Names 00:29:31 Balance, Ears, Vestibular System 00:34:42 Improve Dynamic Balance, Tool: Improve Mood & Learning, Tilted Exercise 00:37:35 Recap & Key Takeaways Disclaimer & Disclosures

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0:00.0	Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials, where we revisit past episodes for the most potent and actionable
0:05.8	science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance. I'm Andrew Huberman,
0:12.4	and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. Today, we're
0:17.9	going to talk all about hearing and balance and how you can use your ability
0:22.7	to hear specific things and your balance system in order to learn anything faster. The auditory
0:30.0	system, meaning the hearing system, and your balance system, which is called the vestibular
0:34.2	system, interact with all the other systems
0:37.8	of the brain and body and used properly can allow you
0:41.6	to learn information more quickly, remember that information
0:44.7	longer and with more ease, and you can also improve the way you can
0:49.9	hear, you can improve your balance.
0:51.8	We're going to talk about tools for all of that.
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1:42.4	I'm constantly looking for the best tools to improve my mental health,
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