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The Rich Roll Podcast

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman On Changing Your Biology With Behavior

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

How does behavior affect your biology? What does neuroscience say about hypnosis, breath work, and meditation? Are behavioral tools more powerful than pharmaceuticals in changing your state and focus? Today we dig into these big questions and more with neuroplasticity overlord Dr. Andrew Huberman, back for a second, highly anticipated return to the show. Given that Dr. Huberman’s first appearance on the podcast (RRP #533) has amassed over 10 million views on YouTube alone, chances are you’re already familiar with this tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he runs The Huberman Lab, which studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. Subsequent to our first podcast in January of 2021, Andrew launched The Huberman Lab Podcast, which has quickly become a sensation. Within a year of launch, it has ascended to one of the top, most listened to podcasts in the world. Today we pick up where we last left off, diving deep into a wide array of fascinating topics brimming with actionable takeaways, including: the emerging field of mind-body neuroscience; the neuroscience of ADHD, focus, hypnosis, and processing trauma; how to leverage light, temperature, breath, and sleep to better control your biology; several behavioral tools for achieving optimal performance states; how to cultivate learning states and the power of something called gap effects; and many other fascinating topics To read more, click here. You can also watch it all go down on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Andrew is a passionate man with an incredible facility for communicating complex scientific topics in a uniquely compelling and understanding way. For those keen on understanding how to better control your mind, neurochemistry, and all told biology—consider this episode appointment listening. SCIENCE! Peace + Plants, Rich

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My belief is that if you give people a minimum of required nomenclature that they can digest

0:07.0

pretty much anything.

0:08.4

If possible, and wherever it's not hazardous, to start with behavioral tools.

0:13.0

If you read enough books about people who have embarked on certain kinds of journeys and

0:16.6

made certain choices, that at some point you might interject some of their personality

0:21.6

and their responses and subconsciously start making decisions, and that without even realizing

0:26.9

it, you're starting to make better choices on your own behalf.

0:30.0

And then at some point, you move from the interject to a recognition that, wait, it was me.

0:35.7

We hear so much today about the negativity that's out there, and how to navigate the onslaught

0:41.0

of negative news and negative interactions online.

0:44.2

And for that reason, I really make an effort to really focus on the bright shining lights

0:49.0

out there, because I do think that the information that we consume sets the internal context

0:54.4

of our subconscious and sets the internal context for what we decide to do consciously.

0:58.6

And in many ways, it's sort of like garbage in, garbage out.

1:01.5

And if it's positive stories and inspiration in, that's how you're basically going to react

1:06.6

in the world.

1:08.6

The Rich Roll Podcast.

1:20.2

Hey, everybody.

1:21.6

Welcome to the podcast.

1:23.2

Today's guest, back for a second, highly anticipated return to the show, is Stanford Neuroscientist,

1:29.2

Dr. Andrew Huberman.

1:31.6

Andrew's first appearance is, by far, the most watched and listened to episode in the

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