Podcast: Huberman Lab

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…

This episode explains what stress is, and how it recruits our brain and body to react in specific ways.

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).

In this episode, I describe how to access focused learning bouts, creative states, and the underlying neural circuitry involved.

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.

This episode introduces neuroplasticity—which is how our brain and nervous system learn and acquire new capabilities.

This episode is all about the two major kinds of dreams and the sorts of learning and unlearning they are used for.

In this episode, I discuss a simple and reliable measurement called your “temperature minimum” that you can use to rapidly adjust to new time zones when traveling and to offset the bad effects of nocturnal shift work.

In this episode I answer your most commonly asked questions about science-supported tools for accessing more alertness, better learning, and quality sleep.

Today’s episode provides a host of information on what makes us sleepy, sleep soundly, and feel awake and alert.