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How Your Brain Works & Changes

Andrew Huberman · podcast · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainFitness, sleep & longevity

What it is

Andrew Huberman introduces how the nervous system produces sensation, emotion and behavior, and how neuroplasticity lets us change it. It covers neurons, synapses, brain chemicals and the rhythms governing focus, learning and sleep.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a foundational neuroscience primer, with some commenters crediting it for practical changes to learning and sleep.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “it has literally changed my life”

    Science of sleep from a Stanford neurobiologist.

    tylerwhipple, 2021-10 · Strong recommendation · in “Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality”

  2. “feeling overwhelmed and the frustration of learning are necessary to activate the neuro-chemical processes needed to change our programming”

    Why frustration while learning triggers neural change.

    dmfdmf, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are your favorite techniques for overcoming the “pain” of learning?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: neuroplasticity, sleep, focus, huberman lab, brain

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