The James Altucher Show

How to Optimize Your Brain | Dr. Andrew Huberman

Episode Summary

Part of enjoying life is taking care of your brain, so I invited Dr. Andrew Huberman (one of the world's leading neuroscientists) to tell us how to create happy chemicals in our brains (naturally) and feel good more often.

Episode Notes

Part of enjoying life is taking care of your brain. So I wanted to invite Dr. Andrew Huberman (one of the world's leading neuroscientists) back on to tell us how to create happy chemicals in our brains (naturally) and feel good more often.

Here's a list of what we talked about:

How to optimize your brain to be as happy as possible, as energetic as possible, and as smart as possible
How to create more happy chemicals
Human evolution and why our brain functions the way it does
The purpose of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin, and how to create each of these daily
Why gratitude helps us slow down and connect
Different mental health drugs and supplements
The power of sunlight
Cocaine
How to train your brain to focus
What causes good sleep
Puberty
Books we recommend
How to shake off the residue of the day
Nootropics

and more!

And if you want to learn more from Dr. Andrew Huberman, check out his Instagram account, @hubermanlab, which brings you new information directly from Stanford Medical School's Huberman Lab.

https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab/?hl=en

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