Dopamine was never the feel-good chemical. It’s the reason you keep reaching for the next thing, and the reason the crash after it keeps getting deeper.
In this clip, Andrew Huberman and Jay Shetty talk about the two things your brain needs before it can learn anything, and why one of them is doing nothing at all.
Andrew explains what actually happens in your brain while you sleep, why the small things feel enormous when you’re tired, and what a study on college students camping for two nights says about the clock inside every cell in your body.
Learn about the brain area people chose to stimulate more than any other, why missing someone is a good sign, and the one habit Andrew would give every person on earth.
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Chapters
0:00 – The two stages every brain needs to learn
2:17 – The 90 minute window you actually have
3:15 – The 10 second gap that speeds up learning
6:03 – Neuroplasticity in your 80s and 90s
6:40 – What REM sleep does with yesterday’s pain
8:13 – Why your brain turns everything into symbols
11:14 – The 30 minutes after waking
12:37 – The list of people he read every day
15:34 – Sunlight as the anchor for every cell
16:31 – Two nights camping that reset the clock
20:06 – Dopamine is not the pleasure molecule
25:29 – Feeling good before versus feeling good after
30:32 – Why even good change is stressful
37:39 – The two spotlights of your attention
44:22 – The brain area people chose to stimulate most
54:02 – Why yearning is a beautiful thing
59:44 – The one habit he would give everyone
Watch the FULL episode on Netflix & Spotify
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Spotify – https://dub.sh/axUXylv
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