THE VIDEO SHELF · neuroscience of learning
How Your Brain Works & Changes
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 HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a foundational neuroscience primer, with some commenters crediting it for practical changes to learning and sleep.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Andrew Huberman
- Topic
- neuroscience of learning
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If anyone is struggling with sleep, I highly recommend episode 1-3 of the Huberman Lab podcast ( [VIDEO] ), it has literally changed my life. Dr. Huberman is a Neurobiologist at Stanford and explains the science of sleep vs just telling you to not look …
tylerwhipple on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep qualityCheck out Dr. Andrew Huberman's podcast #1 on YT. "How Your Nervous System Works & Changes" He argues that feeling overwhelmed and the frustration of learning are necessary to activate the neuro-chemical processes needed to change our programming. Interpreting this emotional state as "doubt" is …
dmfdmf on Hacker News · 2021-05
In Ask HN: What are your favorite techniques for overcoming the “pain” of learning?
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