Sagittal slice where we’ve pointed out the foramen of Monro, connecting lateral to 3rd ventricle, and cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius, connecting 3rd to 4th ventricle. In the photo, you can see the pineal (seat of the soul!) in the epithalamus. :) #neuroanatomy#neuropath#neurology
We've had an eventful end of semester - the lab is growing! We're super excited to welcome Alison Bland as our Research Specialist and to add Julia Staton to the team for Rotation #2. Time to start investigating new signaling pathways -- in worms and in cancer! Welcome all! 😀
Your brain is fried.
You forget 90% of what you study because you don’t understand memory.
I found Andrew Huberman’s 3-step protocol to rewire your brain and absorb everything you read.
Here’s how to use it: 🧵
The new Huberman Lab episode is out: Josh Waitzkin: The Art of Learning & Living Life
This episode is available in full on X, YouTube, and all podcast platforms.
(0:00) Josh Waitzkin
(3:21) Chess, Competition & Performance
(10:50) Martial Arts, Tai Chi, Jiu-Jitsu, Foiling, Training Others
(14:41) Sponsors: Wealthfront & Our Place
(17:43) Theory of Mind, Chess, Strategy & Mindset
(26:39) Early Chess Training
(32:30) Failure & Change, Chess, Tension, Power of Empty Space
(43:22) Sponsors: AG1 & Joovv
(48:06) Grief, Competition Loss, Growth, Frustration Tolerance
(57:22) Arousal, Frame Rates, Intense Moments
(1:06:17) Frame Rates & Pupil Size; Firewalking, Training
(1:13:12) Sponsor: Function
(1:15:58) Stress & Recovery, Tools: Doing Less, Most Important Question (MIQ)
(1:23:24) Tool: Still Body, Active Mind; Shame, Strengthening Weaknesses
(1:32:02) Child Prodigies, Brittle; Chess Principles & Transfer to Life
(1:43:22) Sponsor: Eight Sleep
(1:44:48) Preconscious vs Postconscious
(1:52:02) Hypoxic Breathwork Caution & Drowning; Foiling, Fear, Postconscious
(1:57:05) Static vs Dynamic Mindset, High Performers
(2:05:48) Comebacks, Hunting Adversity, Living on Other Side of Pain, Tool: Cold Plunge
(2:19:20) Ego, Identity, Unbreakable Will
(2:29:18) Studying People; Chess, Computers; Science & AI; Ocean & Control
(2:40:37) Time, Future Direction, True to Self, Wounds
(2:51:07) Daily Routine, Individualization, Waking Up, Tool: MIQ Gap Analysis
(3:00:21) Tool: MIQ; Stuck Points, Distraction
(3:05:58) Reflective vs Stimulus-Response, Optimize Quality not Quantity
(3:14:12) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Social Media, Protocols Book, Neural Network Newsletter
Includes paid partnerships.
My phone has been blowing up about this @NIH freeze. Here are my predictions (again):
1) indirect payments will be cut to a flat rate
2) overall budget won’t change
(with #1 that means more grants)
3) work deemed derivative gets axed
4) $ resumes once new leadership confirmed
Your brain is hardware.
Every day the battery goes to 0
If you don't charge it, the software becomes useless.
Give me 2 minutes and I'll show you how to gain a super brain in 8 steps:
The new approach of microdosing GLP1 peptides, combining it with other peptides to offset the typical muscle loss & avoid “ozempic face”. (Also the associated cost savings). Craig Koniver MD explains on the Huberman Lab podcast out now all about peptide therapies.