These podcasts make me feel so unbelievably alive. I have had a share of painfully difficult times. Every week, you teach me, and the world, ways to better understand ourselves and methods for maximizing our potential and growth. Thank you, Dr Huberman.
2 million subs!! Huge congrats Andrew. You're literally the #1 science based podcast that has the most useable knowledge that is bettering the lives of so many, including myself. Cheers to the success and many more milestones to come🥂
I'm not one to get emotional very easily, but I'll be honest, seeing Dr Huberman, @17:14 , get emotional talking about Costello, that did it for me. Their bond, their connection was so palpable, so honest, so pure. You could see the smile on Dr Huberman's face anytime he talked about him. You know your science Dr Huberman, but I'll tell you this.. I'm sure Costello is in a better place. I'm sure he enjoyed the daily morning runs even more than you. And I'm also sure, you gave him the best life he possibly could've asked for. Thank you for your channel Dr Huberman. Over the course of these videos, we truly have formed a bond, much deeper than we can describe, with you. Thank you for it all.
Do you understand what this information is worth? It's priceless! Creatives spend their lives trying to figure themselves out and to learn or master themselves and once they do there is no metric of judgment whether they are right completely. This is powerful, to say the least for anyone that this means something to. I had been working on an organizational design that incorporates and centralizes creativity for creative endeavors. And this has confirmed a lot of my queries. Thank you, Huberman!!!
This episode is particularly relevant for me since I've just been awarded an Arts Council grant here in the UK called a "developing your creative practice" grant, to "collide" neuroscience from your own podcasts with non-human characters from Star Trek in novel creative ways that, hopefully, will be meaningful (!) and will shed new light on what it means to be human. I've only listened to the first half of this episode and it's already sparking ideas for how I might do this!
@@SophiaAphrodite it really is real - I still can't quite believe they've given me the funding! This is what fiction writers and poets get to do, when our imaginations are let loose.
Occasionally I'll come across an episode that I know I'm going to watch over and over again .The pathways of Stamping this knowledge in my brain . Thanks Dr Huberman for the enlightening Knowledge
謝謝你老師！！vielen Dank Professor !! Thank you professor !! Greetings from California … I wish you and folks good health, success and happiness !! Much Love ✌️😎💕
Kia ora, Prof. Huberman!! I'm KJ & I'm 24 and am a musician by vocation (unconditional, or even "divine" or "cosmic" connection) I've always struggled with the implementation side of the creative coin, as the formulation side is only adaptive to our external world IF we can implement it! Thank you SO much for everything you do, & continue to do.. Your service to the world will go down in the archives of the Intiates of the Flame: these men are seldom recognized as the greats that they are in their time, yet still find vague successes throughout their lives.. Think me arrogant sure, but I am one myself.. I recognize it within you Prof. Huberman & I'm SO thankful I found your channel.. Your insight has definitely helped this krazy Kiwi stave off the neurotic madness ❤ I almost feel like Captain America in a way, like a man out of time 😅 or a man not in the right time, I guess.. Not too sure how to articulate it Would LOVE to talk to you ANY time my good man, I might not have much to give in terms of "life advice" but I am one in 300, in terms of what dictates "creativity".. Not tooting my own horn, but merely a humble brag to get your attention & start your mind motoring 😅
Thanks! Your content is truly incredible. I am so glad for the paper about narrative, it explains a lot about my interests in tabletop role-playing games and creativity in general.
Divergent thinking comes easy but when I try to make it sensible for others it is very difficult. At first I thought it was a fluency of thought issue but quite the opposite. Now I understand I need to practice convergent thinking. Also HL podcast is very creative according to the standard definition... prior knowledge, science presented in a novel way, and many others find it very useful. 💜
It couldnt have arrived in a better time for me. This morning I sat my son to tell him a lot of stuff I had learned from you. Muchas gracias Andres!!! Sos el Messi de la Medicina en RUclips!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!!
I just wanted to take a moment to express my deep appreciation and gratitude for all of the incredible content you create. As someone who is fascinated by the inner workings of the brain and nervous system, I am constantly in awe of the insights and discoveries that you share with your audience. Your dedication to spreading knowledge and understanding about the complex and intricate field of neuroscience is truly admirable, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn from you. Your videos and articles are always so informative and engaging, and I have learned so much from them. Your ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner is truly impressive, and it makes your content accessible to people of all levels of understanding. You have a real talent for breaking down complex ideas and making them understandable to the average person, and I can't thank you enough for that. I was wondering if you might consider making an episode on problem solving in the future. I am very interested in learning more about how the brain approaches and solves problems, and I think it would be an incredibly valuable and interesting topic to explore. Your work is truly inspiring, and it has sparked my own curiosity and desire to learn more about the brain and how it works. I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn from you, and I am constantly amazed by the depth and breadth of your knowledge. Thank you again for all that you do, and please keep up the amazing work!
I am an artist, now 30, and I havebeen making art since childhood. A lot of these practices and concepts have been part of my creative process to push my growth and skills, and it is validating to hear it all backed up by neuroscience. I used to bind my own sketch books and label them "bad ideas" to have a place to "safely" practice getting all those ideas out, especially the bad ones to find the good ones. the pressure to make something "good" and "well received" is so strong that it felt like using a normal sketchbook wouldn't be right. Someone might see it! I now proudly show these books full of bad ideas because that is where my work got really interesting at times. (And also terrible at times but I am proud of it nonetheless.) I regularly practice divergent thinking and will start working on convergent thinking as well thank you! And I have ADHD and relate with the convergent thinking issues I have so many ideas outside of art and find it very hard to implement them. :(
I'm currently studying medicine and I want to be like you doctor Huberman...you're really a good mentor. Your advice on sunlight exposure improved my mood and focus pretty decently. Thanks 😊
Words cant express how magnificient your videos are for revelation , Dr.Huberman. It was almost an instant revelation for me as you were about to say some things that correlated with my experiences For example high energy(high dopamine level) due to loud rocky music having inverse relationship with creativity etc. Some of the common practises that have been followed for ages have great meaning that people are uncovering by listening to your podcasts e.g a prayer before an exam for convergent thinking/focus, listening to melodious like classical music (& not bumpy bassy songs) for right mood etc.
Its very interesting to hear about non sleep deep rest since I always experienced intense creative thinking when sitting on a bus or other travel medium for long periods of time. As if the idea of sitting still and looking out a window always elicits this kind of "trance" state where a lot of the creative thinking happens for me.
Professor Huberman, Thank you IMMENSELY for this episode and extremely useful information. I am a visual artist and have been struggling to dig deeper into my career, but understanding HOW to move beyond skill seems to be the realization, i.o.w. which way to turn the key. This is most likely the reason why i share your work so often: if we understand the TOOLS we can apply it to individual needs. Your work is (for me) the most creative science-based endeavor I've come across. Thank you so much for sharing.
I am finally on pacific time and can leave comments at a reasonable time. Your podcast is literally life changing and eye opening. What you explained about divergent thinking is so useful in coming up with a synthetic route or novel ways of looking at synthesizing a molecule. I owe my performance to you.
Thankyou Mr Huberman. My creative side often feels bedraggled by ADHD. It can be hard to get through the angst of letting a dream take flight and take practical steps to even allow it to do so. Your podcasts inspire and enliven and let me allow the impetus to make my life and that of others, better. Bless you 🫂 xxx
Rating: 7.7/10 In Short: Creativity is Neuronal Notes: Its interesting how there are specific mechanisms and neural circuits that relate to creativity. You would think creativity is an abstract idea, but the fact that there are known circuits allowing convergent/divergent thinking, and that this is developed over our lifetime, is fascinating. I always appreciate the way huberman describes networks and brain areas but then gives context at a higher, simpler level that grounds these mechanisms. It wouldn’t be a hub podcast without tools, and he gives a few basic ideas that could enhance creativity, then shrooms. This is a good segway into future creativity convos (rick rubin, lex, ect.),
Andrew, you are the most important pod cast today. Your delivery, knowledge and ability to communicate is perfect for a subject that I believe if ANYONE else was doing it would put me to sleep, adhd and all lol. I'm also a member of MENSA and a serious nerd, but also a combat vet and alpha male, so your right up my alley.
this is so gold for a creative like me who’s also very much an analytical thinker, understanding the science behind it feels like a breath of fresh air
Dr. Huberman you are incredible with all your easy-to-understand information on how to improve, I think, every aspect of our physical and mental wellbeing. You helped me when I had covid last year and now, to quit smoking and tonight to think about creativity which, I think comes from the child within that too many of us deny to exist once we "grow up". I would love to be more creative, more of the time, maybe now I do that. Thank you for everything. It must take all your time, these days, to gather your information and do these podcast. I cannot thank you enough. I do hope that you are taking enough time for yourself and your own wellbeing. Our world needs humans like you. Much love and appreciation.
Massive thank you for such a deep dive into creativity. As an artist, I am extremely intrested in a topic like this. What boosts creative process, what stops it, how "personal narrative" may be an obstacle in the very desire to start doing something creative, specifically, if this is something you are supposed to be easily accessing, because you are an artist by trade? I have so many of those, and in hindsight, I see how poorly we were tought. Your podcasts provide in-depth information as to undestanding these complicated processes and applying such knowledge. I used the tool you gave in another podcast about focus :while drawing a very detailed pics of Pittsburgh city, where I had to do very differentiated hand movements, be quite still and yet quick, almost as I was doing calligraphy strokes. I did you exe on changing focus from a close one (at my drawing) to an open, wide one (looking at a distant cityscape). It helped greatly to remain a fresh view towards a composition and to all the littled strokes, when needed. I am an avid fan of your work, Dr.Huberman! THANK YOU!
"I do read all the comments..." To challenge you a bit - but actually to express my wholehearted gratitude, hereby I craft my message to you, Mr. Huberman. Here we go. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Sir! Upon conceiving the idea of writing this open letter to you on this media - I'd be remiss if I don't say that I got a bit emotional. Two words: gratitude and appreciation. I can't now fathom the idea that we all have you, a role model, friend & teacher. Even without knowing you directly, you have become very dear to my heart. I don't know how it happened - but in my notes (as I do write to myself all the time, quite frankly) you've started to appear in my brain & thoughts as Hubs, if I allow myself to share this friend-like-intimate sort of collection of patterns that were formed in my cluster of neurons upon hours & hours of watching of your lectures. Be it in text messages | conversations with people close to me, explaining certain dynamics of life & neurobiology - or my own thinking & ideas, I access the knowledge you share with us; the work you put in can't be overstated or praised enough. To sort of return the favor in the ways I can, I'd like to share with you the list of **Protocols** I've developed for use in my everyday life, tailored to my needs that you might perhaps, as the chances go, find helpful as well. You may find them attached at the bottom of this draft; show-no-captions as *they* say. I have to say; you've fixed my focus, you've given me tools for creativity, enhanced my life with various supplementation based tools, and in other mental & physical areas - just to name the few. Having said this, I have a request - it seems to me that in my life currently I lack a singular point of interest - which is *Execution*. With this, I'd like to respectfully ask you & request a *Lecture* explaining the neurodynamics of Execution. That is, how does one go about conceiving the idea that resonates with him or her - and trades the resources he's in possession of in order to go from point A to point B, with grace & integrity. So, would be wonderful (still wonderful anyway, but more wonderful) If you could either give me (or actually, Us) a direction of digging towards or to actually record a lecture. What a bold move from my side! It's strange, but I feel at ease doing this, knowing how upfront you are about helping us all, struggling and not-so, regular and all-sorts-of-different, Your Peer Humans. I'd be remiss if I don't repeat this: I found myself to be eternally Grateful for everything that you do. You've got this, Sir! Thank you; with Regards, Respect & Appreciation, Ivan ------------------------Show-No-Captions--------------------------- PROTOCOLS: 1. Brainstorming-meditation What I'd do is I'd put my earphones, sit in the lotus of my choosing, and put theta binaural beats + brown noise. It somehow puts me in a deep meditative state where I can Reason; very fast, in span of seconds or minutes. And thoughts surely come to mind, but you kind of slow them down and give them space, introduce the points of introspection & aspects that might play a role in your relation to the thought and the relation of it to your life in general, or the life situation currently. What I'd actually do more - is to sort of nuke the brain a bit with different waves, experimenting with alphas, gammas, deltas, and various variations. But the core is surely Theta-waves | Brown-noise. This to be done if we take the aspect of the practice becoming stale or stable, after, say, 10-30 minutes of doing the one scheme of waves. When you've worked out the first batch of thoughts that came - I noticed that switching the waves helps to change the perspective and perhaps the chemical composition of the brain that promotes Change. Overall, main use of this Tool is to think & brainstorm. I'd put my blinders on, take a paper & pen (pencil works better though, perhaps matter of preference). More often than not I'd come out of this state refreshed, with notes on my paper of things I need to do Now, with clear understanding why-how-when-what. After this there's only one thing to do - to take action. 2. Mind-distillation Technique This one is incredibly elegant and helpful and no-time consuming. It promotes focus, understanding of yourself, and is actually quite fun to do. What I'd do is... look at the time, on my laptop I just look at the time on the top-right of the screen. Aight, so you look and focus on it, don't flinch. (Links back to focus-follows-visual-focus idea). I'd have my notepad open (vscode, actually) and I open a blank markdown file or just create space in the previous notes so that nothing is distracting. Sometimes I'd note the time, sometimes I won't; as in: (let me actually demonstrate it now, let's see what comes up) Legend: + would indicate the chosen thought for further action; the rest are my notes which usually I won't put if I were not to explain this here. I want it to be as succinct as possible. Because we distill. The dynamic is to reduce the many to get the rare few. Round I: 0044 (means 00:44, for simplicity) + order coffee (idea was there at the back all the time, so I put it here as start) [note: damn I know you don't like this at this time ha! :] 0045 + actual start (interestingly, not much thoughts coming up, perhaps coz I was drafting this letter for how long already and the mind is very focused and Still :)) 0046 + neck pain, apply the balm Note: when the minute turns, you jolt down what came up (or manifested you might say) 047 + nothing, was writing Prev. Note 048 + order coffee Note: idea to have a smoke came to me But this is the beauty of this exercise - you *See* them. When they come. Another idea came is to order coffee (repeats huh). And you choose only one. coffee vs smoke - choose coffee. So. 049 + blind-folded-free-writing (another protocol I, perhaps would explain later; but self-explanatory more or less) Round II: 050-55 050 + clear, nothing relevant much | I'd do it 5 minutes 051 + some story, nothing actionable | depleted, mind was distilled already at round one. 052 + you get the idea ... Usually I'd do this for 5-10 minutes and by the end my mind is in the good level of focus & I know what sort of things I need to do next. I do this more often for 5m than 10m. And important note: if many things come, you choose only few, or even one. That way, you filter out, or Distill the mind-bombarding-consciousness-with-thoughts notion. Or, simply, Mind-Distill. 3. Music-NSDR w. playing with various conscious sensations. I guess it's either neurons firing or what - but I kind of dance with this sensation, without movement but movement inside the visualization; combining it with usual NSDR attention moves, and after some time of doing that I arrive at the sought Yoga Nidra state, full relaxation & free conscious view. While enjoy listening to music. Funny that I've just watched your lecture on Creativity. And this 65% increase in nigrastraitum region makes sense since I was always using it before the bout of some work or activity; and the ability to visualize and have the mood and rest aspects elevated after that. 😇 PS (update): Found an episode #55, I think that might be what I was looking for! It's like you've travelled back in time to give me an answer ha-ha. Preserving this heartfelt letter without other changes though, as it is genuine and authentic :)
This episode had such a huge impact on my life. Learning the difference between divergent and convergent thinking, and how to stimulate both. I'm weaving meditation into my creative practice and the way I help my clients with their messaging now.... not to mention going for more walks! Thank you for this massive gift
Amazing! So many thanks to the Huberman Lab Team, especially to Doctor Huberman, for finding and revealing this inspiring body of knowledge and research. Two questions- How do people vary in systematic reuptake and deployment of neurotransmitters? How may we affect meaningful and long-lasting change in these traits? Please enjoy a rejuvenating week of Holiday joys!
Thank you so much Dr. Huberman for this episode on Creativity from the scientific view. It really helps to understand myself better since I am both a visual artist and a person who has been doing meditation for a long time. The mystery of coming up with ideas and/or solving some visual problems whenever I meditate is now much clearer to me. Thank you.
Dr. Huberman, this episode is wonderful. I was telling my younger daughter about the the protocols you shared about improving creativity and she said, ‘why is this not taught in school’. Thank you for sharing.
You don't know how thankful I am with your podcast. You help me to improve my everyday life. Sometimes I struggle to be more creative as an architect, but now I'll implement the open monitoring meditation and see what's happen. Thank you again.
Dear Dr Huberman, Thank you a lot for this very interesting episode! As always immensely useful! I am a big fan of your podcast. However, based on the study of Kjaer et al. (Cognitive Brain Research 2002), I disagree with your conclusion that NSDR/yoga NIDRA would specifically induce nigro-striatal dopamine release. In this study, Kjaer et al. used 11c-raclopride PET to assess in vivo dopamine release, and found significant tracer displacement in the ventral striatum (aka, the nucleus accumbens), and not in the dorsal striatum (caudate and putamen). First, this would suggest specific dopamine release in the meso-limbic dopamine pathway, and not the nirgro-striatal pathway as suggested. Second, these data do not exclude significant dopamine release in extra-striatal regions (eg, in the meso-cortical DA pathway). Indeed, because of its "relatively low" affinity for dopamine D2 receptors, 11C-raclopride is not an appropriate radioligand to assess dopamine release in extra-striatal regions where the concentration of the dopamine D2R is much lower than in the striatum (this can be achieved with other radioligands, such as 11C-FLB 457 or 18F-Fallypride , which have much higher affinity for the dopamine D2R). In the study of Kjaer et al, the meso-cortical pathway has therefore not been examined, and dopamine release in extra-striatal regions may thus also be at work during yoga nidra / NSDR. Hope this comment reaches you well, and would love to get your thoughts on this. Kind regards ans merry Christmas 🌲 Gil Leurquin-Sterk, MD, PhD
Wow, Dr. Leurquin-Sterk, that was a great comment! I found it very interesting how you mentioned that 11c-raclopride PET is not an appropriate ligand to assess DA release in extra-striatal regions due to its "relatively low" affinity for DA D2 receptors and thus the meso-cortical DA pathway was not examined and DA release in extra-striatal regions may also be at work during yoga nidra/NSDR. It's amazing how much more information can be found on something with further research. Thank you for adding your thoughts to this discussion. It is much appreciated!
@@bartadins7789 Thanks for your reply, I am looking forward to the response of Dr Huberman as I believe that the interpretation of the data from the study of Kjaer et al. has been inaccurate. Best regards Gil
Dr Huberman, thank you! This was one amazing episode and very relevant for me, not only personally but professionally. I am an Assoc Professor in the UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business (Dublin) and I have just finished teaching my intensive course on Creative Problem Solving offered as a summer elective to MSc management students. It's the 5th time I'm teaching it (it's once a year) and I rely mostly on combination of cognitive, social and organizational psychology (My degrees are in psychology, with a PhD from Colorado State U); recently, under your influence :-), i started adding doses of neuroscience. What's fascinating is both the new elements i have learned from this episode as well as the clarification of the neuro mechanisms behind several principles and processes that I have identified, based on integrating mostly psychological research with addition from my 'eastern' practices and learning (meditation/mindfulness, martial arts, Wu Wei... and few other elements such as Koans). The NSDR study, for example, was so spot on. Several elements I teach make even better sense now and i am excited as a mega-geek puppy. You covered a lot of topics and elements but there are a couple of aspects of creativity that i would love to have exchange with you about. These include focusing on improvisation (possibly the type of creativity i'm most passionate about) and what keeps showing to me more and more as a core element in creativity: the ability to integrate seeming opposites (divergent/convergent thinking is one clear example but there are few others i identified). Also, the relationship between Flow experiences and Creativity (correlation due to common underlying neuro mechanisms; sequential causal relationship; mediation...). If there is any way that i can exchange (gently, i promise) a couple of email messages with you, i'd be delighted. And regardless: big thank you for the education! I kept referring to you in my summer courses as 'as my favorite neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman said...' :-)
@@hubermanlab I don't know if you've ever done an episode on heart health but if not I'm requesting that you do. I've experienced angina playing pickleball a few months ago so my family physician ordered a cat scan with dye. Ii showed the left aorta was only pumping at 35%, but I'm sure you're aware of what happens to the heart when the dye hits it. The first cardiologist i saw wanted to do a cardiac catheterization. I refused because it came across as biased and closed mined and felt he wanted to stent me. A second cardiologist I saw at Clevland Clinic said the CT scans were inaccurate and the Echocardiagrgm the office of the first cardiologist performed showed my heart wasn't that bad but she wants me on a statin which I also won't take after reading Dr. Gravelines books. Here's the thing; I'm feeling much better after following your advice and Dr.Tom Cowans advice on how to optimize heart health. Before Hurricane Ian hit I was up to two miles on the treadmill with faster times. I don't have as much angina but would love your take on stating and steps and alternatives therapies to improve heart health.
Only 20 minutes in and I love it ! Consider interviewing a particularly creative, freestyle rapper named Harry Mack. One neuroscientist has already done an analysis video on what she thinks is going on in his brain during a freestyle rap. He’s a a very likable dude too who’s been blowing up lately. I think it would be a great conversation on the creative process… especially while improvising.
Thanks for providing all the insight into science. It’s so wonderful. I have a guest suggestion: David Strayer, a neuroscientist from Utah. He’s like a hardcore nature junkie and assess the limits of human multitasking ability while performing complex tasks such as driving and studies how attentional capacities can be restored by interacting with nature. After reading comfort crisis by Michal Easter who mentions David Strayer in his book I consider that a fascinating topic.
Brilliant podcast on the creative process. The methods described are in fact hundreds, if not thousands of years old and still practiced today in Hindu and Buddhist tantra. Shamatha (concentration) and Vipassana (insight) meditation is practiced in most schools, and creation and completion stages practiced in Highest Yoga tantra (which would include all three stages of your Narrative process).
Hi Dr Huberman from sunny and gorgeous Cape Town, South Africa. I enjoyed this podcast, as I generally do and will test your suggestions. 2 things disturbed me though relating to naming. I just want to preface this with saying I have found what you share on your podcasts incredibly insightful and motivating and have been applying what you have shared to see how it works. However in this podcast the 2 things I question are the definition of creativity as having to have utility and then the assertion that re-naming the meditation techniques you have shared are not meant to erase or take away from the cultural traditions they stem from. I am an artist and have worked as an artist in the fields of fine art, design:product, graphic and fashion, marketing and I am an Ayurvedic chef. I have taught all these too. The problem with defining creativity as needing to reveal something about the world or the way we work (who judges this, as this judgement is limited by each person's exposure, knowledge and experience, making it completely subjective and thus cannot be a 'rule') and have utility (again utility is a judgement that is not scientific). I imagine it would shut down the process before it starts for many people who are outcome orientated. Could you imagine how much would be lost if you were a creative person and you did create a fish tank with wings on it. And a renowned neuroscientist told you that it wasn't creative. And so you killed the idea and didn't go on to articulate its utility and what it reveals about how the world works. I think this definition of creativity is better suited for creative innovation and not for the process of creativity. 'Truly creative' is subjective and should remain so. Everyone agreeing on something being creative doesn't make it something creative. The freedom to create without the judgement of utility is what makes children and adults continue to create. I realise you may not have defined this term, but as a scientist and having 2 million followers you have a great opportunity to influence thinking and proliferate or question existing perceptions. I'd love to hear what you think about this. On re-naming yoga nidra and not naming Vipassana meditation, is there a reason for this? I love what you do and I love that these techniques would be accepted by a so much wider audience because it doesn't have the uncomfortable or foreign names (to some audiences) that they do. Just think about the naming of meditation, which I Raj yoga, breathwork which is Pranayama. We no longer associate those names with those activities and the cultures they come from. Would we say that it's the 'technique that matters and not the name' when we talk about the term Democracy? Naming and names are important. The naming precedent used in biology is not English yet is accepted regardless of the level of difficulty people may have recalling or repeating or even accepting the name. Shouldnt we apply the same standards. I do know, from all you share with such generosity that it is not your intention to offend, erase or harm. And that's why I am engaging on this topic and will continue to listen to what you share. Much love ❤
I have to admit, I agree with this. My fishtank has wings, and children are delighted. It makes them laugh and inspires them to think of swimming as flying through water. Then they created numerous drawings of fish flying through clouds, birds swimming underwater, etc. Sometimes the PURPOSE is not clear until after the creative process has happened
Perfect topic for me today... I've been having a bit of a creative block the past few days while trying to decide what to make for people for Christmas or how exactly I want to make certain things.
I love using creativity in things like being a maker/engineer, creating music and art, but also in how i approach things in life in general. To fully understand how things work and to find smart and creative ways to do things. Using knowledge and understanding to see how things work and how you can reach a desired goal, regardless of what it is. A project as a maker or something else in your life.
I love watching Andrew Huberman One of the greatest RUclipsrmen His knowledge and concise insight Empower us to set ourselves right In time he'll make as all Supermen
I teach K-6 elementary art, and man ain’t it the truth that the younger kiddos are less fearful and restrained ! I love your podcast so much, it might be my favorite ! Thanks for being awesome!
ADD here. Lots of ideas (divergent all day every day) but putting structure and focus to it has been the bane of my existence. Now I have a real solution to this lifelong issue.
So good. I have been on board with you since you started this podcast and you have changed my world and enhanced who I am with so many tools. I never thought I would hear Aritstotle's Poetics here 'though. This is making me emotional because we studiy him in theatre. People are so used to roasting the arts and calling us lightweights. I am so happy to hear the science has caught up. The narrative process is what great acting is. I am so reminded of the first episode of Mad Men and Don Draper's pitch- it's creative and harkens to childhood through activating nostalgia. People love that scene and science knows why. I use improv on stage all the time when I perform as a musician. Not musical improv- comedy, what I studied after straight theatre. Life is improv. It's not about the comedy, it's about creating worlds with their own rules and seeing out a narrative. Conan O'Brien is a genius at this and his podcast also gives me great joy. This has been amazing and I thank you Dr Huberman and your staff for this gift that just keeps on giving.
Really interesting!! It just crossed my mind that I might be engaging in divergent thinking by daydreaming all day but if I will engage in convergent meditation, I might help myself with focus and creative/practical endeavors. I`m stunned! Thank you again, kind doctor!
Escher was especially good at the geometry within illustrated components in his works. He found the design too within the negative spaces. I loved his works. Who ever I lent his book to, please, give it back !
An idea for a guest is Dr Stuart mcgill. He's a back expert who works with severe back injuries as well as athletes. Using his book I was able to be pain free from a back injury that multiple other health professionals couldn't fix. He's been on other podcasts and his stuff is very interesting
This podcast inspired me to pursue a career as a researcher in cognitive neuropsychology !!! Thank you for being an exceptional role model with tremendous professionalism !!! This recognition for outstanding work is very much fairly earned!
0:15 Creativity is a topic very abstract to many people. Computational approach to human behavior is very helpful here. A ready program or algorithm is a routine. Generating such a program is creativity. This is not limited to human actions. Computer programs have a data section so you may be equally creative generating some material object or its image. 23:30 Circuits of creativity. Executive network + default mode = controlled hallucinations by Anil Seth. 30:50 Definition of creativity. Creativity is a rearrangement of existing elements into novel combinations that reveal something fundamental about how we or the world works. And it tends to be things that are useful. Interesting that combining parts into a whole may be performed by a simple neural net. Usually models learn associations of 2 images, the first being a key to retrieve data from memory. Hopfield net is special. It remembers single pictures. Mutual associations are formed between their parts. When the image is activated, these parts support each other by the principle of positive feedback. Initially, Hopfield net was used to store data, but it can be employed to create a new image. Generate random combinations of elements. Salience block will filter out rubbish. Only valuable ideas will remain. As to novelty, it is necessary to mention hippocampus. One model was that it functions as a novelty detector. Salience network is triggered from this organ.
Using creativity here, I used openai to give me summary of the podcast before watching it. In this podcast episode, the speaker, who is a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine, discusses the concept of creativity and how it can be accessed and applied in different areas of life. The speaker begins by explaining that creativity is often thought of as an abstract or mysterious concept, but that the neural circuits and processes that underlie creativity are actually well understood. The speaker asserts that everyone has the ability to be creative, because these neural circuits and processes are present in all individuals. However, many people do not know how to access their creativity, or can only access it in a limited number of domains, such as the visual arts, music, science, engineering, or other areas of life such as cooking, sports, or play. To better understand how creativity works, the speaker describes specific neural structures in the brain that need to be activated in a specific sequence in order to come up with creative ideas. These structures are located in the frontal networks of the brain, which include the areas just behind the forehead, and are responsible for evaluating new and novel rule sets in an unconstrained way. The speaker explains that creativity involves the ability to take existing elements from the physical world or the thought world, and reorder them into novel combinations that are useful or meaningful in some way. This process requires the activation of certain neural structures in a particular sequence, such as the default mode network, the executive control network, and the salience network. To help individuals access their creativity, the speaker introduces a number of techniques, including narrative and storytelling, applying new rule sets, and adopting new world views. The speaker explains that these techniques can help to stimulate the neural structures responsible for creativity and allow individuals to come up with new and innovative ideas. The speaker also introduces a meditation technique called open monitoring meditation, which involves learning how to sit back and observe one's thoughts while intentionally varying where they go. This technique can be particularly helpful for individuals who struggle to focus or refocus in more traditional forms of meditation, or who may have conditions like ADHD. Open monitoring meditation allows individuals to tap into specific circuits within the frontal networks of the brain, enabling them to evaluate new and novel rule sets in an unconstrained way. Overall, the goal of the podcast episode is to provide tools and techniques for accessing and enhancing creativity in different areas of life. The speaker emphasizes that anyone can learn to access their creative abilities and apply them in various domains, such as work, family, and play. The speaker also encourages listeners to bring others into their creative endeavors, as this can help to expand the extent to which they can express their creative talents. The speaker concludes by stressing the importance of practicing these techniques and tools regularly in order to maintain and enhance one's creative abilities.
An idea for a future podcast is the science of hair loss, something I think a lot of men would watch. Genetics, DHT, testosterone, diet, age, exercise and so on, and different treatments like minoxidil, finasteride, saw palmetto etc.
There is so much good stuff in this episode. I’m putting in a request for a continued deeper dive, a part two please. As an exec leadership coach I know that creativity is a superpower in leadership.I love that you talked about the brain science behind creativity, and am keenly interested in the end of the podcast … narrative as a way to enhance and cultivate creativity! Thanks for a great episode.
I do the same thing! I feel like I can't recommend it enough. Imagine if every person, not only watched his content, but applied it. The world would be a much better place...
Lisa Cron would be a great guest for the upcoming episode about narrative and storytelling. Her 2021 book "story or die" is excellent and draws on neuroscience and evolutionary biology to explain why stories are so important to us.
This was such an interersting pod cast, as an editorial illustrator I have developed and learned tools too enhance creativity and divergent thinking. My main task, apart from making an interesting image, is to visually interperate someone else's words. This goes beyond just drawing what I read, often the articles discuss complex ideas, concepts, and events. My job is to comeup will novel ways too allow the reader to quickly understand the subject they are about to read. There are many ways to do this, visual metaphor, emotional connection or narrative storytelling. I am connecting the idea of the story with a surprising outside element to generate an image. The tools in the podcast are very useful for my daily practice,, especially the Narritivie and Storytelling part., I am excited to try and find a way to implement some sort of protocol using this study for my own work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for such an amazing podcast. The dive into such consistently interesting topics with actionable points has been personally very helpful as well as fun to listen to. I would LOVE to hear a podcast on psoriasis since it’s something I have been struggling with for many years, is quite common now, and there is much misinformation about. Again, thank you and I look forward to future podcasts and information from Huberman lab. (congrats on the World Cup win!)
Hi there, I use 10 drops of Tea Tree Oil per ounce of olive oil on all my skin problems and it cures everything, so far, in less than a week. Just massage it in right after a shower and see the difference, immediately.
This is a stellar piece; much like a book that was stellar in its narrative and impact. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint
@@DoctorPaulProteus always!! Waking up at 7 am and drinking my coffee at 9 am after exercising (this so I’m not layering caffeine on top of the exercise and have the dopamine layering effect, it works perfectly well)
That’s a great lecture, thank you. One thing that immediately came into my mind after hearing about divergence and convergence is an Ancient Greek’s way to make a rhetorics and I think this is a concept that could be expanded to all the kind of creative processes: 1. Invention (comprehension of an idea or subject, build of comparisons and mental parallels) 2. Disposition (ordering thoughts into a certain group or canon) 3. Elocution (conversion of thoughts into beautiful speech turns, words, visual open and hidden structures) So, essentially this way uses both ways of thinking followed by the post-process on the idea to enhance it.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Your altruism in doing the hard work of preparing these podcasts and breaking things down for non scientists to understand is so admirable 🙏🏽🤗❤️Thanks!
Oooooh thanks for putting this into the world....Creativity has been so illusive, poo pood, misunderstood! We Creatives struggle to put our ideas, artwork, products to share with the world. I'm appreciative and impressed with yr knowledge and intelligent treatment of this subject. Suggest future Podcast development for you for Baby Boomers....how to optimize the Aging Brain...there are ALOT of us listening to you.....
🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *🧠 Understanding creativity and its neural basis* - Creativity is an ability accessible to everyone through specific neural circuits. 02:19 *🧘♀️ Open monitoring meditation for enhancing creativity* - Open monitoring meditation helps tap into specific brain circuits in the frontal networks. - It aids in evaluating novel rule sets in a manner conducive to creativity. 09:05 *🎨 Elements of creativity in visual arts* - Creativity involves revealing fundamental rules about the world or brain functionality. 20:32 *🎭 Interplay of dimensions in creative art* - Combining two-dimensional art with three-dimensional landscapes can reveal controversies and concepts effectively. 21:00 *🎨 Understanding creativity through music and art* - Creativity involves novel combinations of elements that reveal how our brain processes information. 24:23 *🧠 Brain networks involved in creativity* - Three major brain networks-executive, default mode, and salience-contribute to different stages of the creative process. 34:04 *🤔 Divergent and convergent thinking in creativity* - Two key elements in the creative process are divergent thinking, which generates multiple ideas, and convergent thinking, which tests and refines those ideas. 42:38 *🎨 Creativity as Novel Combinations* - Creativity involves novel combinations that reveal fundamental insights. 43:07 *🧠 Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking* - Divergent thinking explores possibilities, while convergent thinking seeks specific correct answers. - Convergent thinking requires focus, persistence, and binding different elements together. 47:25 *🧲 Dopamine's Role in Creativity* - Dopamine acts in different brain networks to underlie divergent and convergent thinking. - Understanding how dopamine pathways work provides tools to engage in creative exploration and testing. 01:04:03 *🧘♂️ Open Monitoring Meditation* - Open monitoring meditation is about observing thoughts, emotions, and ideas without judgment. 01:07:23 *🧠 Meditation for Creativity Enhancement* - Divergent thinking can be improved with open monitoring meditation. - Convergent thinking can be enhanced with focused attention meditation. 01:12:12 *🎭 Mood, Creativity, and Dopamine* - Mood influences creativity by affecting dopamine levels in specific brain pathways. - Elevated dopamine can hinder divergent thinking, highlighting the importance of mood regulation for creativity. 01:25:05 *🧠 Dopamine pathways and illicit drugs* - Dopamine activation affects multiple pathways in the brain. - Illicit drugs like cocaine and meth increase dopamine nonselectively. - Drugs blocking dopamine receptors can suppress symptoms but lead to side effects. 01:27:01 *📚 Increase dopamine with legal methods* - Prescription drugs like Ritalin and Adderall increase dopamine focus. - Legal supplements like L-Tyrosine and caffeine can boost dopamine. - Balancing dopamine levels can enhance mood, motivation, and focus. 01:29:24 *🍴 Nutrition's effect on dopamine levels* - Foods high in L-Tyrosine can naturally increase dopamine. - Certain foods like aged Parmesan cheese can act as dopamine precursors. - Understanding the impact of nutrition on dopamine receptor efficacy. 01:31:21 *💭 Impact of behavioral practices on dopamine release* - Behavioral practice like deep relaxation can increase dopamine release. - Motionlessness and relaxation underlie dopamine increase linked to divergent thinking. - Engaging in relaxation practices for creativity enhancement. 01:46:24 *🧠 Behavioral tools should be considered first for enhancing creativity over pharmacology.* - Behavioral tools are safer and easier to titrate than pharmacology. - Behavioral tools can sometimes offer more specificity in enhancing creativity compared to pharmacology. 01:47:21 *🍄 Microdosing psychedelics like psilocybin can enhance creativity.* - The study on microdosing psilocybin showed enhancement in divergent and convergent thinking. - Psilocybin impacts the 5-HT2A receptor, present in brain circuits involved in creativity. 01:49:17 *🍷 Alcohol and cannabis effects on creativity.* - Alcohol does not increase creativity but may reduce inhibitions for divergent thinking. - Cannabis can enhance divergent thinking but may hinder convergent thinking for implementation. - Individuals with ADHD can have enhanced creativity but might face challenges with convergent thinking. 01:52:13 *🎯 Relationship between ADHD and creativity.* - People with ADHD can excel in divergent thinking but may struggle with convergent thinking. - Creativity can be enhanced in individuals with ADHD through rational pharmacology and behavioral tools. - Understanding the dynamics of ADHD can lead to tailored approaches for enhancing creativity. 02:07:36 *🎨 Creativity as a Three-Step Process* - Creativity involves worldbuilding, perspective shifting, and action generating techniques. 02:11:27 *📚 Narrative Approach to Enhancing Creativity* - Utilizing a narrative approach involves creating a dedicated world shift, perspective shifting, and exploring interactions between individuals with different motivations. 02:13:19 *🧠 Understanding Creativity and Brain Function* - Creativity is a fundamental aspect of brain function that has led to various innovations and works of art. - The upper limits of creativity are unknown, but there are certain bounds and requirements, with utility being a key aspect of creativity. 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It would be nice to have a quich recap at the end of the episode with everything discussed and a summary of the tools, especially for longer episodes like this one.
PERFECT 👌 timing on this episode! I’ve just begun to get back intimate drawing/painting 🖊️ 🎨 again 🙌 I found this episode to be both informative and helpful with practical tools/tips 🙏 💜🤗
These podcasts make me feel so unbelievably alive. I have had a share of painfully difficult times. Every week, you teach me, and the world, ways to better understand ourselves and methods for maximizing our potential and growth. Thank you, Dr Huberman.
Well said. I feel similarly. Thank you Dr. Huberman.
2 million subs!! Huge congrats Andrew. You're literally the #1 science based podcast that has the most useable knowledge that is bettering the lives of so many, including myself. Cheers to the success and many more milestones to come🥂
truly remarkable.
Huge congratulations!
Yayyyyy
Well deserved!!!
The #1 science podcast for a good reason!
I'm not one to get emotional very easily, but I'll be honest, seeing Dr Huberman, @17:14 , get emotional talking about Costello, that did it for me.
Their bond, their connection was so palpable, so honest, so pure.
You could see the smile on Dr Huberman's face anytime he talked about him.
You know your science Dr Huberman, but I'll tell you this.. I'm sure Costello is in a better place. I'm sure he enjoyed the daily morning runs even more than you. And I'm also sure, you gave him the best life he possibly could've asked for.
Thank you for your channel Dr Huberman. Over the course of these videos, we truly have formed a bond, much deeper than we can describe, with you.
Thank you for it all.
Top G Huberman
Tate. Hehe. Andrew Huberman.
Facts man
Here before this comment blows up😎
He helps us more than tate
The REAL TOP G
Hey Busy man, thank you for spending time for our sake.
Do you understand what this information is worth? It's priceless! Creatives spend their lives trying to figure themselves out and to learn or master themselves and once they do there is no metric of judgment whether they are right completely. This is powerful, to say the least for anyone that this means something to.
I had been working on an organizational design that incorporates and centralizes creativity for creative endeavors. And this has confirmed a lot of my queries. Thank you, Huberman!!!
This episode is particularly relevant for me since I've just been awarded an Arts Council grant here in the UK called a "developing your creative practice" grant, to "collide" neuroscience from your own podcasts with non-human characters from Star Trek in novel creative ways that, hopefully, will be meaningful (!) and will shed new light on what it means to be human. I've only listened to the first half of this episode and it's already sparking ideas for how I might do this!
@@LadyA1 thank you, I'm so excited!
That's so interesting! congratulations
Have fun with it!
You made that absurd sounding grant up.
@@SophiaAphrodite it really is real - I still can't quite believe they've given me the funding! This is what fiction writers and poets get to do, when our imaginations are let loose.
Occasionally I'll come across an episode that I know I'm going to watch over and over again .The pathways of Stamping this knowledge in my brain .
Thanks Dr Huberman for the enlightening Knowledge
Getting to that unconscious competence level 🧘🏽♂️🧠
謝謝你老師！！vielen Dank Professor !! Thank you professor !! Greetings from California … I wish you and folks good health, success and happiness !! Much Love ✌️😎💕
Thank you for your interest in science! Best wishes, Andrew
@@hubermanlab thank you ☺️ ✌️😎💕
man just described how to literally raise your vibe no drugs or mysticism required love it
Love your podcasts. I'm 72 and still changing, growing, learning, experimenting. Thanks.
As a strong supplement for this episode, I recommend the work of prof. Kenneth Stanley and his great book "why greatness cannot be planned".
Kia ora, Prof. Huberman!!
I'm KJ & I'm 24 and am a musician by vocation (unconditional, or even "divine" or "cosmic" connection)
I've always struggled with the implementation side of the creative coin, as the formulation side is only adaptive to our external world IF we can implement it!
Thank you SO much for everything you do, & continue to do.. Your service to the world will go down in the archives of the Intiates of the Flame: these men are seldom recognized as the greats that they are in their time, yet still find vague successes throughout their lives.. Think me arrogant sure, but I am one myself.. I recognize it within you Prof. Huberman & I'm SO thankful I found your channel..
Your insight has definitely helped this krazy Kiwi stave off the neurotic madness ❤
I almost feel like Captain America in a way, like a man out of time 😅 or a man not in the right time, I guess.. Not too sure how to articulate it
Would LOVE to talk to you ANY time my good man, I might not have much to give in terms of "life advice" but I am one in 300, in terms of what dictates "creativity".. Not tooting my own horn, but merely a humble brag to get your attention & start your mind motoring 😅
Thanks! Your content is truly incredible. I am so glad for the paper about narrative, it explains a lot about my interests in tabletop role-playing games and creativity in general.
Divergent thinking comes easy but when I try to make it sensible for others it is very difficult. At first I thought it was a fluency of thought issue but quite the opposite. Now I understand I need to practice convergent thinking. Also HL podcast is very creative according to the standard definition... prior knowledge, science presented in a novel way, and many others find it very useful. 💜
A "fish tank with wings" opens my mind and warms my heart. You are an artist and don't even know it, Huberman.
Yeah. But he labeled that as not creative.
@@brentinjapan he's too humble
It couldnt have arrived in a better time for me. This morning I sat my son to tell him a lot of stuff I had learned from you. Muchas gracias Andres!!! Sos el Messi de la Medicina en RUclips!!! Saludos desde Argentina!!!!
Nunca pense encontrarme otro por aca
I just wanted to take a moment to express my deep appreciation and gratitude for all of the incredible content you create. As someone who is fascinated by the inner workings of the brain and nervous system, I am constantly in awe of the insights and discoveries that you share with your audience. Your dedication to spreading knowledge and understanding about the complex and intricate field of neuroscience is truly admirable, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn from you.
Your videos and articles are always so informative and engaging, and I have learned so much from them. Your ability to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner is truly impressive, and it makes your content accessible to people of all levels of understanding. You have a real talent for breaking down complex ideas and making them understandable to the average person, and I can't thank you enough for that.
I was wondering if you might consider making an episode on problem solving in the future. I am very interested in learning more about how the brain approaches and solves problems, and I think it would be an incredibly valuable and interesting topic to explore.
Your work is truly inspiring, and it has sparked my own curiosity and desire to learn more about the brain and how it works. I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn from you, and I am constantly amazed by the depth and breadth of your knowledge. Thank you again for all that you do, and please keep up the amazing work!
I am an artist, now 30, and I havebeen making art since childhood. A lot of these practices and concepts have been part of my creative process to push my growth and skills, and it is validating to hear it all backed up by neuroscience. I used to bind my own sketch books and label them "bad ideas" to have a place to "safely" practice getting all those ideas out, especially the bad ones to find the good ones. the pressure to make something "good" and "well received" is so strong that it felt like using a normal sketchbook wouldn't be right. Someone might see it! I now proudly show these books full of bad ideas because that is where my work got really interesting at times. (And also terrible at times but I am proud of it nonetheless.) I regularly practice divergent thinking and will start working on convergent thinking as well thank you! And I have ADHD and relate with the convergent thinking issues I have so many ideas outside of art and find it very hard to implement them. :(
Thank you Dr. Huberman, team, sponsors and supporters!☀️
I never had a role model growing up. I'm happy I've found one now in Andrew.
The amount of information you can get form this channel cannot be explained with words, thank you Andrew Huberman.
I'm currently studying medicine and I want to be like you doctor Huberman...you're really a good mentor. Your advice on sunlight exposure improved my mood and focus pretty decently. Thanks 😊
Me too! I've been making sure I get my morning sunlight. I find it deeply restorative
Words cant express how magnificient your videos are for revelation , Dr.Huberman. It was almost an instant revelation for me as you were about to say some things that correlated with my experiences For example high energy(high dopamine level) due to loud rocky music having inverse relationship with creativity etc.
Some of the common practises that have been followed for ages have great meaning that people are uncovering by listening to your podcasts e.g a prayer before an exam for convergent thinking/focus, listening to melodious like classical music (& not bumpy bassy songs) for right mood etc.
Its very interesting to hear about non sleep deep rest since I always experienced intense creative thinking when sitting on a bus or other travel medium for long periods of time. As if the idea of sitting still and looking out a window always elicits this kind of "trance" state where a lot of the creative thinking happens for me.
This happens to me in the shower and on long walks.
sheeesh, yes, I have to keep
a memo book to write them down.😅
For me its evenings or in bed. Unfortunately.
Professor Huberman,
Thank you IMMENSELY for this episode and extremely useful information. I am a visual artist and have been struggling to dig deeper into my career, but understanding HOW to move beyond skill seems to be the realization, i.o.w. which way to turn the key. This is most likely the reason why i share your work so often: if we understand the TOOLS we can apply it to individual needs. Your work is (for me) the most creative science-based endeavor I've come across. Thank you so much for sharing.
I am finally on pacific time and can leave comments at a reasonable time. Your podcast is literally life changing and eye opening. What you explained about divergent thinking is so useful in coming up with a synthetic route or novel ways of looking at synthesizing a molecule. I owe my performance to you.
Thankyou Mr Huberman. My creative side often feels bedraggled by ADHD. It can be hard to get through the angst of letting a dream take flight and take practical steps to even allow it to do so. Your podcasts inspire and enliven and let me allow the impetus to make my life and that of others, better. Bless you 🫂 xxx
Rating: 7.7/10
In Short: Creativity is Neuronal
Notes: Its interesting how there are specific mechanisms and neural circuits that relate to creativity. You would think creativity is an abstract idea, but the fact that there are known circuits allowing convergent/divergent thinking, and that this is developed over our lifetime, is fascinating. I always appreciate the way huberman describes networks and brain areas but then gives context at a higher, simpler level that grounds these mechanisms. It wouldn’t be a hub podcast without tools, and he gives a few basic ideas that could enhance creativity, then shrooms. This is a good segway into future creativity convos (rick rubin, lex, ect.),
Andrew, you are the most important pod cast today. Your delivery, knowledge and ability to communicate is perfect for a subject that I believe if ANYONE else was doing it would put me to sleep, adhd and all lol. I'm also a member of MENSA and a serious nerd, but also a combat vet and alpha male, so your right up my alley.
this is so gold for a creative like me who’s also very much an analytical thinker, understanding the science behind it feels like a breath of fresh air
Dr. Huberman you are incredible with all your easy-to-understand information on how to improve, I think, every aspect of our physical and mental wellbeing. You helped me when I had covid last year and now, to quit smoking and tonight to think about creativity which, I think comes from the child within that too many of us deny to exist once we "grow up". I would love to be more creative, more of the time, maybe now I do that. Thank you for everything. It must take all your time, these days, to gather your information and do these podcast. I cannot thank you enough. I do hope that you are taking enough time for yourself and your own wellbeing. Our world needs humans like you. Much love and appreciation.
I don't have enough adjectives to express my gratitude for what you are doing for the society..
You sir will get a place amongst the gods 🙏 Thankyou for educating all mankind in understanding oneself.
Massive thank you for such a deep dive into creativity. As an artist, I am extremely intrested in a topic like this. What boosts creative process, what stops it, how "personal narrative" may be an obstacle in the very desire to start doing something creative, specifically, if this is something you are supposed to be easily accessing, because you are an artist by trade? I have so many of those, and in hindsight, I see how poorly we were tought. Your podcasts provide in-depth information as to undestanding these complicated processes and applying such knowledge.
I used the tool you gave in another podcast about focus :while drawing a very detailed pics of Pittsburgh city, where I had to do very differentiated hand movements, be quite still and yet quick, almost as I was doing calligraphy strokes. I did you exe on changing focus from a close one (at my drawing) to an open, wide one (looking at a distant cityscape). It helped greatly to remain a fresh view towards a composition and to all the littled strokes, when needed. I am an avid fan of your work, Dr.Huberman! THANK YOU!
"I do read all the comments..."
To challenge you a bit - but actually to express my wholehearted gratitude, hereby I craft my message to you, Mr. Huberman.
Here we go.
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Hello, Sir!
Upon conceiving the idea of writing this open letter to you on this media - I'd be remiss if I don't say that I got a bit emotional. Two words: gratitude and appreciation.
I can't now fathom the idea that we all have you, a role model, friend & teacher. Even without knowing you directly, you have become very dear to my heart. I don't know how it happened - but in my notes (as I do write to myself all the time, quite frankly) you've started to appear in my brain & thoughts as Hubs, if I allow myself to share this friend-like-intimate sort of collection of patterns that were formed in my cluster of neurons upon hours & hours of watching of your lectures.
Be it in text messages | conversations with people close to me, explaining certain dynamics of life & neurobiology - or my own thinking & ideas, I access the knowledge you share with us; the work you put in can't be overstated or praised enough.
To sort of return the favor in the ways I can, I'd like to share with you the list of **Protocols** I've developed for use in my everyday life, tailored to my needs that you might perhaps, as the chances go, find helpful as well. You may find them attached at the bottom of this draft; show-no-captions as *they* say.
I have to say; you've fixed my focus, you've given me tools for creativity, enhanced my life with various supplementation based tools, and in other mental & physical areas - just to name the few. Having said this, I have a request - it seems to me that in my life currently I lack a singular point of interest - which is *Execution*.
With this, I'd like to respectfully ask you & request a *Lecture* explaining the neurodynamics of Execution. That is, how does one go about conceiving the idea that resonates with him or her - and trades the resources he's in possession of in order to go from point A to point B, with grace & integrity.
So, would be wonderful (still wonderful anyway, but more wonderful) If you could either give me (or actually, Us) a direction of digging towards or to actually record a lecture. What a bold move from my side! It's strange, but I feel at ease doing this, knowing how upfront you are about helping us all, struggling and not-so, regular and all-sorts-of-different, Your Peer Humans.
I'd be remiss if I don't repeat this: I found myself to be eternally Grateful for everything that you do. You've got this, Sir!
Thank you; with Regards, Respect & Appreciation,
Ivan
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PROTOCOLS:
1. Brainstorming-meditation
What I'd do is I'd put my earphones, sit in the lotus of my choosing, and put theta binaural beats + brown noise. It somehow puts me in a deep meditative state where I can Reason; very fast, in span of seconds or minutes.
And thoughts surely come to mind, but you kind of slow them down and give them space, introduce the points of introspection & aspects that might play a role in your relation to the thought and the relation of it to your life in general, or the life situation currently.
What I'd actually do more - is to sort of nuke the brain a bit with different waves, experimenting with alphas, gammas, deltas, and various variations. But the core is surely Theta-waves | Brown-noise. This to be done if we take the aspect of the practice becoming stale or stable, after, say, 10-30 minutes of doing the one scheme of waves. When you've worked out the first batch of thoughts that came - I noticed that switching the waves helps to change the perspective and perhaps the chemical composition of the brain that promotes Change.
Overall, main use of this Tool is to think & brainstorm. I'd put my blinders on, take a paper & pen (pencil works better though, perhaps matter of preference). More often than not I'd come out of this state refreshed, with notes on my paper of things I need to do Now, with clear understanding why-how-when-what. After this there's only one thing to do - to take action.
2. Mind-distillation Technique
This one is incredibly elegant and helpful and no-time consuming. It promotes focus, understanding of yourself, and is actually quite fun to do.
What I'd do is... look at the time, on my laptop I just look at the time on the top-right of the screen. Aight, so you look and focus on it, don't flinch. (Links back to focus-follows-visual-focus idea). I'd have my notepad open (vscode, actually) and I open a blank markdown file or just create space in the previous notes so that nothing is distracting. Sometimes I'd note the time, sometimes I won't; as in: (let me actually demonstrate it now, let's see what comes up)
Legend: + would indicate the chosen thought for further action; the rest are my notes which usually I won't put if I were not to explain this here. I want it to be as succinct as possible. Because we distill. The dynamic is to reduce the many to get the rare few.
Round I:
0044 (means 00:44, for simplicity)
+ order coffee (idea was there at the back all the time, so I put it here as start) [note: damn I know you don't like this at this time ha! :]
0045
+ actual start (interestingly, not much thoughts coming up, perhaps coz I was drafting this letter for how long already and the mind is very focused and Still :))
0046
+ neck pain, apply the balm
Note: when the minute turns, you jolt down what came up (or manifested you might say)
047
+ nothing, was writing Prev. Note
048
+ order coffee
Note: idea to have a smoke came to me
But this is the beauty of this exercise - you *See* them. When they come. Another idea came is to order coffee (repeats huh). And you choose only one.
coffee vs smoke - choose coffee. So.
049
+ blind-folded-free-writing (another protocol I, perhaps would explain later; but self-explanatory more or less)
Round II:
050-55
050
+ clear, nothing relevant much | I'd do it 5 minutes
051
+ some story, nothing actionable | depleted, mind was distilled already at round one.
052
+ you get the idea
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Usually I'd do this for 5-10 minutes and by the end my mind is in the good level of focus & I know what sort of things I need to do next. I do this more often for 5m than 10m. And important note: if many things come, you choose only few, or even one. That way, you filter out, or Distill the mind-bombarding-consciousness-with-thoughts notion. Or, simply, Mind-Distill.
3. Music-NSDR w. playing with various conscious sensations.
I guess it's either neurons firing or what - but I kind of dance with this sensation, without movement but movement inside the visualization; combining it with usual NSDR attention moves, and after some time of doing that I arrive at the sought Yoga Nidra state, full relaxation & free conscious view. While enjoy listening to music. Funny that I've just watched your lecture on Creativity. And this 65% increase in nigrastraitum region makes sense since I was always using it before the bout of some work or activity; and the ability to visualize and have the mood and rest aspects elevated after that.
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PS (update): Found an episode #55, I think that might be what I was looking for! It's like you've travelled back in time to give me an answer ha-ha. Preserving this heartfelt letter without other changes though, as it is genuine and authentic :)
This episode had such a huge impact on my life. Learning the difference between divergent and convergent thinking, and how to stimulate both. I'm weaving meditation into my creative practice and the way I help my clients with their messaging now.... not to mention going for more walks! Thank you for this massive gift
open monitoring meditation has been hugely discussed in our culture since ancient times.. a powerful tool it is
which culture? so fascinating
@@abedulrahman in india.. I'd say it comes from Dravidian culture, indus valley
Amazing! So many thanks to the Huberman Lab Team, especially to Doctor Huberman, for finding and revealing this inspiring body of knowledge and research.
Two questions-
How do people vary in systematic reuptake and deployment of neurotransmitters?
How may we affect meaningful and long-lasting change in these traits?
Please enjoy a rejuvenating week of Holiday joys!
Thank you so much Dr. Huberman for this episode on Creativity from the scientific view. It really helps to understand myself better since I am both a visual artist and a person who has been doing meditation for a long time. The mystery of coming up with ideas and/or solving some visual problems whenever I meditate is now much clearer to me. Thank you.
Always a blessing when Andrew posts! May save this one for Christmas
Dr. Huberman, this episode is wonderful. I was telling my younger daughter about the the protocols you shared about improving creativity and she said, ‘why is this not taught in school’. Thank you for sharing.
You don't know how thankful I am with your podcast. You help me to improve my everyday life. Sometimes I struggle to be more creative as an architect, but now I'll implement the open monitoring meditation and see what's happen. Thank you again.
Dear Dr Huberman,
Thank you a lot for this very interesting episode! As always immensely useful! I am a big fan of your podcast.
However, based on the study of Kjaer et al. (Cognitive Brain Research 2002), I disagree with your conclusion that NSDR/yoga NIDRA would specifically induce nigro-striatal dopamine release. In this study, Kjaer et al. used 11c-raclopride PET to assess in vivo dopamine release, and found significant tracer displacement in the ventral striatum (aka, the nucleus accumbens), and not in the dorsal striatum (caudate and putamen).
First, this would suggest specific dopamine release in the meso-limbic dopamine pathway, and not the nirgro-striatal pathway as suggested.
Second, these data do not exclude significant dopamine release in extra-striatal regions (eg, in the meso-cortical DA pathway). Indeed, because of its "relatively low" affinity for dopamine D2 receptors, 11C-raclopride is not an appropriate radioligand to assess dopamine release in extra-striatal regions where the concentration of the dopamine D2R is much lower than in the striatum (this can be achieved with other radioligands, such as 11C-FLB 457 or 18F-Fallypride , which have much higher affinity for the dopamine D2R). In the study of Kjaer et al, the meso-cortical pathway has therefore not been examined, and dopamine release in extra-striatal regions may thus also be at work during yoga nidra / NSDR.
Hope this comment reaches you well, and would love to get your thoughts on this.
Kind regards ans merry Christmas 🌲
Gil Leurquin-Sterk, MD, PhD
Interesting! Thanks for this comment
Wow, Dr. Leurquin-Sterk, that was a great comment! I found it very interesting how you mentioned that 11c-raclopride PET is not an appropriate ligand to assess DA release in extra-striatal regions due to its "relatively low" affinity for DA D2 receptors and thus the meso-cortical DA pathway was not examined and DA release in extra-striatal regions may also be at work during yoga nidra/NSDR. It's amazing how much more information can be found on something with further research. Thank you for adding your thoughts to this discussion. It is much appreciated!
@@bartadins7789 Thanks for your reply, I am looking forward to the response of Dr Huberman as I believe that the interpretation of the data from the study of Kjaer et al. has been inaccurate.
Best regards
Gil
Dr Huberman, thank you! This was one amazing episode and very relevant for me, not only personally but professionally. I am an Assoc Professor in the UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business (Dublin) and I have just finished teaching my intensive course on Creative Problem Solving offered as a summer elective to MSc management students.
It's the 5th time I'm teaching it (it's once a year) and I rely mostly on combination of cognitive, social and organizational psychology (My degrees are in psychology, with a PhD from Colorado State U); recently, under your influence :-), i started adding doses of neuroscience.
What's fascinating is both the new elements i have learned from this episode as well as the clarification of the neuro mechanisms behind several principles and processes that I have identified, based on integrating mostly psychological research with addition from my 'eastern' practices and learning (meditation/mindfulness, martial arts, Wu Wei... and few other elements such as Koans). The NSDR study, for example, was so spot on. Several elements I teach make even better sense now and i am excited as a mega-geek puppy.
You covered a lot of topics and elements but there are a couple of aspects of creativity that i would love to have exchange with you about. These include focusing on improvisation (possibly the type of creativity i'm most passionate about) and what keeps showing to me more and more as a core element in creativity: the ability to integrate seeming opposites (divergent/convergent thinking is one clear example but there are few others i identified). Also, the relationship between Flow experiences and Creativity (correlation due to common underlying neuro mechanisms; sequential causal relationship; mediation...).
If there is any way that i can exchange (gently, i promise) a couple of email messages with you, i'd be delighted. And regardless: big thank you for the education! I kept referring to you in my summer courses as 'as my favorite neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman said...' :-)
Thanks! You have helped me SO much !
Thank you for your interest in science! Best wishes, Andrew
@@hubermanlab I don't know if you've ever done an episode on heart health but if not I'm requesting that you do. I've experienced angina playing pickleball a few months ago so my family physician ordered a cat scan with dye. Ii showed the left aorta was only pumping at 35%, but I'm sure you're aware of what happens to the heart when the dye hits it. The first cardiologist i saw wanted to do a cardiac catheterization. I refused because it came across as biased and closed mined and felt he wanted to stent me. A second cardiologist I saw at Clevland Clinic said the CT scans were inaccurate and the Echocardiagrgm the office of the first cardiologist performed showed my heart wasn't that bad but she wants me on a statin which I also won't take after reading Dr. Gravelines books.
Here's the thing; I'm feeling much better after following your advice and Dr.Tom Cowans advice on how to optimize heart health. Before Hurricane Ian hit I was up to two miles on the treadmill with faster times.
I don't have as much angina but would love your take on stating and steps and alternatives therapies to improve heart health.
Glad I woke up early today to catch this fresh upload
Only 20 minutes in and I love it ! Consider interviewing a particularly creative, freestyle rapper named Harry Mack. One neuroscientist has already done an analysis video on what she thinks is going on in his brain during a freestyle rap. He’s a a very likable dude too who’s been blowing up lately. I think it would be a great conversation on the creative process… especially while improvising.
Always the best feeling seeing a new video from Dr. Huberman
Thanks for providing all the insight into science. It’s so wonderful. I have a guest suggestion: David Strayer, a neuroscientist from Utah. He’s like a hardcore nature junkie and assess the limits of human multitasking ability while performing complex tasks such as driving and studies how attentional capacities can be restored by interacting with nature. After reading comfort crisis by Michal Easter who mentions David Strayer in his book I consider that a fascinating topic.
Brilliant podcast on the creative process. The methods described are in fact hundreds, if not thousands of years old and still practiced today in Hindu and Buddhist tantra. Shamatha (concentration) and Vipassana (insight) meditation is practiced in most schools, and creation and completion stages practiced in Highest Yoga tantra (which would include all three stages of your Narrative process).
Hi Dr Huberman from sunny and gorgeous Cape Town, South Africa. I enjoyed this podcast, as I generally do and will test your suggestions. 2 things disturbed me though relating to naming. I just want to preface this with saying I have found what you share on your podcasts incredibly insightful and motivating and have been applying what you have shared to see how it works. However in this podcast the 2 things I question are the definition of creativity as having to have utility and then the assertion that re-naming the meditation techniques you have shared are not meant to erase or take away from the cultural traditions they stem from.
I am an artist and have worked as an artist in the fields of fine art, design:product, graphic and fashion, marketing and I am an Ayurvedic chef. I have taught all these too. The problem with defining creativity as needing to reveal something about the world or the way we work (who judges this, as this judgement is limited by each person's exposure, knowledge and experience, making it completely subjective and thus cannot be a 'rule') and have utility (again utility is a judgement that is not scientific). I imagine it would shut down the process before it starts for many people who are outcome orientated. Could you imagine how much would be lost if you were a creative person and you did create a fish tank with wings on it. And a renowned neuroscientist told you that it wasn't creative. And so you killed the idea and didn't go on to articulate its utility and what it reveals about how the world works. I think this definition of creativity is better suited for creative innovation and not for the process of creativity. 'Truly creative' is subjective and should remain so. Everyone agreeing on something being creative doesn't make it something creative. The freedom to create without the judgement of utility is what makes children and adults continue to create. I realise you may not have defined this term, but as a scientist and having 2 million followers you have a great opportunity to influence thinking and proliferate or question existing perceptions. I'd love to hear what you think about this.
On re-naming yoga nidra and not naming Vipassana meditation, is there a reason for this? I love what you do and I love that these techniques would be accepted by a so much wider audience because it doesn't have the uncomfortable or foreign names (to some audiences) that they do. Just think about the naming of meditation, which I Raj yoga, breathwork which is Pranayama. We no longer associate those names with those activities and the cultures they come from. Would we say that it's the 'technique that matters and not the name' when we talk about the term Democracy? Naming and names are important. The naming precedent used in biology is not English yet is accepted regardless of the level of difficulty people may have recalling or repeating or even accepting the name. Shouldnt we apply the same standards. I do know, from all you share with such generosity that it is not your intention to offend, erase or harm. And that's why I am engaging on this topic and will continue to listen to what you share. Much love ❤
I have to admit, I agree with this. My fishtank has wings, and children are delighted. It makes them laugh and inspires them to think of swimming as flying through water. Then they created numerous drawings of fish flying through clouds, birds swimming underwater, etc. Sometimes the PURPOSE is not clear until after the creative process has happened
“To practice any art , no matter how well or badly ,
is a way to make your soul grow . ❤
So do it .”
Kurt Vonnegut
Perfect topic for me today... I've been having a bit of a creative block the past few days while trying to decide what to make for people for Christmas or how exactly I want to make certain things.
I love using creativity in things like being a maker/engineer, creating music and art, but also in how i approach things in life in general. To fully understand how things work and to find smart and creative ways to do things. Using knowledge and understanding to see how things work and how you can reach a desired goal, regardless of what it is. A project as a maker or something else in your life.
I love watching Andrew Huberman
One of the greatest RUclipsrmen
His knowledge and concise insight
Empower us to set ourselves right
In time he'll make as all Supermen
I teach K-6 elementary art, and man ain’t it the truth that the younger kiddos are less fearful and restrained !
I love your podcast so much, it might be my favorite ! Thanks for being awesome!
Congratulations on 2M subs Huberman. You hopped from 1M to 2M in a blink of an eye.
ADD here. Lots of ideas (divergent all day every day) but putting structure and focus to it has been the bane of my existence. Now I have a real solution to this lifelong issue.
Knowing you are of Argentinian descent, congratulations for having the most creative soccer player in history in Messi :)
So good. I have been on board with you since you started this podcast and you have changed my world and enhanced who I am with so many tools. I never thought I would hear Aritstotle's Poetics here 'though. This is making me emotional because we studiy him in theatre. People are so used to roasting the arts and calling us lightweights. I am so happy to hear the science has caught up. The narrative process is what great acting is. I am so reminded of the first episode of Mad Men and Don Draper's pitch- it's creative and harkens to childhood through activating nostalgia. People love that scene and science knows why. I use improv on stage all the time when I perform as a musician. Not musical improv- comedy, what I studied after straight theatre. Life is improv. It's not about the comedy, it's about creating worlds with their own rules and seeing out a narrative. Conan O'Brien is a genius at this and his podcast also gives me great joy. This has been amazing and I thank you Dr Huberman and your staff for this gift that just keeps on giving.
Really interesting!! It just crossed my mind that I might be engaging in divergent thinking by daydreaming all day but if I will engage in convergent meditation, I might help myself with focus and creative/practical endeavors. I`m stunned! Thank you again, kind doctor!
Escher was especially good at the geometry within illustrated components in his works. He found the design too within the negative spaces. I loved his works. Who ever I lent his book to, please, give it back !
An idea for a guest is Dr Stuart mcgill. He's a back expert who works with severe back injuries as well as athletes. Using his book I was able to be pain free from a back injury that multiple other health professionals couldn't fix. He's been on other podcasts and his stuff is very interesting
This podcast inspired me to pursue a career as a researcher in cognitive neuropsychology !!! Thank you for being an exceptional role model with tremendous professionalism !!! This recognition for outstanding work is very much fairly earned!
The Beauty of Creativity is well with solving internal conflict with in one's mind ✨️. Thank you Dr. Huberman
0:15 Creativity is a topic very abstract to many people.
Computational approach to human behavior is very helpful here. A ready program or algorithm is a routine. Generating such a program is creativity. This is not limited to human actions. Computer programs have a data section so you may be equally creative generating some material object or its image.
23:30 Circuits of creativity. Executive network + default mode = controlled hallucinations by Anil Seth.
30:50 Definition of creativity. Creativity is a rearrangement of existing elements into novel combinations that reveal something fundamental about how we or the world works. And it tends to be things that are useful.
Interesting that combining parts into a whole may be performed by a simple neural net. Usually models learn associations of 2 images, the first being a key to retrieve data from memory. Hopfield net is special. It remembers single pictures. Mutual associations are formed between their parts. When the image is activated, these parts support each other by the principle of positive feedback.
Initially, Hopfield net was used to store data, but it can be employed to create a new image. Generate random combinations of elements. Salience block will filter out rubbish. Only valuable ideas will remain.
As to novelty, it is necessary to mention hippocampus. One model was that it functions as a novelty detector. Salience network is triggered from this organ.
Using creativity here, I used openai to give me summary of the podcast before watching it.
In this podcast episode, the speaker, who is a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine, discusses the concept of creativity and how it can be accessed and applied in different areas of life. The speaker begins by explaining that creativity is often thought of as an abstract or mysterious concept, but that the neural circuits and processes that underlie creativity are actually well understood. The speaker asserts that everyone has the ability to be creative, because these neural circuits and processes are present in all individuals. However, many people do not know how to access their creativity, or can only access it in a limited number of domains, such as the visual arts, music, science, engineering, or other areas of life such as cooking, sports, or play.
To better understand how creativity works, the speaker describes specific neural structures in the brain that need to be activated in a specific sequence in order to come up with creative ideas. These structures are located in the frontal networks of the brain, which include the areas just behind the forehead, and are responsible for evaluating new and novel rule sets in an unconstrained way. The speaker explains that creativity involves the ability to take existing elements from the physical world or the thought world, and reorder them into novel combinations that are useful or meaningful in some way. This process requires the activation of certain neural structures in a particular sequence, such as the default mode network, the executive control network, and the salience network.
To help individuals access their creativity, the speaker introduces a number of techniques, including narrative and storytelling, applying new rule sets, and adopting new world views. The speaker explains that these techniques can help to stimulate the neural structures responsible for creativity and allow individuals to come up with new and innovative ideas. The speaker also introduces a meditation technique called open monitoring meditation, which involves learning how to sit back and observe one's thoughts while intentionally varying where they go. This technique can be particularly helpful for individuals who struggle to focus or refocus in more traditional forms of meditation, or who may have conditions like ADHD. Open monitoring meditation allows individuals to tap into specific circuits within the frontal networks of the brain, enabling them to evaluate new and novel rule sets in an unconstrained way.
Overall, the goal of the podcast episode is to provide tools and techniques for accessing and enhancing creativity in different areas of life. The speaker emphasizes that anyone can learn to access their creative abilities and apply them in various domains, such as work, family, and play. The speaker also encourages listeners to bring others into their creative endeavors, as this can help to expand the extent to which they can express their creative talents. The speaker concludes by stressing the importance of practicing these techniques and tools regularly in order to maintain and enhance one's creative abilities.
An idea for a future podcast is the science of hair loss, something I think a lot of men would watch. Genetics, DHT, testosterone, diet, age, exercise and so on, and different treatments like minoxidil, finasteride, saw palmetto etc.
No stop what are you saying, constructing this beautiful podcast and all the rest is a creative act, you are a creative act…omg so humble 😭
There is so much good stuff in this episode. I’m putting in a request for a continued deeper dive, a part two please. As an exec leadership coach I know that creativity is a superpower in leadership.I love that you talked about the brain science behind creativity, and am keenly interested in the end of the podcast … narrative as a way to enhance and cultivate creativity! Thanks for a great episode.
I was just thinking yesterday "i wish Andrew Huberman made a video about creativity". Thank you for reading my mind and delivering sir!
Huberman just dropped a bar 24:18
what are the underlying principles and neural circuits that under, lie the creative process 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for existing, Dr. Huberman!
You cannot make this any easier.❤ I continue to recommend your podcast to people of all ages and backgrounds. 👏👏👏🙏
I do the same thing! I feel like I can't recommend it enough. Imagine if every person, not only watched his content, but applied it. The world would be a much better place...
These episodes are soooo motivating for me, this one especially!
Lisa Cron would be a great guest for the upcoming episode about narrative and storytelling. Her 2021 book "story or die" is excellent and draws on neuroscience and evolutionary biology to explain why stories are so important to us.
Looking forward to listening to this. Midnight here. Greetings from Melbourne Australia
I’m so glad you exist Andrew. Thank you for what you do. ❤️✌️
Favorite video so far. Came in thinking it would be 4-5 in usefulness; I give this 9-10
This was such an interersting pod cast, as an editorial illustrator I have developed and learned tools too enhance creativity and divergent thinking. My main task, apart from making an interesting image, is to visually interperate someone else's words. This goes beyond just drawing what I read, often the articles discuss complex ideas, concepts, and events. My job is to comeup will novel ways too allow the reader to quickly understand the subject they are about to read. There are many ways to do this, visual metaphor, emotional connection or narrative storytelling. I am connecting the idea of the story with a surprising outside element to generate an image. The tools in the podcast are very useful for my daily practice,, especially the Narritivie and Storytelling part., I am excited to try and find a way to implement some sort of protocol using this study for my own work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for such an amazing podcast. The dive into such consistently interesting topics with actionable points has been personally very helpful as well as fun to listen to.
I would LOVE to hear a podcast on psoriasis since it’s something I have been struggling with for many years, is quite common now, and there is much misinformation about.
Again, thank you and I look forward to future podcasts and information from Huberman lab.
(congrats on the World Cup win!)
Hi there, I use 10 drops of Tea Tree Oil per ounce of olive oil on all my skin problems and it cures everything, so far, in less than a week. Just massage it in right after a shower and see the difference, immediately.
Andrew please start uploading your podcasts in 4k, it makes the world of difference for the few that are watching on those displays :)
Fascinating! From an artist's point of view I loved this podcast the most. Thank you!
This is a stellar piece; much like a book that was stellar in its narrative and impact. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint
Thank you so much for making This all available. Gems on gems from a gem.😊⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Watching your podcast with a cup of coffee is such a great way to start the morning! Thanks for everything you do, Andrew 🙏
Hopefully you are delaying coffee consumption for a minimum of 1.5 to 2 hours after waking, per Dr. Huberman's advice ;)
JK
@@DoctorPaulProteus always!! Waking up at 7 am and drinking my coffee at 9 am after exercising (this so I’m not layering caffeine on top of the exercise and have the dopamine layering effect, it works perfectly well)
Thank you for this episode!!! Been meaning to get back to doing some art. Glad to have a neuroscience guardian angel who lives in my phone. 🖤
Thank you for doing this. You can't fathom how helpful this podcast has been....
Congrats on 2 million subscribers! Well deserved and we appreciate your hard work !
That’s a great lecture, thank you. One thing that immediately came into my mind after hearing about divergence and convergence is an Ancient Greek’s way to make a rhetorics and I think this is a concept that could be expanded to all the kind of creative processes:
1. Invention (comprehension of an idea or subject, build of comparisons and mental parallels)
2. Disposition (ordering thoughts into a certain group or canon)
3. Elocution (conversion of thoughts into beautiful speech turns, words, visual open and hidden structures)
So, essentially this way uses both ways of thinking followed by the post-process on the idea to enhance it.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Your altruism in doing the hard work of preparing these podcasts and breaking things down for non scientists to understand is so admirable 🙏🏽🤗❤️Thanks!
Congrats on 2m ❤️🔥
Thank you for this!!! Love all your podcasts, but in this one I find for myself very many ideas and tools!
Oooooh thanks for putting this into the world....Creativity has been so illusive, poo pood, misunderstood! We Creatives struggle to put our ideas, artwork, products to share with the world. I'm appreciative and impressed with yr knowledge and intelligent treatment of this subject.
Suggest future Podcast development for you for Baby Boomers....how to optimize the Aging Brain...there are ALOT of us listening to you.....
A very merry Christmas, Huberman, to you and your family.
🎯 Key points for quick navigation:
00:00 *🧠 Understanding creativity and its neural basis*
- Creativity is an ability accessible to everyone through specific neural circuits.
02:19 *🧘♀️ Open monitoring meditation for enhancing creativity*
- Open monitoring meditation helps tap into specific brain circuits in the frontal networks.
- It aids in evaluating novel rule sets in a manner conducive to creativity.
09:05 *🎨 Elements of creativity in visual arts*
- Creativity involves revealing fundamental rules about the world or brain functionality.
20:32 *🎭 Interplay of dimensions in creative art*
- Combining two-dimensional art with three-dimensional landscapes can reveal controversies and concepts effectively.
21:00 *🎨 Understanding creativity through music and art*
- Creativity involves novel combinations of elements that reveal how our brain processes information.
24:23 *🧠 Brain networks involved in creativity*
- Three major brain networks-executive, default mode, and salience-contribute to different stages of the creative process.
34:04 *🤔 Divergent and convergent thinking in creativity*
- Two key elements in the creative process are divergent thinking, which generates multiple ideas, and convergent thinking, which tests and refines those ideas.
42:38 *🎨 Creativity as Novel Combinations*
- Creativity involves novel combinations that reveal fundamental insights.
43:07 *🧠 Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking*
- Divergent thinking explores possibilities, while convergent thinking seeks specific correct answers.
- Convergent thinking requires focus, persistence, and binding different elements together.
47:25 *🧲 Dopamine's Role in Creativity*
- Dopamine acts in different brain networks to underlie divergent and convergent thinking.
- Understanding how dopamine pathways work provides tools to engage in creative exploration and testing.
01:04:03 *🧘♂️ Open Monitoring Meditation*
- Open monitoring meditation is about observing thoughts, emotions, and ideas without judgment.
01:07:23 *🧠 Meditation for Creativity Enhancement*
- Divergent thinking can be improved with open monitoring meditation.
- Convergent thinking can be enhanced with focused attention meditation.
01:12:12 *🎭 Mood, Creativity, and Dopamine*
- Mood influences creativity by affecting dopamine levels in specific brain pathways.
- Elevated dopamine can hinder divergent thinking, highlighting the importance of mood regulation for creativity.
01:25:05 *🧠 Dopamine pathways and illicit drugs*
- Dopamine activation affects multiple pathways in the brain.
- Illicit drugs like cocaine and meth increase dopamine nonselectively.
- Drugs blocking dopamine receptors can suppress symptoms but lead to side effects.
01:27:01 *📚 Increase dopamine with legal methods*
- Prescription drugs like Ritalin and Adderall increase dopamine focus.
- Legal supplements like L-Tyrosine and caffeine can boost dopamine.
- Balancing dopamine levels can enhance mood, motivation, and focus.
01:29:24 *🍴 Nutrition's effect on dopamine levels*
- Foods high in L-Tyrosine can naturally increase dopamine.
- Certain foods like aged Parmesan cheese can act as dopamine precursors.
- Understanding the impact of nutrition on dopamine receptor efficacy.
01:31:21 *💭 Impact of behavioral practices on dopamine release*
- Behavioral practice like deep relaxation can increase dopamine release.
- Motionlessness and relaxation underlie dopamine increase linked to divergent thinking.
- Engaging in relaxation practices for creativity enhancement.
01:46:24 *🧠 Behavioral tools should be considered first for enhancing creativity over pharmacology.*
- Behavioral tools are safer and easier to titrate than pharmacology.
- Behavioral tools can sometimes offer more specificity in enhancing creativity compared to pharmacology.
01:47:21 *🍄 Microdosing psychedelics like psilocybin can enhance creativity.*
- The study on microdosing psilocybin showed enhancement in divergent and convergent thinking.
- Psilocybin impacts the 5-HT2A receptor, present in brain circuits involved in creativity.
01:49:17 *🍷 Alcohol and cannabis effects on creativity.*
- Alcohol does not increase creativity but may reduce inhibitions for divergent thinking.
- Cannabis can enhance divergent thinking but may hinder convergent thinking for implementation.
- Individuals with ADHD can have enhanced creativity but might face challenges with convergent thinking.
01:52:13 *🎯 Relationship between ADHD and creativity.*
- People with ADHD can excel in divergent thinking but may struggle with convergent thinking.
- Creativity can be enhanced in individuals with ADHD through rational pharmacology and behavioral tools.
- Understanding the dynamics of ADHD can lead to tailored approaches for enhancing creativity.
02:07:36 *🎨 Creativity as a Three-Step Process*
- Creativity involves worldbuilding, perspective shifting, and action generating techniques.
02:11:27 *📚 Narrative Approach to Enhancing Creativity*
- Utilizing a narrative approach involves creating a dedicated world shift, perspective shifting, and exploring interactions between individuals with different motivations.
02:13:19 *🧠 Understanding Creativity and Brain Function*
- Creativity is a fundamental aspect of brain function that has led to various innovations and works of art.
- The upper limits of creativity are unknown, but there are certain bounds and requirements, with utility being a key aspect of creativity.
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It would be nice to have a quich recap at the end of the episode with everything discussed and a summary of the tools, especially for longer episodes like this one.
PERFECT 👌 timing on this episode! I’ve just begun to get back intimate drawing/painting 🖊️ 🎨 again 🙌 I found this episode to be both informative and helpful with practical tools/tips 🙏 💜🤗