Hey Andrew Huberman. I am a 14 year old. I have been watching you since 2 years. Just wanted to say thank you for all the invaluable information you give for free. ❤
My mom grew up in a family with little to no money and shared the house with a lot of siblings. Her father would buy m&ms, separate them by color, put each color in a fancy jar, and label it properly with their respective "medical properties", such as "Painkillers" for red ones and "Sleep pills" for blue ones. I grew up listening my mom insist on how effective those "pills" were, and laughing at her. Now, decades later, Mr. Huberman teaches me on the effects of color, labels and beliefs on placebo, and I find myself thinking: "My grandpa was a true genius. Made medicine out of sugar, and healed his family despite having little to no money at all." - Thank you Andrew! You make me humbler every day.
Hi Andrew I was a heavy drinker and addicted to seroquel. Since watching your podcasts I haven't touched any in 3 months. Amazing don't even feel like it. A big Thank you to you my life is really changing. I can't thank you enough
I don't even know why they prescribe that demonic drugs. I can't see how anyone can actually function on seroquel. I had severe insomnia and no sleep meds were working. And the doc gave me a moderate dose of seroquel and I always set 5 alarms for work in the morning. I slept through all 5. I woke up and saw sunlight after sleeping 13 hours and said "oh shit" and called my boss and told him what happened. Then I rushed getting ready, heart pounding, ran outside. Ran down the stairs adrenaline rush and everything. Got in my truck turned it on. And then the next thing I remember is waking up with someone knocking on my window still in the parking lot. I went from a full on sprint, with adrenaline pumping, terrified of getting fired to passed out cold asleep after already sleeping 13 hours. Then slept another 6 hours in my truck with it running.
My sister in law has MS and has just had it confirmed that she has moved to the progressive form of the disease. It's so hard to see her feel so hopeless (and my brother). I have tried to research but as a lay person it is so difficult to know which is the trust worthy information. We are in the uk and although we are so lucky to have the NHS they can't offer or recommend the wide range of treatments that are available privately and around the world. it would be beyond amazing if you felt that an episode on this condition might be of interest to more of your audience. I completely understand you must get inundated with requests, but I'm feeling a little useless too so thought it was worth a try. Thank you
Sorry for my English, I had severe Anhedonia after I quit my job. The job caused my mental breakdown and I had no other option but to resign. I couldn't sleep at night and it worsened my mental state. The ability to not fall asleep is like torture. You feel like screaming and going mad. It caused me to become paranoid and I thought I was becoming schizophrenic. I had no feeling or any emotions. It's like my soul died inside. No feeling, no pleasure. Only thing i felt was extreme agitation and that's when I decided to put on my running shoes and I ran 5km. It didn't really improve my mood but i consistently jogged every day and I gradually got my feeling back. I believe the sun exposure played a massive part in my healing. First thing every morning i went to the beach and swam in cold water. That brought me back to life. Why? Because it fixed my sleep. I believe the most important thing when depressed is to fix your sleep and daily sunlight, cold exposure, cardio exercises like running, hiking or breathing exercises does improve your sleep rapidly and that's the road to recovery right there. I highly recommend Wim Hof ,David Goggins, Alan Watts and Dr Hubberman if you feel paranoid or depressed.
Good for you, glad you’re doing better! I heard people say that when you’re feeling mentally numb, do things that will force you to feel things externally. So like you said, cold water exposure, sunlight exposure, running and activities that will connect the mind to the body. I think a lot of people don’t do this because we’re told when you’re stressed you’re dealing with mental problems. Of course, the mental work needs to be done but can’t forget how much physical work matters too
Andrew. Top 0.1% fan according to Spotify here! Love your work. Regular listener since the beginning and have taken so much from your content. Please do an episode on Alopecia, in particular Alopecia Areata. The link between the autoimmune disease & the gut microbiome in particular fascinates me and I’ve been trying for years now to alter gut microbiome to see if I can send mine into remission. You thank us all for our interest in science, but I just want to thank you, for your interest in science, as without it, I speak for a lot of people in saying we’d be incredibly less informed if you hadn’t started your podcast. I sincerely mean that. Keep it up!
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Russian teenager listening, I'm 15 and have been listening to your podcasts for more than a year now. You have changed my life forever! Episode with David Goggins made me read his book, and I will never be the same. Also, not to mention dosens of different themes and protocols. Huge thank you. I really appreciate the availability of your content in other countries ❤
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
I am 16 years old now & I'm deeply passionate about neuroscience and my dream is to become a neuroscientist one day. Thank you for showing me the beauty of this career❤Amazing episode, by the way:)I'm currently reading "You are the placebo" by Joe Dispenza right now
Youre on the way to a bright future. If youre this passionate at such a young age and know what you want to do, youre ahead of 99,9% of people. Keep it up!
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
If you are here looking for information that’s actually based on factual science you’re in the right place. Ive been here since 500k subs and I’ve watched almost every episode. I am in a much stronger place and constantly helping others with some useful information that they can experiment with to create a more fulfilling life
Hey Andrew Huberman, from my 4 grandparents, 2 had diabetes and one had the most awful illness i have seen, parkinson. I started two entrepeneurments in order to help people take care of themselves by working out, eating healthy and studying. I cannot be more grateful with you for all your work. I know we will meet some day and i hope you can participate in one of my talks, thank you again, greetings from Argentina. AGUANTE LA YERBA MATE Y ANDREW HUBERMAN!!
I have written word by word of what he says, constituting about 5792 words on MS WORD. It will help me in my medical journey, Thank you Dr. Andrew it was great listening to you as you simplified placebo effect for me. Long live hero!!
I have so many life experiences to prove this belief! I have always said and believed our life Is the placebo. I Have used this to achieve the impossible in diagnosis,health,and life on general. So grateful scientists are catching up to this and giving alchemy recognition.❤
Dr Andrew, with the back of my head bashed in I'm still waking up each day, I believe I live because of your directions. After 2 years I've improvement, I desire to reincarnate as your child. I can't imagine I life better than that! Thank you so much for all that you do for me and everybody else!😊
Thank you for all your content. Your work has motivated me to pursue my masters degree in neuroscience. I’ve always had a passion for learning the relationship between the brain and body, and didn’t understand what the field of that interest was termed as until I discovered this podcast. Thank you again Dr Hubberman. I appreciate you more than you know
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Beliefs, expectations, mindset.... I heard the word subconscious mentioned once. Core beliefs passed thru centuries and from our environment can be deeply rooted, and yet can be discovered and modified, eliminated or replaced with something positive. What are the limits of the mind? Meditation, mindfulness, affirmations... Possibilities are many and great. Thanks for the video. All the best.
Greetings! German teacher with MS here. I love your content, and I'm able to use so much of your teaching into professional development sessions for teachers. My last presentation integrated your research /analysis of neuroplasticity and mindset effects. Life-changing information for students and teachers alike, and I always direct my audience to you and Dr. Crum. You mentioned you had never seen The Matrix. Um... You absolutely have to see this movie -- for a lot of reasons -- but its dive into mindset effects goes along with everything you've been saying. "The mind makes it real" is one of my favorite moments of the movie, and there are so many moments that speak to the power of the mind and of belief systems. It's worth a deep dive on its own. I promise. 💜
I work as a medical interpreter in Australia. Years ago I had a patient who came to ED due to heart issues and high blood pressure. He was going to undergo an emergency open heart surgery. He was so nervous about dying on surgery table that his blood pressure couldn’t be controlled by medicine through the drip very 15 minutes. His daughters came to see him before the surgery, they told him to pray as their family believes in God. The two daughters held his hands and prayed for a few minutes, his blood pressure came down and stabilised. Today’s podcast clearly explained why and how belief can have placebo effect.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Huberman I just want to state the fact that your videos are so accessible that a 15 year old watches them since 1year. I even have a sorta note book just for the knowledge bestowed upon me by your videos. I would love to see an episode on skin health. P.S. just love the way your videos are consistent with the intro and the sound track.
Very interesting topic. Short story when I was a resident one (hospitalized)patient told me that only one particular IV injection could release her pain, nothing was mentioned in her therapeutic sheet, when I asked my colleague what was the drog he gave her: he told me 10 ml of isotonic saline!
An episode on brain damage from you would be awesome. Concussions and how they affect people in general, from brutal sports like some martial arts, rugby to other cases where brain damage is common. A topic not often talked about
Incredible episode. Blown away by how our brains work! Now, I'm excited to share and discuss all these amazing facts with my kids. Thanks for such a great listen, you're the absolute BEST 🙏
I'm 14, I've been watching your podcasts since 13, thank you for giving these invaluable information for free, I have used many tools and received many positive benefits ❤
This is the BEST Andrew! It is the acknowledgement of the Science of ENERGY before the Science of MATTER. Reality is created with ENERGY. We wield energy with our MIND. Energy is contagious, the more powerful energy, the contagion. Disconnecting from the cage of thoughts (law of man and its common "sense" - i.e. FEAR) FREES the mind to be in CONTROL instead of the AUTOMATION that's been conditioned.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Hi Dr Huberman, I'm 2 months old and your podcasts have been an invaluable resource in my journey to further my intellectual capacities. I cannot yet walk, let alone crawl, but I am already making great strides towards my future!
I am EXCITED for this one Andrew! Been hoping you would unpack this for a while now. Perhaps you might have Bruce Lipton or Joe Dispenza on the podcast too? We cant spell belief without a lie in the middle and if we don't know the lies in our beliefs, we will always be vulnerable to manipulation by those who do. Thanks for being here, you are deeply appreciated.
This was very timely for me. I just stopped a medication for eczema (Dupixent) and I was ‘expecting’ a rebound at week ten. I just told myself this was likely. I tried to not think that way but I really felt it inside and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Sure enough I had a major eczema flare right at week ten! Your podcast really helped me realize the power of these thoughts and now I’m going to try to harness my mind to expect healing. I wish I could get saline needles to inject every two weeks. I bet my body would think it was Dupixent!!!
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Belief as a means to conduct ones own neurology into performing feats which used to be attributed to mass-parallelized imaginary friends is freakin awesome.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Only words suffice to make us fascinated by all this information. I can only imagine taking the narration of the most popular episodes of the Huberman podcast as a backbone to create a series of documentaries about how humans works. Adding images and animations in a minimalistic way, prioritizing the original narration over flashy HD scenes and useless special effects stuff. That could be very popular. We have this impression that everything has been done but we never get enough of this kind of quality documentaries like they used to make.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future
I told my mom that eating after 2 PM and moving around while doing household work butns fat. She started doing it and lost 2 kgs in 1.5 weeks. Now she is motivated to continue. Not placebo directly but the perspective change helps alot.
Andrew, can you please consider making episodes with Dr. Joe Dispenza. I believe it would be interesting to hear you two discussing the topic of neurobiology, neuroplasticity, placebo, nocebo, etc. For me personally, Doctor Joe had a huge impact in the field of neuroplasticity and self work. I believe there are more people who share the same thoughts. Thank you for your effort and all that you are doing for the world! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
"Exploring the Robust Link between Hypnosis and Placebo Effects: One paramount inquiry arises: Can we discern a sturdy correlation between the effects of hypnosis and the placebo effect? Additionally, a pivotal aspect yet to be fully elucidated pertains to the strategic alteration of mindset or belief systems to optimize the benefits of the placebo effect. Mere acknowledgment of non-established scientific effects without thorough research may inadvertently reinforce uncertainty rather than maximise the desired outcomes. Thus, how can we methodically adjust our mindset, within the realms of scientific inquiry, to achieve the most favourable outcomes? I would like to conclude my comment by conveying my heartfelt appreciation for the remarkable dedication you have shown towards advancing public education. Your invaluable efforts are truly commendable and deeply cherished
Surprised that you didn't include the research on placebo/sham surgery. Fascinating & surprising work has been published for over a decade on the success of sham knee surgery. And at least 6 years of published research on success in sham spinal surgery. The brain is powerful & capable of so very much
I used tDCS for a few years with great results (depression/addiction) and later read a paper that suggested tDCS itself WAS generating the placebo response. This fascinated me because if you can deliberately facilitate the placebo effect the limitations could just be material? i.e. You can reverse depression but not repair a broken bone. I am also amazed at how many people think the placebo effect is so common that the positive results of taking something like Vit D or any new supplement "may just be placebo" as if it is MORE likely to be the case when the double blind studies show that only a small percentage of people show clinical results when given a placebo.
…brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things… for as You Think, So You Are
Did you notice brother, that the equations for every item you listed can not have FEAR included. So, to simplify this "fraction" divide by FEAR and it takes care of all the rest. 🧡
@@JORMUNGANDReyeS Totally, fear is the emotion that engages the imagination. It is based on assumed beliefs and their projection in the hippocampus (as Dr. Huberman so skillfully pointed out). Problem is they cloud our connection to the power of now. When it comes to true freedom, the only one we really have is what we choose to think, and even that can be a struggle. BTW, Yes, I should’ve taken out the word “brothers” As this was a quote from Philippians 4:8, ESV. But it’s the same concept as Zen in Buddhism, or the watercourse in Taoist practices, which naturally applies to all humans regardless of sex :-)
@@robertcurrea2451 I took no offense to the brother ❤️ You would love a fun fact that I learned today... That humans are only born with two innate fears... Falling and Load Sounds.... These are the laws of nature. Every other fear we have is man-made and keeps us from our genius. 🤜🤛
Can you make an episode on genetics, how it works and what we can do to change what we inherit ? By the way I don’t miss an episode and I thank you for sharing your knowledge free of cost..otherwise I could not have access to this information. Thank you again
01:01:05 this portion made me think about how imprtant it is to avoid submerging yourself into the negative or unrealistically positive environments of tv / internet news and social media.
Rating: 8.0/10 (Rank 107 out of 202) In Short: Belief can literally change your brain... Notes: This is an outlier huberman podcast, as it is concise and to the point. I kind of enjoyed this style for a niche podcast like this--when these are 2+ hours it can be a bit too much. A nice mention of a handful of past podcasts (Lembke and Ali Krumb) who talk a bit about mindset and belief, and with some nice mentioning of a handful of studies. There was a little mechanism throughout, but not really necessary to just reiterate the point that placebo, which is just believing something will happen, actually causes physiological and neurological changes to happen. This idea kind of blows my mind, and having an entire podcast where that is just stated a dozen or so times, as it is here, was really nice and well done. A good niche podcast!
Would you consider having Ellen Langer on the podcast? This ep made me realize how much I would love to hear you both talk all about mindfulness & its impact on our health/reality... Thank you for your beautiful mind & heart. Besides be so fun & fascinating, your podcast continues to bear such fruit in my life daily. Hope it nourishes you as much as it does all of us! -Amy
They had certain bio markers in “ age regression” but as with all these “ anti-aging claims, never look younger. I’ll settle for better health and feeling better, however.
Hey Andrew Huberman, I'd love to see the neuroscientist and memory expert, Professor *Christine Ann Denny*. Her lab has pioneered a method of being able to turn memories off and on! Mindboggling. I'm obsessed with studying Memory engrams (memory traces). They are after all the building blocks, the units of meaning we give everything. According to my memory, Huberman, your channel is the one I watch most. You helped me change my routines/ life.
Hey Huberman, I just wanted to express how much I love your videos. Since day one, I've been a fan and have watched every single episode. I've got a suggestion for a topic that I think would be super helpful and interesting for many of us: emotional stability. After all, it's something we all struggle with at times. Why do we feel all over the place sometimes, and more importantly, what can we do about it? It would be amazing to have a science-based view of it and methods to improve ourselves. Thank you for the awesome work, and I'm looking forward to whatever you've got coming up next." 🇧🇷❤
I haven't done any research on my own, beyond listening to this podcast. However, as a young 22 year old male with schizoaffective d/o, I've found that I have this weird mental ability, "mind over matter." It has worked very similarly as the placebo affect, however it's very delicate, and the moment I consciously or subconsciously discover any doubt, the trick loses all effect. I'm primitive with the ability, I can convince myself right now that if I chug a water bottle, it doesn't hydrate me and actually dehydrates me, but if I sip or drink it slowly, it hydrates me. However, I'm a cigarette smoker, and I've encountered a weird problem with my habit. I've had my share of personal issues, been on and off working hourly jobs, when I've worked a full day and make it to the end of a shift, I'm more likely to enjoy one cigarette fully. But when I haven't been working, or haven't done anything productive throughout the day, I'm way more likely to find myself chain smoking, as one cigarette gives me way less of that "relief" feeling. I've found myself in a carrot and stick lifestyle, where I know that if I don't accomplish anything during my day, and stay in bed enjoying videogames or shows, I'll end up paying the consequence later in the day when I have no dopamine to work off of. So, I've found myself, unemployed, starting each day off by asking, "what can I do today, even if it's just research into my mental and physical conditions." But then, I end up in the same place, whether I'm working a job or just knocking out some self-made to-do list, feeling like it's too much to handle, and even if I wanted to pause, break it up, slow myself down, I can't, because I'm too far in. Being human is complicated, man.
Dr Huberman, thank you for all you do!! Could you please consider doing an episode on the effects of dairy consumption including both the effects of lactose and whey protein? There seems to be a lot of debate over the topic with dairy's effect on acne and much else.
Andrew, is there a possibility of a more structured course looking at everything you touch upon in your lab podcast, aimed at MDs? As a recently graduated doctor, I don’t have enough time to go through all the episodes, but find it essential to keeping up to date with the research. If the course could involve short test sections to help with recall, this would make it even better.
I love your work - please consider interviewing Dr Stephen Porges. His work on Polyvagal Theory helped me understand my daughters Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (including POTS and a whole host of other symptoms). She recovered once we found people who knew how to work with this - it wasn't the medical system.... Dr Porges describes the nervous system as the intervening variable, often not considered in science and medicine. I am sure it would be a great episode.
00:28 💊 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects influence biology and psychology independently of physical or chemical properties of treatments. 01:23 🧠 Neural circuits in the brain modulate biological functions such as heart rate and blood pressure in response to expectations. 02:33 🩺 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects can be harnessed as unique treatments for various diseases alongside traditional approaches. 07:29 🔬 Placebo effects are distinct from nocebo effects and belief effects, each with unique impacts on symptoms and performance. 09:26 🧠 The prefrontal cortex plays a key role in placebo, nocebo, and belief effects by modulating neural circuits that control physiological functions. 13:49 🧪 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects rely on information and experiences shaping expectations, leading to physiological changes in the brain and body. 19:52 💡 Expectation strength varies across individuals and impacts the magnitude of placebo effects, highlighting the importance of placebo controls in clinical trials. 20:06 🧠 The placebo effect measures the expectation of a drug's effects in a trial, illustrating the impact of belief on outcomes. 21:30 🩸 Placebo effects show high specificity based on what individuals believe about a treatment, even impacting hormone levels. 23:31 💉 A placebo injection, even of saline, can lead to hormone changes based on prior knowledge or expectation of treatment. 31:48 🛎 Classical conditioning demonstrates how unrelated stimuli, like a bell, can trigger physiological responses like insulin release. 34:36 💊 Expectations about treatment quality, packaging, and color significantly impact the placebo effect. 39:15 🏥 The placebo effect is stronger with more invasive or complex treatments, showing the brain's association of complexity with larger outcomes. 40:37 🩸 Expectations, not just psychological, have real biological effects through specific brain circuitry. 41:06 🩸 Placebo effects have limitations, such as in cancer treatment, where they alleviate symptoms but do not shrink or eliminate tumors. 45:00 🎩 Placebo effects, while powerful, are specific and cannot completely eliminate conditions like asthma or cancer. 49:09 💡 Belief systems significantly shape how drugs, supplements, and behavioral protocols affect physiology and brain function. 53:01 🧠 Placebo effects scale with the degree of expectation one has, influencing outcomes even with the same dosage of a substance. 57:01 🍔 Beliefs about the calorie content and indulgence of food impact hormonal responses, affecting feelings of satiety and hunger regulation. 01:01:02 🏋♂ Beliefs and mindsets can also impact exercise outcomes, suggesting a significant interplay between psychology and physiology. 01:02:39 🏥 Simply believing that daily activities, like work, mimic exercise can lead to improvements in health metrics such as blood pressure and body weight. 01:05:23 🧠 While thoughts from the prefrontal cortex may not directly impact muscle growth, they can affect basic bodily functions like stress response through neural pathways. 01:06:06 🐀 A study on rats demonstrates a pathway from the prefrontal cortex to the hypothalamus, controlling stress responses, which has implications for understanding psychosomatic effects in humans. 01:10:06 💡 The placebo effect, influenced by genetics like the CT Gene, varies among individuals, showing different levels of response to placebo conditions. 01:12:21 🧬 Genetic variations, such as the CT Gene, correlate with differences in placebo response, indicating a biological basis for individual susceptibility to the placebo effect.
Andrew, please consider having Iain Mcgilchrist on the podcast. The way he thinks/speaks is so invigorating yet beautiful I cant get enough of him lately and I think you might agree and find his thoughts on the brain hemispheres/ perception+ reality to be fascinating!
Hey Andrew, just a spitballing but would love to see you talk a little about neurodegenerative progress or diseases. As a person with such disease it would clear so much unknown and questions, that not only me, but a lot of other people touched by such diseases have. Love the incentive of sharing such knowledge in these podcasts btw, keep doing you :)
Dr. Huberman, I would be interested to hear if there might be a salient correlation between individuals who are more susceptible to placebo effects and those who are more receptive to self-hypnosis. Thanks and keep up the good work (from an aspiring student of neuroscience).
Hey Andrew, I’m immensely grateful and thankful for every piece of content you’ve created. Any chance you’ve thought about a video related to sports betting and gambling; how it affects the developing brain, human mindset and how both negatively impact our mental and emotional health “blindly” in adolescents and adults? I feel there are major placebo implications related to this topic as well and am curious as to what science based research has to say regarding gambling addictions, the view of rapid monetary rewards and hits to our self-esteem. Especially with both fields becoming so widespread legally and easily accessible. Thank you a ton, you are the man
Dr. Huberman, I'm a huge fan, and send everyone I know to your podcast. Thank you for all you do for the planet! Unrelated to this specific episode, PLEASE have a guest who is a Certified Rolfer (Structural Integration). You've mentioned fascia before, and many other things that relate to results from Rolfing, but without directly discussing it. It would be wonderful to have more on this topic. Thank you!
Dr Huberman, thank you very much for your work!! Would you please do an episode on hyperhidrosis? Many people are struggling with it without not many people knowing about it, thanks!🙏
I feel that medical and science experts legitimizing the placebo effect and the belief effect will go a long way in people allowing for the results. Too many people only allow psychologically what their doctor will advise or agree with.
Great episode and very helpful information. TBH, what really caught my attention was the tail end of the podcast regarding Individual Variations and Genetics, more specifically the COMT gene/enzyme. Your explanation of COMT and how a variation of the gene, could explain why an individual may or may not react/respond to a placebo peaked my interest. Not only that, the COMT’s association with an individual’s personality and stress reactions are fascinating. A brief trip down the internet rabbit hole about COMT produced so much information and I definitely want to know more! Thx!
Hi dr Huberman - loved the episode! I know it might be a dangerous topic for you to cover, since there's so much "esoteric" nonsense being said about it, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the science of left-hemisphere vs right-hemisphere. I've read both of the big books of Ian McGilchrist, and unfortunately he really harms his case by using his insights about the brain to support a weird, Hegelian interpretation of history. But the opening chapters of both of these books are really fascinating and to me it seems very well backed by scientific studies. But I know that in mainstream neuroscience this emphasis on left and right hemisphere differences is sort of frowned upon. I would love to hear your dissection of why McGilchrist, and others, are so wrong, since to me his argument that these two hemispheres have a very different basic approach to the world seems quite convincing to me.
Never seen so many kids comment on hubermans videos since this video. I haven't listen to it yet,on sponsorships atm. But I'm guessing theres stuff about being young in here today to have so many younglings commenting. I'm looking forward to learning more from this podcast.
This explains why for majority of human history, priests/religious groups were associated with healing. It's not that it was a hoax or whatever, but their belief towards their religion really had an effect that lead to the curing of many of their symptoms.
Spectacular🤩🤩😍Dr. Huberman! The placebo effect has always served me so well in my long medical career… you just described with great precision the mechanisms involved… blew my mind, man! Thank you so so much🙏🏽🪷💥
Really appreciate the amount of knowledge you are bringing to everyday people. With Ramadan coming can you maybe talk about fasting aspect and it's effect in a future episode
Interesting as always. Thank you so much ☺️! As I suffer quite a lot of slow COMT (it’s getting worse with high estrogen during perimenopause as the enzyme breaks down also estrogen and histamine to some extent), I should take advantage of the fact that I am genetically predisposed to have a stronger placebo effect ❣️❣️❣️
Hi Andrew, thank you for your very informative episodes. Can you do an episode on declining numerical skills with age, how can it be stopped, and how numberical/ mathematical skills can be improved in adults. I have had above average numerical skills in school but with age I am experiencing difficulties in performing simple mathematical calculations mentally.
Thank-you for this. I’m especially interested in placebo effects for animals (I teach pain science to horse owners), and the ways in which we can leverage “expectation effects” with animals who cannot use our “explanations”, and do not have a well-developed PFC. Also hoping you’ll do a deep dive on Free Energy Principle…
Would love to hear a whole episode about the skin. The bodies largest organ and it seems the beauty industry has control over the subject. I have read that botox has been proven to reduce depression when used in the frown area, and that it can help against migranes? Would be interesting to hear you view on topicals also, such as retinol and vitamine C, and also treatments with radio freq. etc. You are amazing - I am a 40-year old business lawyer and mother of 3, who, thanks to you, found ways to get good sleep for the first time in my life. All the best to you, thank you for the great work you do! //Kat
Hi Doctor , I have been listening to your podcasts . Thank you so much all the knowledges that you transfer to all of us. Is there anyway we can have a podcast on narcissistic behavior please.
I'm sorri Dr. Andrew Huberman but i stoped listening to this podcast, just after "... i have not seen the movie matrix yet!..." 😱 please do watch and make a video of your thoughts! Love your podcasts/masterclasses, please continue enlightning us. Love from Portugal
I used to play music at work for people with Parkinson's - they can dance and forget all about it with a song they like. I taught a 15 year old boy with severe autism how to play a video game, and win every time. His dad was sure he just bashed the keyboard without purpose - so far he'd trashed every computer. Then I covered all the keys except for the arrow key. Immediately he realised the connection between the key and the screen. Bit by bit I uncovered more keys and he practically taught himself to play. Another time, I hooked up a camera to a wall-sized screen and let him take photos of himself. He was so happy to see himself on screen after each shot. They were the happiest photos his father had ever seen of him. Then I cared for a man in my street with BGDD. After three years, he lost all movement and speech. But I could make him laugh even when he couldn't talk anymore. I knew when he needed toileting and could hoist him out of bed alone (four nurses at the hospital couldn't do it - his whole bed used to be wet). I have so many stories from 20 years experience but I'm nobody you've ever heard of
It's absolutely fascinating to me that there are people out there, including Dr. Huberman, who have not seen The Matrix. It has/had such an unfathomable influence on western society 🤯
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Hey Andrew Huberman. I am a 14 year old. I have been watching you since 2 years. Just wanted to say thank you for all the invaluable information you give for free. ❤
Thank you for your interest in science!
W lil bro, good luck to you brodie
Big W having access to this so young is unreal
Enies lobby is a W aswell
huge W bro... many teens play video games or do unnecessary things.. your parents raised you very well
My mom grew up in a family with little to no money and shared the house with a lot of siblings. Her father would buy m&ms, separate them by color, put each color in a fancy jar, and label it properly with their respective "medical properties", such as "Painkillers" for red ones and "Sleep pills" for blue ones. I grew up listening my mom insist on how effective those "pills" were, and laughing at her. Now, decades later, Mr. Huberman teaches me on the effects of color, labels and beliefs on placebo, and I find myself thinking: "My grandpa was a true genius. Made medicine out of sugar, and healed his family despite having little to no money at all." - Thank you Andrew! You make me humbler every day.
What an amazing story!
@@springpena9873 thank you!
Hi Andrew
I was a heavy drinker and addicted to seroquel. Since watching your podcasts I haven't touched any in 3 months. Amazing don't even feel like it. A big Thank you to you my life is really changing. I can't thank you enough
I don't even know why they prescribe that demonic drugs. I can't see how anyone can actually function on seroquel.
I had severe insomnia and no sleep meds were working. And the doc gave me a moderate dose of seroquel and I always set 5 alarms for work in the morning. I slept through all 5. I woke up and saw sunlight after sleeping 13 hours and said "oh shit" and called my boss and told him what happened. Then I rushed getting ready, heart pounding, ran outside. Ran down the stairs adrenaline rush and everything. Got in my truck turned it on. And then the next thing I remember is waking up with someone knocking on my window still in the parking lot. I went from a full on sprint, with adrenaline pumping, terrified of getting fired to passed out cold asleep after already sleeping 13 hours. Then slept another 6 hours in my truck with it running.
This video itself is a placebo that made me feel better about all the other placebos I know I do.
Sweet haha, love this.
My sister in law has MS and has just had it confirmed that she has moved to the progressive form of the disease. It's so hard to see her feel so hopeless (and my brother). I have tried to research but as a lay person it is so difficult to know which is the trust worthy information. We are in the uk and although we are so lucky to have the NHS they can't offer or recommend the wide range of treatments that are available privately and around the world. it would be beyond amazing if you felt that an episode on this condition might be of interest to more of your audience.
I completely understand you must get inundated with requests, but I'm feeling a little useless too so thought it was worth a try.
Thank you
Sorry for my English, I had severe Anhedonia after I quit my job. The job caused my mental breakdown and I had no other option but to resign. I couldn't sleep at night and it worsened my mental state. The ability to not fall asleep is like torture. You feel like screaming and going mad. It caused me to become paranoid and I thought I was becoming schizophrenic. I had no feeling or any emotions. It's like my soul died inside. No feeling, no pleasure. Only thing i felt was extreme agitation and that's when I decided to put on my running shoes and I ran 5km. It didn't really improve my mood but i consistently jogged every day and I gradually got my feeling back. I believe the sun exposure played a massive part in my healing. First thing every morning i went to the beach and swam in cold water. That brought me back to life. Why? Because it fixed my sleep. I believe the most important thing when depressed is to fix your sleep and daily sunlight, cold exposure, cardio exercises like running, hiking or breathing exercises does improve your sleep rapidly and that's the road to recovery right there. I highly recommend Wim Hof ,David Goggins, Alan Watts and Dr Hubberman if you feel paranoid or depressed.
Good for you, glad you’re doing better! I heard people say that when you’re feeling mentally numb, do things that will force you to feel things externally. So like you said, cold water exposure, sunlight exposure, running and activities that will connect the mind to the body. I think a lot of people don’t do this because we’re told when you’re stressed you’re dealing with mental problems.
Of course, the mental work needs to be done but can’t forget how much physical work matters too
Thank you for opening up and sharing your experience, I'm glad that you're feeling better! Sending lots of love and prayers your way 💖
@@mariacolucci6958 thanks 😊 🙏
Thanks for opening up man, I got similar problems. Shit is tough. We're in this together. Stay strong everyone!
Alan Watts is a great author!!
Andrew. Top 0.1% fan according to Spotify here!
Love your work. Regular listener since the beginning and have taken so much from your content.
Please do an episode on Alopecia, in particular Alopecia Areata. The link between the autoimmune disease & the gut microbiome in particular fascinates me and I’ve been trying for years now to alter gut microbiome to see if I can send mine into remission.
You thank us all for our interest in science, but I just want to thank you, for your interest in science, as without it, I speak for a lot of people in saying we’d be incredibly less informed if you hadn’t started your podcast.
I sincerely mean that. Keep it up!
I am a 13yr old and l am exceptionally grateful for the value that you provide in these kinds of long form videos😊
Im 12 and even more grateful
i am still in my mom's stomach and I am even more grateful@@haakoncj6887
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Iam 8 and I think this content is fantastic 🎉
I’m 3 and this information is phenomenal I’m so grateful too 🙏🏼
Russian teenager listening, I'm 15 and have been listening to your podcasts for more than a year now. You have changed my life forever! Episode with David Goggins made me read his book, and I will never be the same. Also, not to mention dosens of different themes and protocols. Huge thank you. I really appreciate the availability of your content in other countries ❤
This episode caused several segments of tear shedding from being enlightened, most pleasantly overwhelmed.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
I am 16 years old now & I'm deeply passionate about neuroscience and my dream is to become a neuroscientist one day. Thank you for showing me the beauty of this career❤Amazing episode, by the way:)I'm currently reading "You are the placebo" by Joe Dispenza right now
Great career choice! Proud of you! You got this 👍
Good❤
Youre on the way to a bright future. If youre this passionate at such a young age and know what you want to do, youre ahead of 99,9% of people. Keep it up!
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
If you are here looking for information that’s actually based on factual science you’re in the right place. Ive been here since 500k subs and I’ve watched almost every episode. I am in a much stronger place and constantly helping others with some useful information that they can experiment with to create a more fulfilling life
Hey Andrew Huberman, from my 4 grandparents, 2 had diabetes and one had the most awful illness i have seen, parkinson. I started two entrepeneurments in order to help people take care of themselves by working out, eating healthy and studying. I cannot be more grateful with you for all your work. I know we will meet some day and i hope you can participate in one of my talks, thank you again, greetings from Argentina. AGUANTE LA YERBA MATE Y ANDREW HUBERMAN!!
I have written word by word of what he says, constituting about 5792 words on MS WORD. It will help me in my medical journey, Thank you Dr. Andrew it was great listening to you as you simplified placebo effect for me.
Long live hero!!
I have so many life experiences to prove this belief! I have always said and believed our life Is the placebo. I
Have used this to achieve the impossible in diagnosis,health,and life on general. So grateful scientists are catching up to this and giving alchemy recognition.❤
Dr Andrew, with the back of my head bashed in I'm still waking up each day, I believe I live because of your directions. After 2 years I've improvement, I desire to reincarnate as your child. I can't imagine I life better than that! Thank you so much for all that you do for me and everybody else!😊
Thank you for all your content. Your work has motivated me to pursue my masters degree in neuroscience. I’ve always had a passion for learning the relationship between the brain and body, and didn’t understand what the field of that interest was termed as until I discovered this podcast. Thank you again Dr Hubberman. I appreciate you more than you know
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Who's up early to listen to the Huberman!? 🧠 Growth time baby
Morning, cup of coffee, winding up with Huberman ❤🔥
Hope that cup of coffee is at least an hour after waking! 😝
Up here before work with coffee in hand! 😊
It drops in the early afternoon here.
get your sleep!
Beliefs, expectations, mindset.... I heard the word subconscious mentioned once. Core beliefs passed thru centuries and from our environment can be deeply rooted, and yet can be discovered and modified, eliminated or replaced with something positive. What are the limits of the mind? Meditation, mindfulness, affirmations... Possibilities are many and great. Thanks for the video. All the best.
Greetings! German teacher with MS here. I love your content, and I'm able to use so much of your teaching into professional development sessions for teachers. My last presentation integrated your research /analysis of neuroplasticity and mindset effects. Life-changing information for students and teachers alike, and I always direct my audience to you and Dr. Crum.
You mentioned you had never seen The Matrix. Um... You absolutely have to see this movie -- for a lot of reasons -- but its dive into mindset effects goes along with everything you've been saying. "The mind makes it real" is one of my favorite moments of the movie, and there are so many moments that speak to the power of the mind and of belief systems. It's worth a deep dive on its own. I promise.
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I work as a medical interpreter in Australia. Years ago I had a patient who came to ED due to heart issues and high blood pressure. He was going to undergo an emergency open heart surgery. He was so nervous about dying on surgery table that his blood pressure couldn’t be controlled by medicine through the drip very 15 minutes. His daughters came to see him before the surgery, they told him to pray as their family believes in God. The two daughters held his hands and prayed for a few minutes, his blood pressure came down and stabilised. Today’s podcast clearly explained why and how belief can have placebo effect.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Huberman I just want to state the fact that your videos are so accessible that a 15 year old watches them since 1year. I even have a sorta note book just for the knowledge bestowed upon me by your videos. I would love to see an episode on skin health.
P.S. just love the way your videos are consistent with the intro and the sound track.
Very interesting topic. Short story when I was a resident one (hospitalized)patient told me that only one particular IV injection could release her pain, nothing was mentioned in her therapeutic sheet, when I asked my colleague what was the drog he gave her: he told me 10 ml of isotonic saline!
Yes, the MIND rules ALL for REALZ 🙌
An episode on brain damage from you would be awesome. Concussions and how they affect people in general, from brutal sports like some martial arts, rugby to other cases where brain damage is common. A topic not often talked about
Incredible episode. Blown away by how our brains work! Now, I'm excited to share and discuss all these amazing facts with my kids. Thanks for such a great listen, you're the absolute BEST 🙏
I'm 14, I've been watching your podcasts since 13, thank you for giving these invaluable information for free, I have used many tools and received many positive benefits ❤
Just last week I was thinking about requesting an episode on belief effects in the comments section and here we are ❤️
This is the BEST Andrew! It is the acknowledgement of the Science of ENERGY before the Science of MATTER. Reality is created with ENERGY. We wield energy with our MIND. Energy is contagious, the more powerful energy, the contagion. Disconnecting from the cage of thoughts (law of man and its common "sense" - i.e. FEAR) FREES the mind to be in CONTROL instead of the AUTOMATION that's been conditioned.
Oh, just finished the Alia Crum episode on belief effects! Perfect timing! ❤ Thank you for everything!
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Hi Dr Huberman, I'm 2 months old and your podcasts have been an invaluable resource in my journey to further my intellectual capacities. I cannot yet walk, let alone crawl, but I am already making great strides towards my future!
That's funny!
I am EXCITED for this one Andrew! Been hoping you would unpack this for a while now. Perhaps you might have Bruce Lipton or Joe Dispenza on the podcast too? We cant spell belief without a lie in the middle and if we don't know the lies in our beliefs, we will always be vulnerable to manipulation by those who do. Thanks for being here, you are deeply appreciated.
This was very timely for me. I just stopped a medication for eczema (Dupixent) and I was ‘expecting’ a rebound at week ten. I just told myself this was likely. I tried to not think that way but I really felt it inside and couldn’t stop thinking about it. Sure enough I had a major eczema flare right at week ten! Your podcast really helped me realize the power of these thoughts and now I’m going to try to harness my mind to expect healing.
I wish I could get saline needles to inject every two weeks. I bet my body would think it was Dupixent!!!
Excellent. This is the kind of content that made me fall in love with this podcast
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Belief as a means to conduct ones own neurology into performing feats which used to be attributed to mass-parallelized imaginary friends is freakin awesome.
Mr. Huberman, I can go on about what you’re teachings have done for me but to keep it simple… thank you, I really appreciate you.
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Only words suffice to make us fascinated by all this information. I can only imagine taking the narration of the most popular episodes of the Huberman podcast as a backbone to create a series of documentaries about how humans works. Adding images and animations in a minimalistic way, prioritizing the original narration over flashy HD scenes and useless special effects stuff. That could be very popular. We have this impression that everything has been done but we never get enough of this kind of quality documentaries like they used to make.
Hey Andrew!!! You are my Dopamine! I learn so much from your podcast! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Keep up the great work! Thanks MJ 🏃♀️
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future
Dr Huberman is inspiration
I told my mom that eating after 2 PM and moving around while doing household work butns fat. She started doing it and lost 2 kgs in 1.5 weeks. Now she is motivated to continue. Not placebo directly but the perspective change helps alot.
I'm not sure I believe in the placebo effect.
I don't have time to watch this right now, but I feel better just knowing Dr. Huberman uploaded this.
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Same here maybe listen on the commute to work or walking on the treadmill! Let's listen together, lol
My body has the expectation that this will be a good video 💯
¡Hola Profe! Such a fascinating and thought provoking topic. Thank You for all Your hard work and care for all of us
Andrew, can you please consider making episodes with Dr. Joe Dispenza. I believe it would be interesting to hear you two discussing the topic of neurobiology, neuroplasticity, placebo, nocebo, etc.
For me personally, Doctor Joe had a huge impact in the field of neuroplasticity and self work. I believe there are more people who share the same thoughts.
Thank you for your effort and all that you are doing for the world!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
"Exploring the Robust Link between Hypnosis and Placebo Effects:
One paramount inquiry arises: Can we discern a sturdy correlation between the effects of hypnosis and the placebo effect?
Additionally, a pivotal aspect yet to be fully elucidated pertains to the strategic alteration of mindset or belief systems to optimize the benefits of the placebo effect. Mere acknowledgment of non-established scientific effects without thorough research may inadvertently reinforce uncertainty rather than maximise the desired outcomes.
Thus, how can we methodically adjust our mindset, within the realms of scientific inquiry, to achieve the most favourable outcomes?
I would like to conclude my comment by conveying my heartfelt appreciation for the remarkable dedication you have shown towards advancing public education. Your invaluable efforts are truly commendable and deeply cherished
Surprised that you didn't include the research on placebo/sham surgery. Fascinating & surprising work has been published for over a decade on the success of sham knee surgery. And at least 6 years of published research on success in sham spinal surgery.
The brain is powerful & capable of so very much
I used tDCS for a few years with great results (depression/addiction) and later read a paper that suggested tDCS itself WAS generating the placebo response. This fascinated me because if you can deliberately facilitate the placebo effect the limitations could just be material? i.e. You can reverse depression but not repair a broken bone.
I am also amazed at how many people think the placebo effect is so common that the positive results of taking something like Vit D or any new supplement "may just be placebo" as if it is MORE likely to be the case when the double blind studies show that only a small percentage of people show clinical results when given a placebo.
…brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things… for as You Think, So You Are
Did you notice brother, that the equations for every item you listed can not have FEAR included. So, to simplify this "fraction" divide by FEAR and it takes care of all the rest. 🧡
@@JORMUNGANDReyeS Totally, fear is the emotion that engages the imagination. It is based on assumed beliefs and their projection in the hippocampus (as Dr. Huberman so skillfully pointed out). Problem is they cloud our connection to the power of now. When it comes to true freedom, the only one we really have is what we choose to think, and even that can be a struggle.
BTW, Yes, I should’ve taken out the word “brothers” As this was a quote from Philippians 4:8, ESV. But it’s the same concept as Zen in Buddhism, or the watercourse in Taoist practices, which naturally applies to all humans regardless of sex :-)
@@robertcurrea2451 I took no offense to the brother ❤️ You would love a fun fact that I learned today... That humans are only born with two innate fears... Falling and Load Sounds.... These are the laws of nature. Every other fear we have is man-made and keeps us from our genius. 🤜🤛
Can you make an episode on genetics, how it works and what we can do to change what we inherit ? By the way I don’t miss an episode and I thank you for sharing your knowledge free of cost..otherwise I could not have access to this information. Thank you again
Placebo is one of my favorite effects, thank you for making it more well-known today Andrew.
Would love to see huberman interview Dr. Dispenza.
You are a true gem Andrew!!! Thank you for your great contents.
01:01:05 this portion made me think about how imprtant it is to avoid submerging yourself into the negative or unrealistically positive environments of tv / internet news and social media.
Rating: 8.0/10 (Rank 107 out of 202)
In Short: Belief can literally change your brain...
Notes: This is an outlier huberman podcast, as it is concise and to the point. I kind of enjoyed this style for a niche podcast like this--when these are 2+ hours it can be a bit too much. A nice mention of a handful of past podcasts (Lembke and Ali Krumb) who talk a bit about mindset and belief, and with some nice mentioning of a handful of studies. There was a little mechanism throughout, but not really necessary to just reiterate the point that placebo, which is just believing something will happen, actually causes physiological and neurological changes to happen. This idea kind of blows my mind, and having an entire podcast where that is just stated a dozen or so times, as it is here, was really nice and well done. A good niche podcast!
Would you consider having Ellen Langer on the podcast? This ep made me realize how much I would love to hear you both talk all about mindfulness & its impact on our health/reality... Thank you for your beautiful mind & heart. Besides be so fun & fascinating, your podcast continues to bear such fruit in my life daily. Hope it nourishes you as much as it does all of us! -Amy
They had certain bio markers in “ age regression” but as with all these “ anti-aging claims, never look younger.
I’ll settle for better health and feeling better, however.
I am having trouble with sleep and focus, but it is not always so and there are bursts of focus which are enjoyable
Thank you Andrew, you blew my mind just by talking about what the prefrontal cortex does.
Hey Andrew Huberman, I'd love to see the neuroscientist and memory expert, Professor *Christine Ann Denny*. Her lab has pioneered a method of being able to turn memories off and on! Mindboggling. I'm obsessed with studying Memory engrams (memory traces). They are after all the building blocks, the units of meaning we give everything. According to my memory, Huberman, your channel is the one I watch most. You helped me change my routines/ life.
Hey Huberman, I just wanted to express how much I love your videos. Since day one, I've been a fan and have watched every single episode.
I've got a suggestion for a topic that I think would be super helpful and interesting for many of us: emotional stability. After all, it's something we all struggle with at times. Why do we feel all over the place sometimes, and more importantly, what can we do about it? It would be amazing to have a science-based view of it and methods to improve ourselves.
Thank you for the awesome work, and I'm looking forward to whatever you've got coming up next." 🇧🇷❤
As a chronic pain patient, I would have liked to hear more about the Nocebo affect and how it relates to chronic illness such as pain.
I haven't done any research on my own, beyond listening to this podcast. However, as a young 22 year old male with schizoaffective d/o, I've found that I have this weird mental ability, "mind over matter." It has worked very similarly as the placebo affect, however it's very delicate, and the moment I consciously or subconsciously discover any doubt, the trick loses all effect. I'm primitive with the ability, I can convince myself right now that if I chug a water bottle, it doesn't hydrate me and actually dehydrates me, but if I sip or drink it slowly, it hydrates me. However, I'm a cigarette smoker, and I've encountered a weird problem with my habit. I've had my share of personal issues, been on and off working hourly jobs, when I've worked a full day and make it to the end of a shift, I'm more likely to enjoy one cigarette fully. But when I haven't been working, or haven't done anything productive throughout the day, I'm way more likely to find myself chain smoking, as one cigarette gives me way less of that "relief" feeling. I've found myself in a carrot and stick lifestyle, where I know that if I don't accomplish anything during my day, and stay in bed enjoying videogames or shows, I'll end up paying the consequence later in the day when I have no dopamine to work off of. So, I've found myself, unemployed, starting each day off by asking, "what can I do today, even if it's just research into my mental and physical conditions." But then, I end up in the same place, whether I'm working a job or just knocking out some self-made to-do list, feeling like it's too much to handle, and even if I wanted to pause, break it up, slow myself down, I can't, because I'm too far in. Being human is complicated, man.
Have you ever considered to make an episode on body grounding (earthing)
I am curious what is behind that.
Dr Huberman, thank you for all you do!! Could you please consider doing an episode on the effects of dairy consumption including both the effects of lactose and whey protein? There seems to be a lot of debate over the topic with dairy's effect on acne and much else.
Please interview dr Bruce Lipton and dr Joe Dispenza on this topic!❤
Andrew, is there a possibility of a more structured course looking at everything you touch upon in your lab podcast, aimed at MDs? As a recently graduated doctor, I don’t have enough time to go through all the episodes, but find it essential to keeping up to date with the research. If the course could involve short test sections to help with recall, this would make it even better.
I love your work - please consider interviewing Dr Stephen Porges. His work on Polyvagal Theory helped me understand my daughters Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (including POTS and a whole host of other symptoms). She recovered once we found people who knew how to work with this - it wasn't the medical system.... Dr Porges describes the nervous system as the intervening variable, often not considered in science and medicine. I am sure it would be a great episode.
00:28 💊 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects influence biology and psychology independently of physical or chemical properties of treatments.
01:23 🧠 Neural circuits in the brain modulate biological functions such as heart rate and blood pressure in response to expectations.
02:33 🩺 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects can be harnessed as unique treatments for various diseases alongside traditional approaches.
07:29 🔬 Placebo effects are distinct from nocebo effects and belief effects, each with unique impacts on symptoms and performance.
09:26 🧠 The prefrontal cortex plays a key role in placebo, nocebo, and belief effects by modulating neural circuits that control physiological functions.
13:49 🧪 Placebo, nocebo, and belief effects rely on information and experiences shaping expectations, leading to physiological changes in the brain and body.
19:52 💡 Expectation strength varies across individuals and impacts the magnitude of placebo effects, highlighting the importance of placebo controls in clinical trials.
20:06 🧠 The placebo effect measures the expectation of a drug's effects in a trial, illustrating the impact of belief on outcomes.
21:30 🩸 Placebo effects show high specificity based on what individuals believe about a treatment, even impacting hormone levels.
23:31 💉 A placebo injection, even of saline, can lead to hormone changes based on prior knowledge or expectation of treatment.
31:48 🛎 Classical conditioning demonstrates how unrelated stimuli, like a bell, can trigger physiological responses like insulin release.
34:36 💊 Expectations about treatment quality, packaging, and color significantly impact the placebo effect.
39:15 🏥 The placebo effect is stronger with more invasive or complex treatments, showing the brain's association of complexity with larger outcomes.
40:37 🩸 Expectations, not just psychological, have real biological effects through specific brain circuitry.
41:06 🩸 Placebo effects have limitations, such as in cancer treatment, where they alleviate symptoms but do not shrink or eliminate tumors.
45:00 🎩 Placebo effects, while powerful, are specific and cannot completely eliminate conditions like asthma or cancer.
49:09 💡 Belief systems significantly shape how drugs, supplements, and behavioral protocols affect physiology and brain function.
53:01 🧠 Placebo effects scale with the degree of expectation one has, influencing outcomes even with the same dosage of a substance.
57:01 🍔 Beliefs about the calorie content and indulgence of food impact hormonal responses, affecting feelings of satiety and hunger regulation.
01:01:02 🏋♂ Beliefs and mindsets can also impact exercise outcomes, suggesting a significant interplay between psychology and physiology.
01:02:39 🏥 Simply believing that daily activities, like work, mimic exercise can lead to improvements in health metrics such as blood pressure and body weight.
01:05:23 🧠 While thoughts from the prefrontal cortex may not directly impact muscle growth, they can affect basic bodily functions like stress response through neural pathways.
01:06:06 🐀 A study on rats demonstrates a pathway from the prefrontal cortex to the hypothalamus, controlling stress responses, which has implications for understanding psychosomatic effects in humans.
01:10:06 💡 The placebo effect, influenced by genetics like the CT Gene, varies among individuals, showing different levels of response to placebo conditions.
01:12:21 🧬 Genetic variations, such as the CT Gene, correlate with differences in placebo response, indicating a biological basis for individual susceptibility to the placebo effect.
Thank you
Andrew, please consider having Iain Mcgilchrist on the podcast. The way he thinks/speaks is so invigorating yet beautiful I cant get enough of him lately and I think you might agree and find his thoughts on the brain hemispheres/ perception+ reality to be fascinating!
Hey Andrew, just a spitballing but would love to see you talk a little about neurodegenerative progress or diseases. As a person with such disease it would clear so much unknown and questions, that not only me, but a lot of other people touched by such diseases have. Love the incentive of sharing such knowledge in these podcasts btw, keep doing you :)
Dr. Huberman, I would be interested to hear if there might be a salient correlation between individuals who are more susceptible to placebo effects and those who are more receptive to self-hypnosis.
Thanks and keep up the good work (from an aspiring student of neuroscience).
Hey Andrew, I’m immensely grateful and thankful for every piece of content you’ve created.
Any chance you’ve thought about a video related to sports betting and gambling; how it affects the developing brain, human mindset and how both negatively impact our mental and emotional health “blindly” in adolescents and adults? I feel there are major placebo implications related to this topic as well and am curious as to what science based research has to say regarding gambling addictions, the view of rapid monetary rewards and hits to our self-esteem. Especially with both fields becoming so widespread legally and easily accessible.
Thank you a ton, you are the man
Thank you Dr. Huberman for giving us the precious knowledge.❤
Please make an episode on bad breath/halitosis and how to get rid of it 😢
I believe there's an oral episode
I can say now that there is a dopamine circuit in my brain that activates every time you release a podcast 😅😂
RUclips plays with our dopamine system pretty well. They make us addicted
Just by watching Huberman’s videos, I’m benefiting from the Placebo effect and feeling smarter already 😆
I can't wait to hear this one! I hope he goes over things like reiki and acupuncture as an example of placebo effects
Dr. Huberman, I'm a huge fan, and send everyone I know to your podcast. Thank you for all you do for the planet! Unrelated to this specific episode, PLEASE have a guest who is a Certified Rolfer (Structural Integration). You've mentioned fascia before, and many other things that relate to results from Rolfing, but without directly discussing it. It would be wonderful to have more on this topic. Thank you!
Dr Huberman, thank you very much for your work!! Would you please do an episode on hyperhidrosis? Many people are struggling with it without not many people knowing about it, thanks!🙏
I feel that medical and science experts legitimizing the placebo effect and the belief effect will go a long way in people allowing for the results. Too many people only allow psychologically what their doctor will advise or agree with.
Great episode and very helpful information. TBH, what really caught my attention was the tail end of the podcast regarding Individual Variations and Genetics, more specifically the COMT gene/enzyme. Your explanation of COMT and how a variation of the gene, could explain why an individual may or may not react/respond to a placebo peaked my interest. Not only that, the COMT’s association with an individual’s personality and stress reactions are fascinating. A brief trip down the internet rabbit hole about COMT produced so much information and I definitely want to know more! Thx!
Hi dr Huberman - loved the episode! I know it might be a dangerous topic for you to cover, since there's so much "esoteric" nonsense being said about it, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the science of left-hemisphere vs right-hemisphere. I've read both of the big books of Ian McGilchrist, and unfortunately he really harms his case by using his insights about the brain to support a weird, Hegelian interpretation of history. But the opening chapters of both of these books are really fascinating and to me it seems very well backed by scientific studies. But I know that in mainstream neuroscience this emphasis on left and right hemisphere differences is sort of frowned upon. I would love to hear your dissection of why McGilchrist, and others, are so wrong, since to me his argument that these two hemispheres have a very different basic approach to the world seems quite convincing to me.
Hey Huberman! Would you please do an episode on autoimmune diseases and autoimmunity? It’s extremely common and affects a lot of people.
Never seen so many kids comment on hubermans videos since this video. I haven't listen to it yet,on sponsorships atm. But I'm guessing theres stuff about being young in here today to have so many younglings commenting.
I'm looking forward to learning more from this podcast.
This explains why for majority of human history, priests/religious groups were associated with healing. It's not that it was a hoax or whatever, but their belief towards their religion really had an effect that lead to the curing of many of their symptoms.
Very powerful episode right there, thanks a lot!
Spectacular🤩🤩😍Dr. Huberman! The placebo effect has always served me so well in my long medical career… you just described with great precision the mechanisms involved… blew my mind, man! Thank you so so much🙏🏽🪷💥
You've got all ropes in the world, Andrew :) Thank you for not flying away.
Really appreciate the amount of knowledge you are bringing to everyday people. With Ramadan coming can you maybe talk about fasting aspect and it's effect in a future episode
oh man this one was so informative always wondered about how this actually works.
Interesting as always. Thank you so much ☺️!
As I suffer quite a lot of slow COMT (it’s getting worse with high estrogen during perimenopause as the enzyme breaks down also estrogen and histamine to some extent), I should take advantage of the fact that I am genetically predisposed to have a stronger placebo effect ❣️❣️❣️
I feel like an episode doing a deep dive on the prefrontal cortex would be amazing.
Hi Andrew, thank you for your very informative episodes. Can you do an episode on declining numerical skills with age, how can it be stopped, and how numberical/ mathematical skills can be improved in adults. I have had above average numerical skills in school but with age I am experiencing difficulties in performing simple mathematical calculations mentally.
Thank-you for this. I’m especially interested in placebo effects for animals (I teach pain science to horse owners), and the ways in which we can leverage “expectation effects” with animals who cannot use our “explanations”, and do not have a well-developed PFC.
Also hoping you’ll do a deep dive on Free Energy Principle…
Dr Huberman please do an episode on power dynamics. Thank you for the work you do!
Would love to hear a whole episode about the skin. The bodies largest organ and it seems the beauty industry has control over the subject. I have read that botox has been proven to reduce depression when used in the frown area, and that it can help against migranes? Would be interesting to hear you view on topicals also, such as retinol and vitamine C, and also treatments with radio freq. etc.
You are amazing - I am a 40-year old business lawyer and mother of 3, who, thanks to you, found ways to get good sleep for the first time in my life. All the best to you, thank you for the great work you do! //Kat
Hi Doctor , I have been listening to your podcasts . Thank you so much all the knowledges that you transfer to all of us. Is there anyway we can have a podcast on narcissistic behavior please.
I'm sorri Dr. Andrew Huberman but i stoped listening to this podcast, just after "... i have not seen the movie matrix yet!..." 😱 please do watch and make a video of your thoughts! Love your podcasts/masterclasses, please continue enlightning us. Love from Portugal
I used to play music at work for people with Parkinson's - they can dance and forget all about it with a song they like. I taught a 15 year old boy with severe autism how to play a video game, and win every time. His dad was sure he just bashed the keyboard without purpose - so far he'd trashed every computer. Then I covered all the keys except for the arrow key. Immediately he realised the connection between the key and the screen. Bit by bit I uncovered more keys and he practically taught himself to play. Another time, I hooked up a camera to a wall-sized screen and let him take photos of himself. He was so happy to see himself on screen after each shot. They were the happiest photos his father had ever seen of him. Then I cared for a man in my street with BGDD. After three years, he lost all movement and speech. But I could make him laugh even when he couldn't talk anymore. I knew when he needed toileting and could hoist him out of bed alone (four nurses at the hospital couldn't do it - his whole bed used to be wet). I have so many stories from 20 years experience but I'm nobody you've ever heard of
Amazing, truly.
It’s GREAT to know there are people like you in the health field AND it’s great to hear these stories.
It's absolutely fascinating to me that there are people out there, including Dr. Huberman, who have not seen The Matrix. It has/had such an unfathomable influence on western society 🤯
I'm 3 years old and i love science
Yay! I've been waiting for this topic, thanks 😊
Hi, can you please make an episode about games like Chess, Sudoku,etc. and their impact on brain ?