Neurotoxins
Please can you do an episode on neurotoxins? What are they? How do they work? How are we exposed to them (inhalation, ingestion, absorption through skin)? What are common ones to avoid/minimise contact with (at home, in work environment etc.)? How does the human body deal with them? What issues may arise from long/short-term exposures to them? Once exposed - can you detox from them (i.e. is there a reversible/irreversible impact)? Thank you!
Master myth buster
I was listening to the AMA #2 podcast where you mentioned the zero benefits of drinking water that is marketed as “alkaline”. I thought well, that is another “healthy” fad I fell for… how many others are out there, and how can I be a more discerning consumer? It would be great if you can let us know about any other current health myths as you come across them/think of them. Needless to say, I won’t be buying any more bottles of alkaline water! Cheers!
Future podcast
Lovely crisp evening Dr. Huberman in a future podcast could you discuss the limbic system in early learner brain age itransitional kindergarten through third grade. how it affects social emotional understanding and how early educators can develop strategies skills activities that could help nurture the limbic system in early learners.?
Episode about skin
Hi Profesor! as always, thank you very much for every second of each episode! Today I've got a brainwave - maybe an episode about skin in various contexst would be noteworthy? You've already mentioned few times about skin being our biggest organ etc. but deepest dive into science of skin for sure would be very interesting. Also I bet the protocols for maintaining our skin in best possible shape via behaviours, diets and supplements would be most appriciated. Of course only if if this will not cause as lawsuit from cosmetics companies loosing customers!! :D
Relation between individual and social consciousness
Hi Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., We know that humans are social beings, and that language and cognition are social by nature. I would love to hear your input about the latest research done in the area of neuroscience on individual cognition and social consciousness. Specifically, on how individual brain & nervous system characteristics are connected and affected by social phenomena. My questions: - How may certain neural pathways shaped under the influence of the environment (trauma, substances, social norms, taboo, etc.) and due to internal peculiarities (interoception/exteroception, fight or flight response choice, impulsivity) predetermine the acceptance of certain social ideas and behaviors - ideologies, cults, conspiracies? - How may go/no-go impulses be manipulated by the discourse of fear/threat and channeled at the collective level of action? - What are the criteria for critical thinking and how is it different from the type of thinking that is simply biased against a certain ideology while embracing a different one? Thanks for your kind consideration and for shining the light of science-based wisdom on all of us! Regards, Alex Smirnou (Dubai)