Protocal to spike epinephrine in a safe and consistent way after a learning bout -- to increase neuroplasticity?
I want to reduce the number of repetitions to remember the things I learn. But it's hard to have a general way to spike epinephrine after a learning bout. e.g. coffee is fine only after 12pm for me. So what do I do after 12pm? There aren't cold showers around my workspace. It's not always convenient to do intense exercise after it. I suppose I could have nicotine gum but that seems like a dangerous slippery slope. I've never smoked! I take alpha gpc 3-5 times a week before learning...regardless that's not the same as spiking epinephrine...any general safe way to spike epinephrine to increase learning and neuroplasticity?
What is the neurological mechanism underlying chronic migraines and what mechanism are there to cope with/minimize migraine crises?
What makes certain humans more prone to migraines (apart from heredity)? What influences their appearance and disappearance in one's life? Why do migraines appear in early adulthood and disappear in late adulthood? Why do they appear in childhood? What makes some migraine crises severe while others are just mild? What protocols are there to cope with severe-to-mild crises? What treatments are there and how do they work?
Trauma and somatic work
I loved the episode on the biology of fear, how trauma is embedded at the nervous system level, and current treatment options. Could explain the current data on why and how somatic work supports rewiring the nervous system for safety and helps discharge trauma? While you discussed EMDR in that episode, there are more holistic, body-based therapeutic modalities on the rise (somatic experiencing, TRE, Havening, etc) that have shown to provide a lot of relief to people with trauma, in the therapeutic setting. Could you explain what we know about the underlying mechanism?
Brain hemisphere lateralization
Through the work of Dr. Iain Mcgilchrist, I have learned that there are profound differences between our left and right cerebral hemispheres. These differences are often wrongly stated in pop psychology, and are actually far more interesting than simply right brain = creativity, left brain = logic. In short our right brains comprehend the world and our left brains apprehend the world. Stroke damage patients show incredible asymmetry in how they function in the world, depending on if the stroke is right or left sided. Are you familiar with this hemisphere hypothesis? If so, do you believe that the differences between the two hemispheres is significant?