The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017. Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets. In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.
Curated by: Andrew Huberman (417 videos)
My guest is Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. We discuss the neuroscience of consciousness—how it arises in our brain, how it shapes our identity and how we can modify and expand it. Dr. Koch explains how we all experience life through a unique “perception box,” which holds our beliefs, our memories and thus our biases about reality. We discuss how human consciousness is changed by meditation, non-sleep deep rest, psychedelics, dreams and virtual reality. We also discuss neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain), flow states and the ever-changing but also persistent aspect of the “collective consciousness” of humanity. Episode show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/DvSKMpB Pre-order Andrew's book, Protocols: https://go.hubermanlab.com/protocols *Thank you to our sponsors* AGZ by AG1: https://drinkagz.com/huberman BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Helix: https://helixsleep.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberma *Follow Huberman Lab* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hubermanlab X: https://twitter.com/hubermanlab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hubermanlab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-huberman Website: https://www.hubermanlab.com Newsletter: https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter *Dr. Christof Koch* Allen Institute: https://alleninstitute.org/person/christof-koch Tiny Blue Dot Foundation: https://www.tinybluedotfoundation.org Personal website: https://christofkoch.com Stories by Christof Koch: https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/christof-koch Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It (Book): https://amzn.to/42tLC9a Other books: https://amzn.to/46lTHxM Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JYt9T_sAAAAJ *Timestamps* 00:00:00 Christof Koch 00:02:31 Consciousness; Self, Flow States 00:08:02 NSDR, Yoga Nidra, Liminal States; State of Being, Intelligence vs Consciousness 00:13:14 Sponsors: BetterHelp & Our Place 00:15:53 Self, Derealization, Psychedelics; Selflessness & Flow States 00:19:53 Transformative Experience, VR, Racism & Self; Perception Box, Bayesian Model 00:28:29 Oliver Sacks, Empathy & Animals 00:34:01 Changing Outlook on Life, Tool: Belief & Agency 00:37:48 Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Helix Sleep 00:40:23 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Higher Power 00:42:09 Neurobiology of Consciousness; Accidents, Covert Consciousness 00:51:09 Non-Responsive State; Disability Bias, Will to Live, Resilience 00:55:34 Will to Live, Akinetic Mutism, Neural Correlates of Consciousness 00:57:43 Conflicting Perception Boxes, Meta Prior, Religion, AI 01:06:47 AI, Violence, Swapping Perception Boxes, Video 01:12:19 5-MeO-DMT, Psychedelics, Light, Consciousness & Awe; Loss of Self 01:20:54 Death, Mystical Experience, Ocean Analogy; Physicalism & Observer 01:27:57 Sponsor: LMNT 01:29:29 Meditation, Tool: Spacetime Bridging; Ball-bearing Analogy; Digital Twin 01:36:16 Mental Health Decline, Social Media, Pandemic, Family & Play, Tool: Body-Awareness Exercises 01:41:34 Dog Breeds; Movement, Cognitive Flexibility & Longevity 01:47:17 Cynicism, Ketamine, Tool: Belief Effect; Heroes & Finding Flaws 01:52:46 Cynicism vs Curiosity, Compassion; Deaths of Despair, Mental Health Crisis 01:57:26 Jennifer Aniston, Recognition & Neurons; Grandmother Hypothesis 02:03:20 Book Recommendation; Meaning of Life 02:09:10 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer