| STUDY_ALZHEIMERS_EDUCATION_002 |
| Andrew Huberman |
| Alzheimer's program study in China (unnamed lead) |
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| The onset of Alzheimer's was earliest in peasants with no education and latest in individuals with advanced education, suggesting a 'cognitive reserve' effect. |
| STUDY_BUSS_37_CULTURES | Andrew Huberman | David Buss (Cross-cultural study of 37 cultures) | Essentials How Humans Select & Keep Romantic Partners in the Short & Long Term Dr. David Buss | Identified universal mate preferences (intelligence, kindness, health) and sex-differentiated preferences (women prioritize earning capacity/status; men prioritize physical attractiveness/youth). |
| STUDY_KNUDSEN_PRISM_001 | Andrew Huberman | Eric Knudsen (Knudsen Lab) | How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance Huberman Lab Essentials | Demonstrated that prism glasses shifting the visual field cause auditory and motor maps to realign. Juveniles shift maps quickly, while adults require incremental changes or high-contingency incentive... |
| STUDY_BEER_HIT_004 | Rhonda Patrick | Beer HIT Study (10 weeks) | The Truth About Alcohol Risks, Benefits, and Everything In-Between | Moderate alcohol consumption (1-2 drinks/day) did not significantly impair VO2 max improvements during a high-intensity interval training program. |
| STUDY_CARDIOTHORACIC_PLASTIC_2024 | Andrew Huberman | New England Journal of Medicine (2024) | The Effects of Microplastics on Your Health | Polyethylene was detected in the carotid artery plaques of 58% of patients analyzed; electron microscopy revealed jagged foreign plastic particles within the plaques. |
| STUDY_HORSE_PATTING_AVERSION | Andrew Huberman | Unknown (cited by Westlund) | What Pets Actually Want & Need Dr. Karolina Westlund | Many horses find rapid 'patting' aversive and will work to avoid it, whereas they enjoy 'wither scratching' at the nape of the mane. |
| STUDY_PLASTICITY_ADRENALINE_001 | Andrew Huberman | James McGaugh | Overcoming Guilt & Building Tenacity in Kids & Adults Dr. Becky Kennedy | Spiking adrenaline (epinephrine/norepinephrine) immediately before or after a learning task makes the learning significantly more durable and enhances neural plasticity. |
| STUDY_PHTHALATE_CANCER_2022 | Rhonda Patrick | Denmark Childhood Cancer Study (2022) | [object Object] | Childhood exposure to phthalates was associated with a 20% higher overall risk of Childhood Cancer, including a three-fold higher rate of osteosarcoma. |
| STUDY_DESTENO_SYNCHRONY_001 | Andrew Huberman | David DeSteno Lab | [object Object] | Engaging in motor synchrony (e.g., tapping in unison) increases feelings of connection and compassion, making people 30% more likely to help a stranger with a burdensome task. |
| STUDY_HAPPINESS_ADAPTATION_005 | Andrew Huberman | Brickman, Coates, and Janoff-Bulman (1978) (referenced as the 'Lottery/Paraplegic study') | How to Achieve True Happiness Using Science-Based Protocols Dr. Laurie Santos | One year after winning the lottery or becoming paraplegic, individuals' self-reported happiness levels returned remarkably close to their baseline levels prior to the event. |
| STUDY_COCHRAN_KETO_EPILEPSY | Andrew Huberman | Cochran Reviews (Multiple) | Transform Your Mental Health With Diet & Lifestyle Dr. Chris Palmer | Ketogenic diet is six times more likely to result in seizure freedom in treatment-resistant epilepsy compared to standard medication changes. |
| STUDY_VAN_DER_KOLK_BODY | Andrew Huberman | Bessel van der Kolk | Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges Coleman Ruiz | Explored how trauma is stored in the body and the concept of 'alexithymia'—the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. |
| STUDY_AMYLOID_EXERCISE | Andrew Huberman | Aerobic exercise improves clearance of amyloid-beta by the lymphatic system | Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & Appearance | In animal models of Alzheimer's, aerobic exercise was shown to directly increase the clearance of amyloid-beta plaques via the glymphatic system. |
| Bryan Johnson | Reading vs. Pharmacological Sleep Aids | Reading a physical book during a wind-down routine can be as efficacious as a sleep pill for sleep induction. |
| STUDY_HALL_SGLT2_HUNGER | Andrew Huberman | Kevin Hall (NIH) | The Science of Hunger & Medications to Combat Obesity Dr. Zachary Knight | For every 2 lbs of weight lost, the body's hunger drive increases by approximately 100 calories per day. |
| STUDY_NEURON_DOPAMINE_002 | Andrew Huberman | Neuron (approx. 2022/2023) | The Art of Learning & Living Life Josh Waitzkin | The brain segments time and resets dopamine/interval timers based on 'surprises' or reversals in a game (e.g., basketball possession changes). |
| STUDY_MAZE_DREAMING_001 | Andrew Huberman | Robert Stickgold (Harvard) | Dr. Matt Walker The Science of Dreams, Nightmares & Lucid Dreaming Huberman Lab Guest Series | Participants only showed improved performance on a virtual maze task if they both slept and specifically dreamt about elements of the maze. |
| STUDY_JETLAG_LONGEVITY | Andrew Huberman | Peer-reviewed papers (authors not specified in transcript) | How to Defeat Jet Lag, Shift Work & Sleeplessness Huberman Lab Essentials | Chronic jet lag is shown to shorten lifespan; specifically, traveling Eastward (advancing the clock) has a more significant negative impact on longevity than traveling Westward. |
| STUDY_IVERMECTIN_INVITRO_2020 | Rhonda Patrick | In vitro study (June 2020) | COVID-19 Vaccines and Ivermectin with MedCram and Dr. Roger Seheult | Ivermectin reduced viral replication by 5,000-fold in a test tube, but required a 5 micromolar concentration, which is 250 times higher than the 0.28 micromolar concentration achievable in human plasm... |
| STUDY_CURIOSITY_DOPAMINE_001 | Andrew Huberman | Matthias Gruber et al. (UC Davis) | [object Object] | High curiosity states trigger activity in the dopaminergic midbrain (VTA) and nucleus accumbens. This state enhances memory not only for the target information (trivia answers) but also for unrelated ... |
| STUDY_BAUMEISTER_EGO_DEPLETION | Andrew Huberman | Baumeister et al. | How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity Huberman Lab Podcast | Proposed the 'ego depletion' model where willpower is a limited resource that can be drained by successive difficult tasks (e.g., resisting cookies vs. radishes). |
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