The Huberman Lab Podcast discusses neuroscience: how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health. We also discuss existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. His laboratory studies neural regeneration, neuroplasticity, and brain states such as stress, focus, fear, and optimal performance. For more than 20 years, Dr. Huberman has consistently published original research findings and review articles in top-level peer-reviewed journals, including Nature, Science, Cell, Neuron, and Current Biology. He is a regular member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and a Fellow of the McKnight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Huberman regularly consults for technology development companies, professional athletic organizations, and various units of U.S. and Canadian Special Operations.
How Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read Montague
Dr. Read Montague, PhD, is a professor and director of the Center for Human Neuroscience Research at Virginia Tech and an expert in how dopamine and serotonin shape human learning, motivation and decision-making. We discuss how they impact focused effort in the context of short- and long-term goals of all kinds. Also, how SSRIs and low-effort, high-engagement activities reduce the rewarding properties of dopamine, and how AI algorithms are revolutionizing understanding of the brain.
Episode show notes are available at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Read Montague
(00:02:54) Dopamine, Motivation & Learning
(00:08:49) Reward Prediction Error, Expectations
(00:12:24) Sponsors: David & Joovv
(00:14:54) Foraging, Dating, Expectations vs Outcomes; AI
(00:23:36) Dopamine, Expectation, Motivation; Forward Drive; Dopamine "Hits"
(00:29:58) Baseline Dopamine & Fluctuations; Parkinson's Disease
(00:34:36) Movement, Urgency; ADHD, Bee's Dance, Explorer vs Focus Mode
(00:42:29) Sponsor: AG1
(00:43:40) Social Media, ADHD; Explorers vs Task-Based, Combat
(00:50:54) Effort, Learning; Social Media & Phones, Resisting Behaviors
(01:01:36) Serotonin & Dopamine, Opponency, SSRIs
(01:11:21) Hunger, Dopamine; Negative Feedback, Learning, Trauma; Torture
(01:18:34) Drugs of Abuse & High Dopamine
(01:19:48) Sponsor: Function
(01:21:35) Trauma & Dopamine Adaptation
(01:27:34) SSRIs, Dopamine, Positive Experiences
(01:29:50) Deep Brain Stimulation; Measuring Dopamine & Serotonin in Humans
(01:36:16) Sleep; Divorce; Science is a Contact Sport
(01:45:14) Long-Term Motivation, Learning How to Fail, Tool: Kids & Sports
(01:54:14) Sponsor: LMNT
(01:55:34) Meditation, Breathing, Learning; Dopamine as a Currency
(02:04:38) Function of Sleep, Motivation; Time Perception & Dopamine, Tracking Time
(02:13:18) LLMs, AI, Uses & Problem Solving
(02:18:33) Future Projects, Commercial Brain-Machine Interfaces; Concentration
(02:25:57) Dopamine "Hits"?; Depression & Schizophrenia; Quitting
(02:30:17) Dopamine & Serotonin Misunderstandings; Internal Satisfaction; Motivation
(02:35:58) Serotonin Syndrome; Acknowledgements
(02:38:31) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
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