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.
Essentials: How Emotions & Social Factors Impact Learning | Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, a professor of education and psychology at the University of Southern California (USC) and director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education (CANDLE). We discuss how emotions, stories and culture shape the way we perceive the world, learn and build a sense of self. We also explain how our narratives can foster empathy or dehumanization, and how education can be redesigned to engage curiosity, meaning-making and the development of the whole person.
Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
(00:00:24) Inspiration, Awe & Story; Emotions & Survival Systems
(00:02:19) Brain-Body Dialogue, Social Interdependence & Sense of Self
(00:06:10) Sponsor: LMNT
(00:07:42) Early Emotional Experiences; Love, Development & Meaning
(00:11:21) Core Emotions, Life Stories & Development
(00:14:09) Culture, Perception & Imposing Expectations
(00:16:35) Narratives, Dehumanization & Empathy
(00:18:06) Tool: Question Assumptions & Engage Other Perspectives
(00:20:05) Social Media & Reinforcing Biases; Emotions & Mental Flexibility
(00:23:28) Sponsor: AG1
(00:24:42) Education System, Learning Outcomes; Project-Based Learning
(00:27:41) Curiosity, Preschool vs. Traditional Schooling
(00:29:47) Emotions & Learning, Ideas vs. Performance
(00:31:34) Tool: Engage Students’ Interests & Curiosity
(00:33:18) Adolescence, Meaning-Making & School Constraints
(00:36:03) Tool: Deconstruct Beliefs, Sit with Uncertainty
(00:37:15) Education & Development of the Person
(00:38:20) Acknowledgements
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