Understand & Improve Memory Using Science-Based Tools | Huberman Lab Podcast #72

Andy-Now it's hard to forget

I like you very much sir,way talking is very different

Key Takeaway: Having an emotional experience through triggering the adrenaline by cold shower,caffeine afterwards learning is crucial.

a lot of this is incorrect

I have watched this full episode and he has used such a simple language that I have understood most of it and also I have watched it once and have remembered most part of it.
His background and clothes are really cool because that doesn't cause diversion in your attention and make you to focus only on what he is saying and subtitles ❤

Will going outside in the winter without a jacket evoke similar results in adrenaline vs cold shower?

Thank you Dr Huberman.

Talks about improving memory, proceeds to read from script.

thank you

Andie

I once read a passage designed to show the exact opposite, that if you read a passage that starts out with factual non-emotional content and then it suddenly becomes highly emotional and depicts danger, the minor details of the latter emotional part, such as the location , what someone was wearlng are not remembered as well as the first part that was more about facts and less emotional.

Amazing episode, as always. By the way, I definitely prefer to call the hippocampus the "two half, offset cinnamon rolls smushed together"

Two questions:
1. You mention various effects but do not specify their size. How well can, say exercise, improve memory?
2. What do we know about aphantasia? Is it linked to memory?

Ironically, I won't remember any of this.

Thank you for all the information you've put out

How long is a learning bout, please? 2 hour 3 hours?

thanks a lot professor , you changed my life

Thank you Andy for your Videos!!

There was a lot of sea horses where I grew up ha ha. Indeed, I think this wonderful fish is my earliest memory experience. I strongly associate them with fine weather. Bright sun, dark blue sky, still air, flat water surface. Under such conditions, they come to feed very close to shore. Just a couple of meters.
I would underline a few details which improve memory understanding. First of all, we remember mostly images. Neocortex has similar microstructure everywhere. Touching, even auditory input and abstract ideas are represented by a 2D matrix anyway. As to "circuits", you may think of associations between images. That's where synapses and plasticity come into play.
There are many types of memory and types of classification. As to physical implementation, there is static and dynamic memory. The first is recorded in Hebb synapses. The second - when an image reverberates in a circular loop. Work memory is believed to be this type. Both hippocampus and amygdala are parts of the limbic system aka Papez circle.

I was assigned your podcast in one of my grad school classes and found it very interesting. I am a Kindergarten teacher so I was curious to hear your thoughts on how to increase adrenaline in younger kids. I'm sure my students would love dipping their arms in an ice bath or taking a shot of espresso, but I am not so sure their parents would agree. I've always done movement breaks throughout the day just to get wiggles out but never knew that it could be potentially increasing their memory.

thank you you really helped me for my exams

Omg the promoting these damn "commercials"😅 😫 🥱 😴 love the content though. Thanks!

is there another episode where you cover how to forget certain memories/not remember things? You mention it near the beginning of the podcast but then never touch on it. Thanks

Thank you so much andy

As someone with aphantasia I am able to memorise numbers like 4983928 by memorising the physical movements my fingers would make to dial it in. I don’t physically have to dial it into a number pad, just imagining how my fingers would move to do so is sufficient. I’ve always struggled with remembering series of events however, although traumatic events are easy to remember the physical sensations of.

Professor, what do you recommend to do if the learning process takes hours?

As a student with focus issues, my therapist actually highly recommended you and I'm finding your stuff super informative and helpful! However, I also have Primary Adrenal Insufficiency and take Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone on a daily schedule to manage it. I struggle with sleep and memory in addition to focus. I have a wonderful Endocrinologist and mental health care team, but I can't seem to find providers that can assist me with managing Addison's in any way besides medication and controlling stress. You probably won't see this, but I greatly appreciate your work and would love information or references for people with endocrine disorders or autoimmune disorders with more detailed information about the nuances of these conditions and how they relate to the tools you suggest.

Thanks you very much

Oh my gosh, this is such an important episode for me. I am taking beta-blockers and I almost take them every day right after learning.

Loved this episode but missing information around the mechanisms of forgetting. Is there any evidence of why we forget or obscure painful memories? I've had a poor memory all my life, and remember woefully little of my childhood - no doubt because of some painful aspects of it. Is there something we can do to access those memories, and possibly become less forgetful of moments of substance in our lives? My friends remember way more cool shit we've done than I do and I fear forgetting much of my life with my children. Any illumination you can offer at all is deeply appreciated.

TDLR?

I love myself when I listen to you. Because it feels like someone speaks my language and that I actually have everything I ever needed. I also feel really smart.

I've seen in a lot of videos that you mention the caffeine. But what we can we do those of use who cannot drink coffee? (In my case, ulcerative colitis).

Does theobromin also increase adrenalin and help in learning?

Can these tools be helpful for someone who's havin' problems with short terms Memory After been in a coma from a fall almost 10 years ago?

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I wonder how much energy is used spiking adrenaline compared to just adding more repetitions?

I am a huge fan of your work and consider it a invaluable resource for education and improving quality of life. I also wanted to add that my father suffers from seemingly the same memory disorder as H.M. In your story . He suffered a concussion roughly 9 years ago and has been essentially unable to make new memories since then. He has a perfect memory of people and events before his trauma , and can cook and do laundry and function alone to a degree. He lives with my brother currently and is by all measures a happy person , just perhaps easily frustrated by his condition . I found your insight on humor to be very interesting and will share it with my brother. Thank you for all your work and effort. Ps I also quit nicotine after 20 years and I credit much of my success to understanding the science of dopamine via your podcasts. Thanks again

Back to my Physiology class.

Can you do a podcast on aphantesia ?

I wonder if H.M.'s condition was used for 10 sec. Tom from 50 first dates

Another great video thank you Andrew for all that you do. Is it true you get a new wrinkle on your brain whenever you learn something new? I remember learning that in elementary school but sometimes I noticed a tingle when I ever I learned something new.

Andy andy andy andy haha :D best man

Hi Andrew can you do a podcast on memory tricks and why certain people claim those techniques to work in improving memory recall? Like how it truly works biologically to help us recall better? Things like image association etc.