[The Knowledge Project Ep. #133] Dr. Andrew Huberman: The Science of Small Changes

Dr. 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. Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award in 2017, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on human performance and brain states, such as fear and courage.

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Shane: Let’s start with light. Light seems to impact the way we feel, how we learn and how we sleep. How does light exposure or sunlight exposure impact the way we sleep? During the day we have the opportunity to interact with light in various ways and our cells use that information, but maybe you can take us through how we can use light to get a better night of sleep.