How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance

In this episode, I discuss how we can use specific types of behavior to change our brain, both for sake of learning the movements themselves and for allowing us to learn non-movement-based information as well. I describe the key role that errors play in triggering our brains to change and how the vestibular (balance) system can activate and amplify neuroplasticity. As always, I cover science and science-based practical tools. Thank you in advance for your questions and for your interest in science! For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://athleticgreens.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/hubermanlab Waking Up: https://www.wakingup.com/huberman Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction   00:00:29 Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up   00:06:20 Nerves and Muscles   00:12:00 Exercise alone won’t change your brain   00:12:58 Behavior will change your brain   00:13:30 Remembering the wrong things   00:15:00 Behavior as the gate to plasticity   00:15:45 Types of Plasticity   00:17:32 Errors Not Flow Trigger Plasticity   00:21:30 Mechanisms of Plasticity   00:22:30 What to learn when you are young   00:23:50 Alignment of your brain maps: neuron sandwiches   00:26:00 Wearing Prisms On Your Face   00:29:10 The KEY Trigger Plasticity   00:32:20 Frustration Is the Feeling to Follow (Further into Learning)   00:33:10 Incremental Learning   00:35:30 Huberman Free Throws   00:38:50 Failure Specificity Triggers Specific Plastic Changes   00:40:20 Triggering Rapid, Massive Plasticity Made Possible   00:43:25 Addiction   00:45:25 An Example of Ultradian-Incremental Learning   00:49:42 Bad Events   00:51:55 Surprise!   00:52:00 Making Dopamine Work For You (Not The Other Way Around)   00:53:20 HOW to release dopamine   00:55:00 (Mental) Performance Enhancing Drugs   00:56:00 Timing Your Learning   00:57:36 (Chem)Trails of Neuroplasticity   00:58:57 The Three Key Levers To Accelerate Plasticity   00:59:15 Limbic Friction: Finding Clear, Calm and Focused   01:04:25 The First Question To Ask Yourself Before Learning   01:05:00 Balance   01:07:45 Cerebellum   01:10:00 Flow States Are Not The Path To Learning   01:11:18 Novelty and Instability Are Key   01:14:55 How to Arrive At Learning   01:15:45 The Other Reason Kids Learn Faster Than Adults   01:19:25 Learning French and Other Things Faster   01:22:00 Yoga versus Science   01:32:00 Closing Remarks   Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices