How to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance | Episode 7

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 plays 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!

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Timestamps below.

00:00:00: Introduction

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

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