
This 5-Second Trick Instantly Calms Anxiety & Boosts Focus (Backed by Science) | Andrew Huberman
Rangan Chatterjee
May 4, 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Practice daily visual training meditation to enhance attention transition
A powerful daily practice involves systematically shifting your focus between your internal state, a close object, a distant point, and panoramic vision to train your brain to transition attention effectively.
Minimize context-switching to enhance focus on social media
The primary harm from social media is not the content itself, but the constant and rapid context-switching as you scroll, which the human brain is not evolved to handle.
Correct light exposure to combat modern health issues
Improper viewing of light at the wrong times is the modern equivalent of the junk food crisis of the 80s and 90s, leading to numerous metabolic and other health issues.
Spend two hours outside daily to prevent nearsightedness
Large-scale clinical trials show that if kids spend two hours a day outside, they greatly reduce their incidence of myopia (nearsightedness), even if they are using a computer outdoors.
Engage in outdoor movement to reduce anxiety
Self-generated forward motion, like walking or running outside, creates optic flow that powerfully inhibits the brain's threat and anxiety centers, an effect not replicated on a treadmill.
Achieve instant calm with panoramic vision techniques
You can instantly calm yourself in a stressful situation by covertly expanding your visual field into panoramic vision, which relaxes the systems of your brain and body.
Force visual focus to enhance mental concentration
To improve your ability to concentrate on a task, first force your eyes to visually focus on a single point at the same distance as your work for about 60 seconds.
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