How to Improve at Learning Using Neuroscience & AI | Dr. Terry Sejnowski
Andrew Huberman
18 nov 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Enhance cognitive reserve through education to delay Alzheimer's onset
A study in China suggested that people with more education had a later onset of Alzheimer's, possibly because exercising the brain builds more cognitive reserve for later in life.
Utilize ketamine to combat depression through excitatory effects
Ketamine may treat depression by inducing a 'touch of schizophrenia,' using its over-excitatory effects to rebalance the under-excited state of a depressed brain.
Revitalize mitochondria to combat age-related energy loss
A key reason we have less energy as we get older is that our cellular power plants, the mitochondria, run down, becoming fewer and less efficient.
Engage with AI politely to reduce cognitive fatigue
Interacting with AI politely as if it were a human can reduce cognitive fatigue because it engages your brain's pre-wired, effortless social circuits.
Balance Ambien's memory benefits with awareness of memory loss
The sleep aid Ambien (Zolpidem) can double memory-consolidating sleep spindles, improving recall of past events, but it can also wipe out memories of events that happen after you take it.
Enroll in 'Learning How to Learn' for efficient skill acquisition
A free, massive open online course (MOOC) called 'Learning How to Learn' can help you learn more efficiently, with its peak demographic being adults aged 25-35 who need to learn new skills for their careers.
Reinstate procedural learning to enhance mastery in education
Schools are making a mistake by de-emphasizing procedural learning (practice and problem-solving), which is essential for mastery and works hand-in-hand with cognitive learning.
Understand brain's motivation algorithm to enhance reward prediction
All of our motivation is governed by a simple algorithm that predicts the next reward you're going to get, constantly updating a 'value function' in your brain.
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