How to Expand Your Consciousness | Dr. Christof Koch

如何拓展你的意识 | 克里斯托夫·科赫博士

Huberman Lab

2025-09-15

2 小时 11 分钟
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My guest is Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation. We discuss the neuroscience of consciousness—how it arises in our brain, how it shapes our identity and how we can modify and expand it. Dr. Koch explains how we all experience life through a unique “perception box,” which holds our beliefs, our memories and thus our biases about reality. We discuss how human consciousness is changed by meditation, non-sleep deep rest, psychedelics, dreams and virtual reality. We also discuss neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain), flow states and the ever-changing but also persistent aspect of the “collective consciousness” of humanity. Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com. Thank you to our sponsors AGZ by AG1: https://drinkagz.com/huberman BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Helix: https://helixsleep.com/huberman LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/huberman Timestamps (0:00) Christof Koch (2:31) Consciousness; Self, Flow States (8:02) NSDR, Yoga Nidra, Liminal States; State of Being, Intelligence vs Consciousness (13:14) Sponsors: BetterHelp & Our Place (15:53) Self, Derealization, Psychedelics; Selflessness & Flow States (19:53) Transformative Experience, VR, Racism & Self; Perception Box, Bayesian Model (28:29) Oliver Sacks, Empathy & Animals (34:01) Changing Outlook on Life, Tool: Belief & Agency (37:48) Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Helix Sleep (40:23) Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Higher Power (42:09) Neurobiology of Consciousness; Accidents, Covert Consciousness (51:09) Non-Responsive State; Disability Bias, Will to Live, Resilience (55:34) Will to Live, Akinetic Mutism, Neural Correlates of Consciousness (57:43) Conflicting Perception Boxes, Meta Prior, Religion, AI (1:06:47) AI, Violence, Swapping Perception Boxes, Video (1:12:19) 5-MeO-DMT, Psychedelics, Light, Consciousness & Awe; Loss of Self (1:20:54) Death, Mystical Experience, Ocean Analogy; Physicalism & Observer (1:27:57) Sponsor: LMNT (1:29:29) Meditation, Tool: Spacetime Bridging; Ball-bearing Analogy; Digital Twin (1:36:16) Mental Health Decline, Social Media, Pandemic, Family & Play, Tool: Body-Awareness Exercises (1:41:34) Dog Breeds; Movement, Cognitive Flexibility & Longevity (1:47:17) Cynicism, Ketamine, Tool: Belief Effect; Heroes & Finding Flaws (1:52:46) Cynicism vs Curiosity, Compassion; Deaths of Despair, Mental Health Crisis (1:57:26) Jennifer Aniston, Recognition & Neurons; Grandmother Hypothesis (2:03:20) Book Recommendation; Meaning of Life (2:09:10) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast,

  • where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.

  • I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.

  • My guest today is Dr. Christoph Koch.

  • Dr. Christoph Koch is a neuroscientist, an investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science,

  • and a chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation.

  • He is considered one of the great pioneers and luminaries of modern neuroscience.

  • Christoph's research has spanned how we perceive the world around us,

  • how different states of mind arise and shape our experience of life,

  • and most notably, consciousness.

  • I joined the field of neuroscience way back in the 1990s.

  • And even way back then,

  • Kristoff's name and his work was considered seminal for our understanding of brain and human experience.

  • And over the subsequent 30 years, he has continued to do incredible groundbreaking work.

  • Today, we discuss consciousness,

  • what it is literally at the level of quantifiable brain mechanisms and how understanding consciousness at that level can help you experience life more richly and allow you to place deeper meaning on everything from a typical morning to green and loss to your greatest and most awe-inspiring moments.

  • Christoph also explains how our individual experiences and memories place us each into a unique what he calls perception box,

  • which is what shapes your outlook on life and in many cases your quality of life,

  • including your mental and physical health.

  • And he explains how you can change your perception box through what we call neuroplasticity,