2026-10-15
34 分钟Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials, where we revisit past episodes for the most potent
and actionable science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance.
I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
And now for my discussion with Dr. Matthew McDougall.
Dr. McDougall, welcome.
Good to be here.
Just to kick things off.
As a neurosurgeon and as a neuroscientist, can you share with us your vision
of the brain as an organ as it relates to what's possible there?
Surgeons tend to view the world a little bit differently than most because they like to fix and they like to mend.
And in your case, have the potential to add things into the brain that don't exist there already.
So how do you think about and conceptualize the brain as an organ?
And what do you think is really possible with the brain that...
Most of us don't already probably think about.
The brain really is a collection of functional modules pinned together,
duct taped together in this bone box attached to your head.
And sometimes you see very interesting failure modes.
So one of the most...
Memorable patients I ever had was very early on in my training.
I was down at UC San Diego and saw a very young guy who had just been in a car accident.