2026-05-21
32 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. Eddie Chang.
Eddie, welcome.
Hi, hi, Andrew.
Great to be here with you.
Your main focus these days is the neurobiology of speech and language.
So for those that aren't familiar, could you please distinguish for us speech versus language in terms of whether
or not different brain areas control them?
When I think about language, I think about words and just talking.
If I sit down to do a long podcast or I think about asking you a question,
I don't even think about the words I want to say very much.
I mean, I have to think about them a little bit, one would hope.
But i don't think about individual syllables unless i'm trying to you know accent something
or it's a word that i have a particular difficulty saying
where i want to change the cadence etc so what in the world is contained
in these brain areas what is represented to me is is perhaps one of the most interesting questions
and i know this lands square in your wheelhouse sure let's get into this uh andrew
because this is one of the most exciting stuff that's happening right now is understanding