Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast

Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life. Welcome. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. That's what I do for my day job, but over the last few years I've become very active in teaching neuroscience and neuroscience related themes on social media. I've also been fortunate enough to be hosted as a guest on various people's podcasts to discuss neuroscience and neuroscience related tools. Through those discussions and your feedback, I've decided to launch a podcast where we dive really deep into scientific topics and the tools related to those topics. The format of this podcast is going to be a little bit different than many podcasts out there. Most podcasts jump from topic to topic each episode or change guests each episode. On the Huberman Lab Podcast, we're going to dive deep into individual topics for an entire month at a time. So for instance, we might take an entire month and go really deep into the topic of motivation and focus and talk all about the science underlying motivation and focus, what's known, what's not known, and then discuss the various tools as well as some of the barriers to motivation and focus that exist out there. As a way for you to really understand how these processes work within you and within the people that you know, and some ways to possibly get better at things like motivation and focus.

欢迎来到Huberman实验室播客，在这里我们讨论科学和基于科学的日常生活工具。欢迎您。我是Andrew Huberman，是斯坦福医学院的神经生物学和眼科学教授。这是我的本职工作，但在过去的几年里，我在社交媒体上非常积极地教授神经科学及其相关主题。我也有幸作为嘉宾参加了多个播客，讨论神经科学和相关工具。通过那些讨论和你们的反馈，我决定启动一个播客，深入探讨科学主题和与之相关的工具。 这个播客的形式会有点不同于外面很多的播客。大多数播客每集都会跳转不同的主题或更换嘉宾。而在Huberman实验室播客中，我们会每个月深入探讨一个具体的主题。比如，我们可能整整一个月都深入探讨动力和专注的话题，讨论驱动动力和专注的科学原理，了解已知和未知的内容，然后讨论各种工具以及存在的障碍。这样做是为了让你真正理解这些过程在你自己和你认识的人中的运作方式，以及一些可能提高动力和专注的方法。

Sometimes it's going to be just me talking to you. Other times it's going to be a guest here in the studio with me, and still other times we might hold guests remotely and have discussions with them over Zoom or some other distanced format. There's another thing that's unusual about this podcast, which is that you, if you choose, can be a very active participant. By placing your suggestions about which topics to cover and which information you would like to learn more about in the comments section, we are going to pay careful attention to those comments and the number of likes that those comments receive. The comments section is a place for you to give us constructive criticism, give us praise if you like, but most importantly it's going to be a place for you to make suggestions about what you would like to hear more about, and we will respond to that. So if you have suggestions for topics now, please put them in the comments section below. If you're coming to this a little bit later, please upvote or vote for the things that you want to hear more about, and obviously don't vote for the ones that you would like to hear less about.

有时候会是我独自和你们对话。另外时候，我会请嘉宾到录音棚一起交流，还有些时候，我们可能会通过Zoom或其他远程方式邀请嘉宾，进行讨论。这个播客还有一个特别之处，就是你可以选择成为非常活跃的参与者。你可以在评论区提出你希望我们讨论的话题和想了解的内容，我们会认真关注这些评论以及评论收到的点赞数量。评论区是你给我们提供建设性反馈、表达赞美（如果你愿意的话）的地方，但最重要的是，这里是你提出想听更多内容的建议的地方，我们会认真回应。如果你现在有话题建议，请在下方的评论区留言。如果你稍后来看到这段话，请点赞你想听更多的内容，显然，不要点赞那些你不感兴趣的内容。

Those are the main features of this podcast. Every month, a different topic in depth as well as the tools that relate to that topic. I just briefly want to touch on what I mean by tools. Tools these days for enhancing one's nervous system or any aspect of their biology and psychology come in different forms. Some come in the form of behavioral tools, so things that you would want to do to get a particular result of, say, focus or enhancing sleep or learning and plasticity. Other tools are about not doing certain things to get better sleep or focus or plasticity, for instance. Still other tools relate to things like nutrition or supplementation or prescription drugs or brain machine interface, devices that you use to monitor your nervous system in biology or to change your nervous system in biology.

这些是本播客的主要特点。每个月，都会深入探讨一个不同的话题，以及与该话题相关的工具。我想简单介绍一下我所说的工具。如今，用于增强神经系统或生物学和心理学任何方面的工具形式多样。有些是行为工具，比如为了获得特定结果（如提高注意力、改善睡眠或学习能力和可塑性）而需要去做的事情。还有一些工具是关于不做某些事情的，以便获得更好的睡眠、注意力或可塑性。例如，不做某些事情以获得更好的睡眠、注意力或可塑性。还有一些工具涉及营养、补充剂或处方药，或者脑机接口设备，这些设备可以用于监控你的神经系统和生物学，或者改变你的神经系统和生物学。

We're going to cover all of that as well as their various advantages and disadvantages. Again, please use the comment section as a place to make suggestions, and we will pay attention to those, and you really have an opportunity to actively shape the direction of the podcast. There's one other thing that's unusual about this podcast, which is that I have a very large 90-pound bulldog mastiff named Costello, and he insists on snoring in the background while I'm recording. It seems to be his favorite thing. So from time to time, you may hear his snoring or other grunts and various bulldog-like things. He is an active participant in the Huberman lab. He's a steady member of the podcast, so you can look forward to more Costello appearances in the future.

我们将会讨论所有这些内容以及它们的各种优缺点。再次提醒，请在评论区提出建议，我们会认真关注，你们真的有机会积极影响这个播客的方向。还有一件特别的事，我有一只90磅重的英国斗牛犬和玛士提夫犬的混种狗，名叫Costello，他坚持在我录制时在背景里打鼾。这似乎是他最喜欢的事。所以不时地，你可能会听到他的鼾声或其他类似斗牛犬的声音。他是Huberman实验室的积极参与者，是这个播客的固定成员，所以你们可以期待未来还会有更多Costello的出现。

Very last, but certainly not least, I very much appreciate your interest in science and science-related topics. Thanks so much for your time and attention, and I look forward to seeing you here again very soon.

最后但同样重要的是，我非常感谢你对科学和科学相关话题的兴趣。非常感谢你的时间和关注，希望很快再次见到你。