How Hearing & Balance Enhance Focus & Learning | Huberman Lab Essentials

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Respectfully, at 25:00, I believe that you have misspoken about the physiology of the vestibular system. The stones that you referred to (otoconia) within the semicircular canals actually weigh down or stabilize a very small structure called the cupula. It is on the cupula that the hair cells stand. The stones do not move throughout the semicircular canals as that would cause a pathological dysfunction known as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). What moves in the semi circular canals is the fluid known as endolymph and it is the endolymph that deflects the hair cells signaling the direction that each respective semi circular canal has tilted or accelerated. Respecting that you are attempting to be reductive and to simplify the explanation I think it is helpful for the listeners to understand the stones do not move in normal conditions. Additionally I might add that our position sense of our head is not only determined by our eyes but by our inner ears and also the muscles of our neck. This is oversimplified but our cervicogenic receptors are informing us full-time about position of head on body and head in respect to gravity.

As a professional musician my entire adult life, I am exceedingly protective of my hearing. I get my hearing tested every year and I have well above average hearing. So much so that just everyday city noises really hurt my ears. I have custom earplugs with a 7DB filter. I use them for simple tasks, like going on a walk making protein shake and especially at concerts. As a yogi, and a snow skier, I’m very protective of my balance. It’s one of my great pleasures to stand in certain yoga asanas with closed eyes. I like to sleep to Brown noise. I hope this is not hindering my hearing or desensitizing it This episode was especially fascinating and enriching. Thank you for your devotion to science and sharing your knowledge.

I'm a teacher and whenever I watch your videos I learn a lot of new words and I improve my knowledge in terms of everything 😁 Thanks a lot You're the wisdom guy

I dont know why im so so absorbed in listening to a podcast about hearing and balance when I have better things to do , like reviewing for my law exams... lol... but this guy is one of the few people that can get me to listent to anything he says, and I have adhd so thats saying a lot

Damn the range of the topics are profound, Thanks doc

The movement of dog ears are so fascinating to watch. Not only do they use it for hearing, they can communicate their emotions through the muscles in their ears. When you rub their ears, they instantly melt in your arms--which I'm assuming their ears are tied to their nervous systems as well. Fascinating!!

Started playing White Noise while watching this video on my ear game

Professor Huberman is the best teacher I have ever had.

21:45 feeling super validated by this - this is even worse for those of us with hypersensitive hearing