Andrew Huberman· PhD
the point being that elevations in autonomic arousal after one is exposed to information increases one's memory for that information and one's memory for the details of that information
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the point being that elevations in autonomic arousal after one is exposed to information increases one's memory for that information and one's memory for the details of that information
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It's not the absolute amount of adrenaline that you release in your brain and body that matters for enhancing memory. It's the amount of adrenaline that you release relative to the amount of adrenaline that was in your system just prior in particular in the hour or two prior. So again, it's the delta, as we say. It's the difference.