Andrew Huberman· PhD
Like, when you have an emotional trigger, you remember things better, right?
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Like, when you have an emotional trigger, you remember things better, right?
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The more intense of an emotional state that you're in in the period immediately following that learning, the more likely you are to remember whatever it is that you're trying to learn.
In stating and in thinking that high emotional states help you learn things. But what McGaugh and Cahill really showed, and what's most important to know, is that it is the presence of high adrenaline, high amounts of norepinephrine and epinephrine and perhaps cortisol as well, as you'll soon see, that allows a memory to be stamped down quickly.
The more intense of an emotional state that you're in in the period immediately following that learning, the more likely you are to remember whatever it is that you're trying to learn. And we talked about the neuro chemicals that explain that effect. About epinephrine and corticosterones like cortisol.