Andrew Huberman· PhD
you tap your foot I thought oh that's kind of cool why would that work he said well basically you've got some sort of anticipatory activity in an area of the brain called the basil ganglia which is involved in these go noo type actions like all of our actions are yes go and noo don't do something else so flexor extensor this all kind of stuff very complicated but seamless for most most people and when you have a bit too much anticipatory activity you're getting ready to go like a like a sprinter out the blocks and you're you know you're doing something that's very important like a brain surgery in his case or you know microsurgery in my case for research purposes that if you your activation state is too high that you can dispel some of that energy by just simply tapping your foot or doing some sort of rhythmic activity with another part of your body appropriate to that context of course okay