Andrew Huberman· PhD
We have this system of neurons in our brain and body that's just incredible, that wake us up and make us alert. And when we're not accessing that system, well, we cannot access plasticity. We can not optimize our brain.
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We have this system of neurons in our brain and body that's just incredible, that wake us up and make us alert. And when we're not accessing that system, well, we cannot access plasticity. We can not optimize our brain.
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so to set this in context I wake up each day and I'll be totally honest I usually don't feel like bouncing right out of bed I wake up generally more tired and groggy than I would like because I tend to go to sleep too late what it means is that I'm not really matching my hardwired needs of going to bed probably at 8:30 or 9 and waking up at 4:00 a.m. so neuroplasticity will allow me to optimize my wakefulness but I have to do something in order to access that