Andrew Huberman· PhD
people tend to move their eyes up when they imagining things above them such as a ceiling whereas if I tell you to imagine things down on the floor like you're taking a hike and you're looking for rattlesnakes actually just recently I experienced because it's spring here in California rattlesnake along a hiking trail it's really quite beautiful although I um have to confess I enjoyed keeping my distance uh I don't like snakes uh very much I don't dislike snakes but I prefer not to interact with them unless I have to if I have you imagine that rattlesnake depending on your relationship or thoughts about rattlesnakes number of things will happen in your brain of course activation of the limic system or not for instance but what I know is that regardless of how you feel about snakes most of you will move your eyes down when imagining a snake