Andrew Huberman· PhD
That tends to be very conducive to what we would call play related circuitry provided you don't take it too seriously. You don't get those high levels of epinephrine.
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That tends to be very conducive to what we would call play related circuitry provided you don't take it too seriously. You don't get those high levels of epinephrine.
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But suffice to say that engaging in play that has a lot of dynamic movement or movements of different speeds, things like dance, things like sports like soccer where you're moving in different dimensions that tends to be very conducive to what we would call play related circuitry provided you don't take it too seriously. You don't get those high levels of epinephrine.