Andrew Huberman· PhD
you need to know whether or not you're trying to activate a sensory pathway, or a motor pathway, within this vast set of connections that we call the vagus nerve.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
you need to know whether or not you're trying to activate a sensory pathway, or a motor pathway, within this vast set of connections that we call the vagus nerve.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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if you want to access the calming aspects of vagus nerve activation, versus the energizing effects of vagus nerve activation, versus the immune enhancing effects of vagus nerve activation, versus the ways that you can improve learning using vagus nerve activation
But it's not the case that activating any branch of the vagus nerve is going to calm us down. That's simply not the case