Understanding and Using Dreams to Learn and to Forget II Huberman Lab

Understanding and Using Dreams to Learn and to Forget II Huberman Lab
In this episode, my guest is Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky, Ph.D., a professor of neurosurgery and ophthalmology at Stanford University. He studies how we see and uses that information to build artificial eyes that restore vision to the blind.

We discuss how understanding the retina (the light-sensing brain tissue that lines the back of our eyes) is critical to knowing how our brain works more generally.

We discuss brain augmentation with biologically informed prostheses, robotics, and AI and what this means for medicine and humanity.

We also discuss E.J.’s unique journey into neuroscience and how changing fields multiple times, combined with some wandering, taught him how to guide his decision-making in all realms of life.

This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in learning how the brain works from a world-class neuroscientist, those interested in the future of brain therapeutics and people seeking inspiration and tools for navigating their own professional and life journey.

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Timestamps
00:00:00 Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky
00:02:31 Sponsors: Eight Sleep, ROKA & BetterHelp
00:06:06 Vision & Brain; Retina
00:11:23 Retina & Visual Processing
00:18:37 Vision in Humans & Other Animals, Color
00:23:01 Studying the Human Retina
00:29:48 Sponsor: AG1
00:31:16 Cell Types
00:36:00 Determining Cell Function in Retina
00:43:39 Retinal Cell Types & Stimuli
00:49:27 Retinal Prostheses, Implants
01:00:25 Artificial Retina, Augmenting Vision
01:06:05 Sponsor: InsideTracker
01:07:12 Neuroengineering, Neuroaugmentation & Specificity
01:17:01 Building a Smart Device, AI
01:20:02 Neural Prosthesis, Paralysis; Specificity
01:25:21 Neurodegeneration; Adult Neuroplasticity; Implant Specificity
01:34:00 Career Journey, Music & Dance, Neuroscience
01:42:55 Self-Understanding, Coffee; Self-Love, Meditation & Yoga
01:47:50 Body Signals & Decisions; Beauty
01:57:49 Zero-Cost Support, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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