The Science of Emotions & Relationships
from Huberman Lab
by Scicomm Media
Published: Mon Mar 29 2021
Show Notes
In this episode, I discuss the biology of emotions and moods in the context of relationships. I focus on the science of how early infant-caregiver attachment, combined with adolescence and puberty shape our adult patterns of attachment. I explain the three universal aspects of emotions, the reality of right-brain versus left-brain personalities, and how the roots of adult attachment are also grounded in specific aspects of puberty. I review what factors determine when puberty starts and ends, and the role of oxytocin and other chemicals in controlling how we perceive and remember others. As always, I refer to various practical tools including new tools for understanding and predicting our emotions before they occur, and neurochemicals that shape human connection.
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Timestamps
Introduction
Sponsors: AG1, LMNT & Waking Up
Announcing New Cost-Free Resources: Captions, NSDR Link
Emotions: Subjective Yet Tractable
To Understand Your Emotions: Look At Infancy & Puberty
Your First Feeling Was Anxiety
What Are “Healthy Emotions”?
Digital Tool For Predicting Your Emotions: Mood Meter App
The Architecture Of A Feeling: (At Least) 3 Key Questions To Ask Yourself
You Are An Infant: Bonds & Predictions
Attachment Style Hinges On How You Handle Disappointment
“Glue Points” Of Emotional Bonds: Gaze, Voice, Affect, Touch, (& Written)
“Emotional Health”: Awareness of the Interoceptive-Exteroceptive Dynamic
An Exercise: Controlling Interoceptive-Exteroceptive Bias
Getting Out Of Your Head: The Attentional Aperture
Puberty: Biology & Emotions On Deliberate Overdrive
Bodyfat & Puberty: The Leptin Connection
Pheromones: Mates, Timing Puberty, Spontaneous Miscarriage
Kisspeptin: Robust Trigger Of Puberty & Performance Enhancing Agent
Neuroplasticity Of Emotions: Becoming Specialists & Testing Emotional Bonds
Testing Driving Brain Circuits For Emotion: Dispersal
Science-Based Recommendations for Adolescents and Teens: The Autonomy Buffet
“Right-Brain Versus Left-Brain People”: Facts Versus Lies
Left Brain = Language, Right Brain = Spatial Awareness
How To Recognize “Right Brain Activity” In Speech: Prosody
Oxytocin: The Molecule of Synchronizing States
Mirror Neurons: Are Not For “Empathy”, Maybe For Predicting Behavior
Promoting Trust & Monogamy
Ways To Increase Oxytocin
Vasopressin: Aphrodisiac, Non-Monogamy and Anti-Bed-Wetting Qualities
Bonding Bodies, Not Just Minds: Vagus Nerve, Depression Relief Via the Body
A Powerful Tool For Enhancing Range & Depth of Emotional Experience
MDMA and Other Psychedelic Compounds: Building A Framework
Roundup, Various Forms of Support