How Hormones & Status Shape Our Values & Decisions | Dr. Michael Platt
from Huberman Lab
by Scicomm Media
Published: Mon Feb 17 2025
Show Notes
My guest is Dr. Michael Platt, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss how factors such as hormonal or social status influence what we value, how we make decisions, and even our perceptions across a range of areas, from who and what we find attractive to our political affiliations. We also discuss how humans evaluate and shift power in relationships and form hierarchies in groups. Dr. Platt also shares new science-based tools for improving focus, creativity, and attention.
Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com.
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Timestamps
Dr. Michael Platt
Humans, Old World Primates & Decision-Making; Swiss Army Knife Analogy
Sponsors: Our Place & Wealthfront
Attention Allocation, Resource Foraging
Social Media; Marginal Value Theorem, Distraction
Tool: Remove Phone from Room; Attention & Urgency
Tool: Self Conversation; Visual Input, Attention as a Skill
Warming-Up Focus, Tool: Visual Aperture & Attention
Sponsor: AG1
Control of Attention, Tool: Changing Environment
Attention Continuum, Professions, Measuring Business Skill with Neuroscience
Theory of Mind, Covert Attention, Attentional Spotlights
Primates, Hormone Status, Brain Size, Monogamy
Monkeys, Neuronal Multiplexing & Context; Equitable Relationships
Sponsor: BetterHelp
Relationships, Power Dynamics, Neuroethology
Humans, Females & Hormone Status; Monkeys, Social Images, Hormones
Humans, Attractiveness, Value-Based Decision Making
Altruism, Group Selection & Cooperation, Selflessness
Males, Testosterone, Behavior Changes
Sponsor: Function
Oxytocin, Pro-Social Behaviors, Behavioral Synchrony
MDMA, Oxytocin, Anxiety; Social Touch, Despair & Isolation
Isolation, Social Connections & Strangers, Tool: Deep Conversation Questions
Bridging the Divide, Tribes & Superficial Biases
Testosterone, Risk-Taking Behavior
Decision-Making, Tool: Accurate or Fast?
Decision-Making, Impact of Time & Fatigue
Advertising, Status, Celebrity, Monkeys
Hierarchy; Abundance & Scarcity, Money & Happiness, Loss Aversion
Meme Coins, Celebrity Endorsement, Social Sensitivity
Decisions & Urgency; Bounded & Ecological Rationality
Longevity Movement; Mortality & Motivation
Retirement?, Serial Pursuits & Pivoting
Apple or Samsung?, Brand Loyalty, Empathy
Political Affiliation, Empathy
Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter