What Anna Lembke has said about Periaqueductal gray
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Anna Lembke, Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation, has been quoted on Periaqueductal gray once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lembke cites emerging research suggesting the control network inhibits a spirituality network centered on the periaqueductal gray.
“our spirituality network can't actually get activated when our control network is online because the control network is inhibiting the spirituality network”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 49:39
Episodes
Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna LembkeHuberman Lab · Nov 9, 2026 · 2 h 17 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Anna Lembke discuss dopamine, addiction as an addiction to control, spiritual surrender, codependency, and treatments including GLP-1s and ketamine.
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