What Masud Husain has said about Alzheimer's disease
3 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 24, 2026
Masud Husain, Professor of Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, expert on motivation and apathy, author of Our Brains, Our Selves, has been quoted on Alzheimer's disease 3 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on August 24, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Husain cites evidence that maintaining social relationships and curiosity substantially lowers dementia risk.
“people who keep relationships, increase or maintain the number of social relationships they have, they have a far less risk of developing dementia than those who don't”
Huberman Lab: How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husain (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:55
Husain notes that perhaps 20 to 30 percent of people who never had dementia show Alzheimer pathology at post-mortem.
“perhaps 20% to 30% of these individuals who never had dementia have Alzheimer pathology”
Huberman Lab: How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husain (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 2:00:26
Husain says healthy older adults who score high for apathy have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
“if they score highly for apathy, they have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than people who don't”
Huberman Lab: How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud Husain (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 2:02:13
Episodes
How to Improve Motivation & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Masud HusainHuberman Lab · Aug 24, 2026 · 2 h 21 min
Andrew Huberman and Oxford neurologist Masud Husain discuss the neuroscience of motivation, apathy, dopamine, effort-reward decisions, attention, ADHD, and Alzheimer's resilience.
Masud Husain on other topics
- Dopamine · 3 quotes
- Motivation · 2 quotes
- Effort-reward decision making · 2 quotes
- Apathy · 2 quotes
- Attention · 1 quote
- Multiple sclerosis · 1 quote
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder · 1 quote
- Parkinson's disease · 1 quote