Neuroplasticity
Subject in Life Sciences
Neuroplasticity has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Andrew HubermanAmerican neuroscientist, professor at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast
Huberman cited studies showing a phone in the room depletes cognitive resources even when focus is maintained.
“the amount of cognitive resources that you need in order to maintain focus is much higher and it robs it from your creative and problem-solving ability”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 2:27:38
Huberman said the frustration of failing at a task is the signal that opens the door to learning.
“that frustration is the first gate of learning opening”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:33
Huberman said the adult brain changes in response to focused attention and error signals, not passive experience.
“The brain of the adult does not change just because of passive experience”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2553 - Andrew Huberman (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:16:22
Huberman says raising BDNF through exercise alone does not produce plasticity without directed learning and precisely timed neural firing.
“You could quadruple the amount of circulating BDNF in your brain. nothing's going to change. I know this for a fact because for years I studied neuroplasticity. You need precisely timed neural firing pre- and post-synaptically”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 57:24
Tim FerrissAmerican author, podcaster and investor, host of The Tim Ferriss Show
Ferriss argues that inducing plasticity does not guarantee improvement and that the two to three weeks following a psychedelic session are the critical reformatting window.
“But the two to three weeks following has always been viewed as this golden window for reformatting your behavior and your patterns”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 49:11
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- The Tim Ferriss Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#2553 - Andrew HubermanThe Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 14, 2026 · 2 h 46 min
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman talks with Joe Rogan about his new book, psychedelic therapy, stress, neuroplasticity, peptides and medical gatekeeping.
#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and ProtocolsThe Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 22, 2026 · 2 h 14 min
Andrew Huberman talks with Tim Ferriss about Dorian Yates-style training, psychedelics, peptides, cortisol, sleep technology and his book Protocols.