Life, Death & the Neuroscience of Your Unique Experience | Dr. David Linden

About this video

Neuroscientist Dr. David Linden discusses the cerebellum, the sense of touch including recently characterized neurons involved in sensual touch, and what makes individuals perceive the same smell, sight, or sound differently, through genes, epigenetics, and early and adult experience. Huberman and Dr. Linden also discuss the mind-body connection, how thoughts inform bodily health and how organs influence brain chemistry and thought. In the excerpted segment, Dr. Linden describes mouse research on maternal immune activation, discussing interleukin-17 passing through the placenta at a particular developmental stage and disordered cortical development, in the context of higher incidence of schizophrenia and autism after prenatal flu exposure. The conversation closes with Dr. Linden’s own experience: Huberman notes he was diagnosed in 2020 with a form of heart cancer and told he had 6 to 12 months to live, and Dr. Linden shares how outliving that prognosis has shaped his daily life and relationships.

Key takeaways

• Dr. Linden teaches about the cerebellum’s roles in movement, balance, timing, and motor learning, Huberman notes.
• Dr. Linden explains how genes, epigenetics, and experience make individual perception unique.
• Dr. Linden describes mouse research linking maternal immune signaling at a specific stage to cortical development.
• Dr. Linden discusses the mind-body connection in both directions, Huberman notes.
• Dr. Linden shares how living past a terminal prognosis has informed his daily life and relationships.

Episode details: published August 21, 2023 · 649.1K views · 2:36:47 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The science and protocols described are Andrew Huberman’s, presented for education — not medical advice. Consult a qualified professional before changing your own health practices.

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