#708: Dr. Andrew Huberman — A Neurobiologist on Optimizing Sleep, Enhancing Performance, Reducing Anxiety, Increasing Testosterone, and Using the Body to Control the Mind (Repost)

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Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris Show where it is my job to interview world-class performers from all different disciplines to tease out the habits, routines, influences, life lessons and so on that you can apply to your own lives. My guest today is Andrew Huberman. That's H-U-B-E-R-M-A-N, PhD. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram, at Huberman Lab. Andrew is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous important contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity.