In this episode, my guest is Dr. David Linden, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the author of many popular books about the brain. We discuss individual differences between people — focusing on differences in how people sense the world around them and the roles that chance, heredity, and life experiences (even in utero) play in determining our physical and cognitive traits. We discuss the bidirectional connection between the mind and body and how our thoughts and mental practices (e.g., meditation and breathwork) impact our health. We also discuss the link between inflammation and depression. We also discuss Dr. Linden’s terminal illness diagnosis, his mindset during chemotherapy and what his diagnosis has taught him about the mind, gratitude, time perception and life. This episode also covers sensual touch, cerebellar function, and epigenetic inheritance and ought to be of interest to all interested in neuroscience, genetics, psychology and human development.

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Dr. David Linden
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Ben Barres (1954–2017): https://bit.ly/45E5oyb
A Neuroscientist Prepares for Death: https://bit.ly/3seVsfT
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Timestamps
00:00:00 David Linden
00:03:59 Sponsors: ROKA & Levels; Huberman Lab Survey
00:07:54 Sensory Touch & Genitals, Krause Corpuscles
00:16:46 Sexual Experiences & Sensation
00:19:14 Human Individuality & Variation; Senses & Odor Detection
00:30:25 Sponsor: AG1
00:31:22 Visual Individuality; Heat Tolerance; Early Life Experiences & Variation
00:40:28 Auditory Variability, Perfect Pitch
00:42:08 Heritability & Human Individuality: Cognitive & Physical Traits
00:49:36 Heritability, Environment, Personality; Twin Studies
01:00:12 Sponsor: InsideTracker
01:01:19 Development, Chance; Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
01:07:37 Single Generation Epigenetic Inheritance & Stress; Autism
01:15:52 Sleep Paralysis; Cerebellum, Prediction
01:23:47 Nature vs. Nature, Experience; Linden Hypothesis
01:30:37 Mind-Body Interaction; Chemical Signals
01:39:10 Inflammation & Depression
01:43:35 Neuroplasticity, Inflammation & Mental Disorders; Microglial Cells, Exercise
01:52:15 Fads & Science
01:55:16 Mind-Body Communication; Cancer
02:03:28 Mind-Body, Mediation, Breathwork
02:07:30 Atrial Fibrillation, Synovial Sarcoma, Heart
02:14:22 Gratitude & Anger; Chemotherapy, Curiosity & Time Perception
02:19:58 Death, Brain & Future Prediction, Religion & Afterlife
02:24:15 Life Advice; Time Perception & Gratitude
02:34:35 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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