{"id":16753,"date":"2023-05-17T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/?p=16753"},"modified":"2025-06-19T06:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T06:58:52","slug":"dr-andrew-huberman-podcast-on-the-science-of-mental-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drjimtaylor.com\/4.0\/dr-andrew-huberman-podcast-on-the-science-of-mental-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Andrew Huberman Podcast on the Science of Mental Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not convinced of the value of mental training as a powerful tool to improve performance in sports and other achievement areas, I encourage you to listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/hubermanlab.com\/science-based-mental-training-and-visualization-for-improved-learning\/\">this podcast by Dr. Andrew Huberman<\/a> that explores the science behind mental training.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with Dr. Huberman, he&#8217;s a noted neuroscientist and a member of the faculty at the Stanford University School of Medicine, so the guy is legit.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to really go science on this topic, you can read the peer-reviewed literature that examines the research that Dr. Huberman provides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2246391\">Statistics of Mental Imagery<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Mind<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/1741-7015-9-75\">Best practice for motor imagery: a systematic literature review on motor imagery training elements in five different disciplines<\/a>\u00a0(<em>BMC Medicine<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC202318\/\">Sleep and the Time Course of Motor Skill Learning<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Learning &amp; Memory<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/iscience\/fulltext\/S2589-0042(22)00668-X?_returnURL=https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S258900422200668X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\">Mental practice modulates functional connectivity between the cerebellum and the primary motor cortex<\/a>\u00a0(<em>iScience<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.905579\/full\">Motor Imagery Combined With Physical Training Improves Response Inhibition in the Stop Signal Task<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1053810021000131?via%3Dihub\">What is the relationship between Aphantasia, Synaesthesia and Autism?<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Consciousness and Cognition<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/B978012821377300012X?via%3Dihub\">Chapter 15 \u2013 Aphantasia: The science of visual imagery extremes<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Handbook of Clinical Neurology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/MC.36.4.849\">Visual mental imagery and visual perception: Structural equivalence revealed by scanning processes<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Memory &amp; Cognition<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0278262621000257?via%3Dihub\">Using motor imagery practice for improving motor performance \u2013 A review<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Brain &amp; Cognition<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.905579\/full\">Motor Imagery Combined With Physical Training Improves Response Inhibition in the Stop Signal Task<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Frontiers in Psychology<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/1979-00241-001\">Visual images preserve metric spatial information: Evidence from studies of image scanning.<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-81994-y\">Acquisition and consolidation processes following motor imagery practice<\/a>\u00a0(<em>Scientific Reports<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re not convinced of the value of mental training as a powerful tool to improve performance in sports and other achievement areas, I encourage you to listen to this podcast by Dr. Andrew Huberman that explores the science behind mental training. 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