Home Andrew Huberman Episode
Andrew Huberman · 2021-06-21

How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You

How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color

Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut

“I highly recommend it”
“It's an absolutely fabulous book... If you're just curious about the science of color, it's a terrific book, I highly recommend it.”— Andrew Huberman
BookRecommendedISBN verified

Breath

James Nestor

“an excellent book”
“there's the recent book "Breath" by James Nestor, which is an excellent book that describes some of the positive effects of nasal breathing”— Andrew Huberman

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

BookReferencedISBN verified

Jaws

Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn

“There's also the book "Jaws" by my colleagues, Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn, with a foreword by Jared Diamond”— Andrew Huberman
BookReferencedISBN verified

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque (inferred)

“if you ever read the book "All Quiet on the Western Front" about World War I, there's a description in there about the smell of skunk at a distance being mildly pleasant”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

Wellbutrin

GlaxoSmithKline (inferred)

“Some people who take antidepressants of the sort that impact the dopamine system strongly like Wellbutrin will report a sudden... increase in their ability to smell”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

Miracle berry (miracle fruit)

Synsepalum dulcificum (inferred)

“someone brought what's called miracle berry... you can purchase online, it's relatively inexpensive. It actually causes a change in the configuration of taste receptors”— Andrew Huberman
ProductReferenced

Triscuit crackers

Nabisco (inferred)

“I have this thing I don't know what it is for those Triscuit crackers. I don't know why are those things so good?”— Andrew Huberman