Book · recommended on 3 episodes
The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide Us
David Anderson
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David Anderson
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This book by David Anderson has come up 3 times on Andrew Huberman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-05-09 and the most recent from 2022-09-12. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Dr. Anderson is an author of a terrific new popular book, entitled "The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide Us". I've read this book several times now”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Dr. David Anderson: Professor of biology at Caltech, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 1989. A pioneer in the neurobiology of emotions, internal states, aggression, fear, and mating circuits, and author of 'The Nature of the Beast.'. Caltech neurobiologist David Anderson reveals how the brain's hypothalamic circuits for fear, aggression, and mating are intermingled, and why social isolation breeds violence.
“whether or not you're a therapist, or you're a biologist, or you're simply just somebody interested in why we feel the way we feel and why we act the way we act, I cannot recommend the book highly enough”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Dr. David Anderson: Professor of biology at Caltech, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 1989. A pioneer in the neurobiology of emotions, internal states, aggression, fear, and mating circuits, and author of 'The Nature of the Beast.'. Caltech neurobiologist David Anderson reveals how the brain's hypothalamic circuits for fear, aggression, and mating are intermingled, and why social isolation breeds violence.
“The Nature of the Beast, How Emotions Guide Us, by David Anderson is a wonderful read. I can't recommend it highly enough.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast, where he translates neuroscience into practical tools for everyday life. Huberman unpacks the brain circuits behind aggression and reveals the surprising twist: estrogen, not testosterone, pulls the trigger.
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