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Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
Dean Buonomano ISBN 0393355608
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Dean Buonomano ISBN 0393355608
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This book by Dean Buonomano has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Lex Fridman. 3 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 2021-11-15 and the most recent from 2025-10-09. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
A leading neuroscientist presents a groundbreaking exploration of how time works inside the mind, arguing that the human brain's complex system constructs our sense of chronological flow in ways that are essential to evolution and everyday survival.
“I'd like to point you to a really excellent book called Your Brain is a Time Machine, the neuroscience and physics of time.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman (solo): Stanford professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo Huberman Lab Essentials episode revisiting his science of time perception. Huberman breaks down how light, dopamine and serotonin secretly control your sense of time, focus and memory.
“there's a wonderful book I'm forgetting the title ... by Dean um buano from UC CLA I think it's called the brain is a time machine”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Stanford neuroscientist and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, known for translating brain and body science into practical health protocols. This is his third appearance on Lex Fridman's podcast and a close personal friend of the host. Huberman and Fridman roam from food, friendship and Rick Rubin to focus, stress, sauna science, sex, and how to ready your brain for hard work.
“I'd like to point you to a really excellent book called "Your Brain Is a Time Machine: "The Neuroscience and Physics of Time."”— 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. This is a solo episode with no guest. Huberman explains how dopamine, serotonin, and circadian rhythms set your brain's 'frame rate,' controlling whether time speeds up or slows down.
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