Dr. Alan Castel

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Huberman Lab · How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive Function at Any Age | Dr. Alan Castel · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

You know, I was probably just distracted.

You know, you do a lot of these dress rehearsals.

I'm not, clearly I'm not an actor, but you do a lot of these rehearsing and you don't see the audience.

You don't appreciate what's going on, especially when you're young.

You know, all of a sudden like, oh, there's all these people watching me.

And I know what I'm supposed to say, but I kind of, I'm not convinced most people even remembered it.

I'm not even sure my parents were there, right?

So I think we then think of it as a very strong emotional memory, but it guides us.

And to me, that's a lasting memory in a sense, because it kind of forced me to think, how does memory really work?

I thought I knew how it worked.

And I see a lot of people studying in ways that aren't always as effective.

We know some of the work, this is colleagues at UCLA who've studied desirable difficulties.

How can you make learning kind of uncomfortable, but that you'll remember things better?

And it goes against a lot of our intuitions.

A lot of teachers will want to say, how can we make learning easier?

And I think that's probably the first problem is you don't want it to be easy.

You want it to be not a struggle, but a challenge so that you can appreciate just how difficult it is.

So I learned nothing else from that Wizard of Oz is now when I do a presentation or talk to other people, I love to see the room I'm going to be working in or maybe a scientific presentation.

Maybe you've done this too.

The night before, you're like, oh, this is the auditorium and probably raises your arousal level, but it makes you feel more comfortable than the day of.

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