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

And so, you know, there's parts of balance that involve visual, inner ear, but if you engage in some training and it can be as simple as standing on one leg or doing yoga or Tai Chi, you can improve your balance considerably within a month or two.

And so I think when I talk to older adults who, you know, sometimes are even middle-aged, worried about their memory,

I think balance is often overlooked and it's something that's trainable.

So I've started to do it a little bit and I've noticed changes in my balance, sometimes good.

I also notice I don't sleep well, my balance isn't as good.

And I think that's probably the most important thing to be on the lookout for because these things are related.

If you lose your balance and you have a fall, you're not going to be engaging in physical exercise, your memory is going to decline.

I think the insight is so important to be like, I notice I'm doing more of this, or I'm looking a lot like this, and I'm surprised.

Things starting like posture or even breathing.

And I think, you know, I'm not an expert in this area, but just getting more oxygen to the brain is so important.

And I think that's probably the mechanism, you know, for physical exercise.

You're getting more oxygen to your brain, which really...

As you get older, it's harder to do that.

And so exercise might be kind of the mechanism that does that.

And maybe with the advances, we're going to find other ways to do that.

But I think that insight is really important.

And it's also, we have age-based stereotypes of what happens.

Like, oh, as you get older, let's say my knee hurts.

And some people are like, oh, well, you're just getting older.

well, my other knee is the same age and it feels fine.

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