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

I did something else.

And I think both are really important.

You know, habits can be healthy, and we can talk more about that, because those routines, you know, I drove this way and I didn't get into a car accident.

Or I even noticed my students in my classes, after the first couple of weeks, they all sit in the same seats.

I'm always like, why is that?

And it's like, well, I didn't get attacked by a snake here, so it's safe.

Maybe evolutionarily it makes sense.

But I'll sometimes halfway through the quarter say, okay, I want everyone to get up and switch sides and sit somewhere else.

And students are like, this is terrible, I have to move.

But there's some benefits to having a different perspective, both physically and possibly mentally, that you're gonna then remember things differently.

And I know if I've taken a class in a different classroom every year, I can almost revisit each of those rooms and try and recall what I learned.

But if you learn all in the same spot, there's a lot of interference.

So I think there can be benefits to changing our habits, but it can be uncomfortable, especially at first.

Yeah.

And I think that's a great example of as you've gotten older and more experienced, first of all, you give yourself the leeway like, hey, I can get up if this isn't working for me or I want to see something else.

But I've also learned, I learn better if I sit over here and then over here and then over here.

And, you know, that's, those are some principles of memory that I think

when you have this metacognitive insight, you can use it effectively.

And I've learned and I've seen my children learn sometimes through mistakes or sometimes this works better for me.

And I think that's fascinating that we can do that.

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