Dr. Andrew Huberman
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And then there's all sorts of things you can imagine could be related to that.
And then we're thinking, Oh, maybe it's crossword puzzles.
It was crossword puzzles.
Maybe it's hanging out with other people.
And then you know that person down the street and she's cycling on the weekends like crazy and she's 90 and she looks like she's 50 and she's sharp as a tack.
It's probably leaning into challenge on a regular basis.
Leaning into challenge on a regular basis as opposed to one specific cognitive or physical thing, which means that if you love cycling or you love the cold plunge or you love a certain form of exercise,
it's probably not doing that much for your anterior mid cingulate cortex, but these super agers also live longer.
And so there is this notion that because the anterior mid cingulate cortex has connectivity to a lot of areas of the brain and body, that it is somehow linked to the will to live.
And this is being examined now in so-called terminal cancer patients, so-called, you know, terminal cases.
I don't like the language because there are these amazing instances and
Physicians and oncologists have known this for a long time, that when people decide they're going to fight cancer, they don't always win that fight, unfortunately.
But oftentimes, it's the people who insist on fighting it psychologically that they won't give in, that end up still living more months, more years.
and in some cases, putting the cancer into remission with, of course, other tools, right?
I'm not saying you shouldn't use other tools to combat cancer.
It's a very interesting structure, relates to the question on dementia.
Hopefully that was informative.
Julian, thank you.
How would you recommend shift workers minimize the effects of disruption to their circadian rhythm?
Oh, this is so important.