Steven Kotler
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first heard May 2026
last heard 12 Jun
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We do a lot of research together.
He's at UCSF.
And he's a neuroscientist.
He had the cover of Nature a bunch of years ago for a video game he designed.
It's the very first video game to be approved by the FDA.
It treats cognitive decline in older adults.
And what it specifically focuses on is task switching.
So if you go back to...
fluid intelligence, one of the things that declines over time is task switching, our ability to focus on this and then focus on this, right?
And that's a real problem.
He's got a video game that will take your brain, if you're 60, you play it literally, I think it's three hours a week or three 20-minute sessions a week,
for six weeks is the standard doctor prescription for this video game and it will reset your 60 year old brain back to 20 so there's a bunch of stuff like that where it's use it or lose it we just have to figure out how do you train it up the other side of it is so let's talk about the other weird one of the things you said one of the reasons we our brain performance declines over time is uh
White matter density decreases over time and we lose certain neurochemicals.
So what he's not telling you is, well, you can replace those neurochemicals.
In fact, SSRIs, which actually suck for depression, turn out to be great for older adults.
Low level SSRIs because serotonin levels decline over time and SSRIs can boost them.
If you don't want to take a drug,
like with a weight vest, most of your serotonin is manufactured in your bones.
And one of the reasons the brain has less is because you're making less in your bones.
And if you increase bone density, you get the serotonin back.
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