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How Making Errors Triggers Learning in the Brain
17:32 - 24:27 (06:55)
Making errors triggers the release of chemicals that enhance learning in the brain. Not limited to motor or balance programs, making mistakes creates an ideal learning environment for better language, mathematical learning, and more.
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Making errors repeatedly triggers the release of chemicals like acetylcholine, epinephrine, and dopamine in the brain.
17:32 - 21:27 (03:55)
Summary
Making errors repeatedly triggers the release of chemicals like acetylcholine, epinephrine, and dopamine in the brain. These chemicals help reshape the nervous system and create an environment for coupling or uncoupling specific emotions to experiences, improving language and math learning, among other benefits.
ChapterHow Making Errors Triggers Learning in the Brain
EpisodeHow to Learn Faster by Using Failures, Movement & Balance
PodcastHuberman Lab
The brain is capable of customizing itself in response to experience, however, as we age, the mechanisms for engaging plasticity change.
21:27 - 24:27 (03:00)
Summary
The brain is capable of customizing itself in response to experience, however, as we age, the mechanisms for engaging plasticity change. Centered around the importance of making errors when learning, this podcast explores the science of optimizing brain plasticity for learning new skills at any age.