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Understanding Goal-Oriented Thinking Across Different Time Scales
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06:08 - 17:45 (11:37)

The human brain has unique mechanisms responsible for orienting thinking and actions towards particular goals, be it immediate or long-term. Common neural circuits are responsible for goal-seeking in both animals and humans.

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Understanding Goal-Oriented Thinking Across Different Time Scales
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The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
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Huberman Lab
Humans have the unique ability to set immediate, moderate-term, and long-term goals, while animals share the need to set goals and orient their actions around them.
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Goal Setting
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Humans have the unique ability to set immediate, moderate-term, and long-term goals, while animals share the need to set goals and orient their actions around them. This is due to common neural circuits present in both animal species and humans.

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Understanding Goal-Oriented Thinking Across Different Time Scales
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The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
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Huberman Lab
The basal ganglia is a neural circuit that helps us generate go and no-go scenarios, while the orbital frontal cortex is involved in meshing emotionality with our current state of progress to reach a goal.
13:40 - 17:45 (04:04)
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Brain Science
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The basal ganglia is a neural circuit that helps us generate go and no-go scenarios, while the orbital frontal cortex is involved in meshing emotionality with our current state of progress to reach a goal. Both brain areas play a crucial role in our behavior and decision-making processes.

Chapter
Understanding Goal-Oriented Thinking Across Different Time Scales
Episode
The Science of Setting & Achieving Goals
Podcast
Huberman Lab