Huberman Lab · 2026-07-23 · 41 min · 7,512 words

Essentials: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Dr. Sam Harris

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Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials. Where we revisit past episodes. for the most potent and actionable science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance. I'm Andrew Huberman and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine. And now for my discussion.

With Doctor Sam Harris. Doctor Sam Harris. What is this thing that we call a self? As far as I know, we have not localized The region in the brain.

That can entirely account for our Awareness of self. problem is we we use the term self In so many different ways. Right.

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