Essentials: How Your Brain Functions & Interprets the World | Dr. David Berson

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 Dr. David Burson. For more than 20 years, you've been my go-to source for all things nervous system, how it works, how it's structured.

So today I want to ask you some questions about that. I think people would gain a lot of insight into this machine that makes them think and feel and see, etc. If you would. Could you tell us how we see? You know, a a photon of light enters the eye.

What happens? Right. I mean, how is it that I look outside, I see a truck drive by, or I look on the wall, I see a photo of my dog. How does that work? Right.

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