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01 / COMPRESSION

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Cold Exposure & Dopamine

Huberman Lab · 1:34:08

PRINCIPLES · 3 IDEAS KEPT↩ links back to source

12:30Cold raises dopamine ~2.5× over a slow curve that lasts hours — unlike the spike-and-crash of most stimulants.

41:05The discomfort is the mechanism. Staying in it (not the duration) is what drives the adaptation.

1:08:20Timing beats temperature: brief and genuinely cold beats long and tolerable.

02 / RESURFACE

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