Today’s episode is all about improving the health of your brain! Exercise, sleep, nutrition, and meditation are all tools we can use to optimize our health, and brain hacking is the next frontier. Today’s guest, Toby Pasman, through his company NuroFlex, is at the forefront of this fascinating field, and he is just about as close to a mind reader as a person can get! Did you know that you have numerous different types of brain waves and that each one is responsible for different states that you experience? During this episode, Toby explains what happens when we have deficient or overactive brain waves, and how we can transform our lives when we understand our brain waves better. For a more practical understanding of how brain mapping and hacking tools work, Toby puts Andres’ brain to the test and then analyzes the results!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing Tony Pasman, neurophysiology researcher and founder of NeuroFlex. [00:08]
- A real-time explanation of how brain mapping works (using Andres as the test subject). [06:15]
- How Tony found his way into the biohacking space. [10:11]
- Andres’ relationship with focus and productivity. [16:22]
- Consequences of deficient and overactive beta brain waves. [22:10]
- The benefits of brain mapping. [23:19]
- Understanding the different types of brain waves. [25:05]
- How chronic inflammation affects the brain. [29:33]
- Toby explains how Nuroflex’s neurofeedback tool works. [32:16]
- Stories that highlight the power of photobiomodulation technologies. [33:50]
- Analyzing Andres’ brain waves. [40:41]
- What Z-scores tell us about brain activity. [44:09]
- Physiological causes of ADD and ways to mitigate the symptoms [50:16]
- Defining nootropics. [56:41]
- An overview of how Andres’ brain is currently performing. [58:16]
- How to improve the neuroplasticity of your brain. [1:01:20]
- A run-through of Andres’ light therapy session. [1:04:34]
- The importance of mitochondrial health. [1:08:20]
- Advice for enhancing muscle strength. [1:13:14]
- Why a brain workout can feel as strenuous as a physical one. [1:15:30]
- Toby explains how neurofeedback technology can improve our ability to focus. [1:19:11]
- How audio-visual entrainment works, and the benefits of using this technology. [1:29:28]
- The main goal that Toby aims to achieve with NuroFlex. [1:40:36]
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