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Andrew Huberman explains attachment and desire

Andrew Huberman explains attachment and desire

PsyPost’s PodWatch highlights interesting clips from recent podcasts related to psychology and neuroscience. In a recent episode of the Huberman Lab podcast, released on Thursday, February 12, Dr. Andrew Huberman explores the biological and psychological roots of human connection. The episode, titled “Essentials: The Science of Love, Desire & Attachment,” examines how early life experiences and specific brain functions create the feelings of romance. Huberman breaks down the complex science behind why humans bond with certain people and how relationships either succeed or fail over time. During the first five minutes of the broadcast, Huberman explains that adult romantic styles often mirror the emotional bond a person had with their caregivers as a toddler. He references the famous “Strange Situation Task” developed by psychologist Mary Ainsworth in the 1980s. In this experiment, researchers observed how children reacted when their parents left a room and subsequently returned. Based on these reactions, researchers categorized children into groups such as securely attached or anxious-avoidant. Huberman notes that these early classifications are strong predictors of how individuals will behave …

Fans Furious at What Andrew Huberman Just Admitted

Fans Furious at What Andrew Huberman Just Admitted

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Chance Yeh / Getty Images for Hubspot The neuroscientist, health guru, and controversial podcaster Andrew Huberman just revealed something that has his fans fuming — but also not all that surprised. During a nearly three-hour interview with British bodybuilding legend Dorian Yates, Huberman asked the six-time Mr. Olympia winner about his thoughts on starting testosterone replacement therapy, which is basically the medically-supervised way of taking steroids. And the reason Huberman was interested, it turned out, is because he himself was on the stuff. “I’m on low-dose TRT. I started when I was 45,” Huberman said, claiming he had been “very open” about his use. “About 125 milligrams a week.” This in itself is not controversial. Plenty of people are receiving gender-affirming care of one type or another. But Huberman — who made a name for himself by bringing a veneer of a science-backed approach to health discussions — is a huge biohacking nut who preaches about taking all kinds of supplements to “reverse aging,” and crucially to elevate …

How Andrew Huberman, Goop Kitchen Collaborator, Is Staying Healthy in 2026

How Andrew Huberman, Goop Kitchen Collaborator, Is Staying Healthy in 2026

On his wildly popular podcast, Huberman Lab, Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman presents a weekly roadmap to a healthier life, expounding on everything from the benefits of a magnesium soak (for sleep), red light therapy (for circadian rhythms), and a technique called the “physiological sigh”(for calming the nervous system). Despite the fact that episodes of his podcast can run longer than Avatar 3, Huberman’s YouTube channel has more than 7 million subscribers. In 2023, a TikTok user named Sierra Campbell chronicled her husband’s health and longevity hacks, coining the term “Huberman Husband.” Though you may be more familiar with another Huberman Lab nickname: Goop for bros. Dr. Huberman, 50, doesn’t shy away from the comparison (more on that soon). In fact, he’s going all-in, launching a collaboration with Gwyneth Paltrow’s restaurant concept Goop Kitchen, which I once had delivered as a joke but now order regularly. (The Japanese sweet potato soup is that good.) Huberman’s signature meal—available today at Goop’s 13 California locations—is an organic turkey chili made with kidney beans and a blend of five …