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Andrew Huberman || Optimize Your Brain

The Psychology Podcast

CHAPTER

'Trait Density Distributions'

Coe: I love the idea that traits are a assembled from an array of states. But then again, it's very much in line with the kinds of things my life does. The two main ways to adjust one's internal state it ar respiration, breathing and the visual system. So for instance, when we are stressed or simply more alert or excited, positively alert, our pupils get larger and they di our eyes actually widen. When we're sleepy, our eyes start to shut. We also start to analyze time differently. Coe: If you 're ever in a rush, or your stress or something, it will seem as if the outside world is moving much more slowly.

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