The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

How Brain Training Changes Your Frequency – Dr. Patrick Porter : 984

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Oct 7, 2022

Dr. Patrick Porter, a pioneer in brainwave entrainment and creator of BrainTap technology, discusses innovative methods for training and calming the brain. He highlights the transformative power of neuroplasticity and neurogenesis, showcasing how we can cultivate brain health and cognitive function through focused practices. Dr. Porter shares insights on how BrainTap uses light and sound to optimize mental states, improves athletic performance, and even enhances meditation techniques. He emphasizes the need for healthier habits to support mental well-being in our stressed-out world.

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INSIGHT

Efficient Meditation

There’s a moral argument for meditating efficiently to maximize meaningful action.
Constantly meditating would be absurd; efficient practice frees up time.

ANECDOTE

Concussion Recovery

BrainTap showed 30-70% neurological improvement in concussion patients.
Patients used BrainTap after initial treatment, experiencing fewer headaches and better sleep.

INSIGHT

Neurogenesis

Neurogenesis allows brain cell regeneration, contrary to past beliefs.
Proper nutrition, movement, and brain fitness promote neurogenesis.

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(BrainTap® sponsored this episode.)

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™… brain expert Patrick Porter, Ph.D., joins Dave at the 8th Annual Biohacking Conference in Beverly Hills to talk about training your brain. Dr. Porter pioneered the use of brainwave entrainment with a technology-enhanced meditation device called BrainTap.

Whether you’re a newbie, a hard-core devotee or somewhere in the middle of your biohacking journey, you already focus on body exercise and nutrition. You probably manage your stress and mental health, too. It’s all training of some sort, which is where BrainTap comes in. It’s a specific kind of training for your brain.

New discoveries in science reveal that you can form new neurons in your brain, called neurogenesis. Your brain state isn’t fixed! And then there’s neuroplasticity, a process of adaptive structural and functional changes to the brain that involves connections to your nervous system.

BrainTap’s unique technology uses light, sound and vibration to train and regulate your brain for relaxation, sleep, performance, weight loss, aging and more. To get to a higher personal frequency on the regular, you want to achieve coherence.

Since Dr. Porter specializes in the science of calming the brain, you’ll find out how you can manage your physiological and mental health in today’s super stressed-out world. You’ll also learn how impact remote work, remote learning and pandemic isolation impacted brain health and memory.

This conversation gets into some of BrainTap’s exciting research with aging populations and elite athletes. too.

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