Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2025-08-26
Books mentioned on #824: What Most Has My Attention Right Now — Credible (vs. Bogus) Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Kevin J. Tracey, MD is president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health, a pioneer of vagus nerve research and author of the recent book, The Great Nerve: The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes.
Tim Ferriss discussed The Great Nerve by Kevin J. Tracey and others and Explain Pain by David S Butler and others. Kevin J. Tracey recommended The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Great Nerve
Discussed“was walking through a bookstore and right in front of my face was your book, The Great Nerve.”
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Explain Pain
Discussed“Laur Mosley and his co-author have actually a very interesting book called Explain Pain.”
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The Integrative Action of the Nervous System
Recommended“He wrote a famous book which I recommend to anyone, even casual readers of neuroscience, should read Charles Sharington's book, The Integrative Action of the Nervous System.”
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