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.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Great Nerve
The Great Nerve by Kevin J.
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
The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington is a seminal neuroscience text that explores the functions and reflexes of the nervous system, written by a Nobel Prize-winning physiologist.
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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