Episode · Huberman Lab · 2021-06-21
Books mentioned on How Smell, Taste & Pheromone-Like Chemicals Control You
This episode explains how we sense chemicals through smell, taste, and pheromones. How things smell and taste and chemicals in the tears, breath, and on the skin of others have a profound effect on how we feel, what we do, and our hormones.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What Is Color?
What Is Color? by Arielle Eckstut and Joann Eckstut is a comprehensive guide detailing the science, perception, and cultural significance of color.
Recommended“All the answers to that are in this terrific book which is "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". I did not write this book, I wish I had, the book is by Arielle and Joann Eckstut, that E-C-K-S-T-U-T. So, it's "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". It's an”
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Secret Language of Color
Secret Language of Color by Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut is an illustrated exploration of the science, history, and psychological impact of color in our everyday lives.
Recommended“All the answers to that are in this terrific book which is "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". I did not write this book, I wish I had, the book is by Arielle and Joann Eckstut, that E-C-K-S-T-U-T. So, it's "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". It's an”
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Breath
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor is an eye-opening exploration of the mechanics and evolutionary history of human respiration, demonstrating how modern breathing habits damage health and how conscious breathwork can transform physical and mental well-being.
Recommended“There are excellent books and data on this, there's the recent book "Breath" by James Nestor, which is an excellent book that describes some of the positive effects of nasal breathing as well as other breathing practices.”
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Jaws
Jaws by Sandra Kahn and Paul R.
Recommended“There's also the book "Jaws" by my colleagues, Paul Ehrlich and Sandra Kahn, with a foreword by Jared Diamond and an introduction by Robert Sapolsky from Stanford. So, that's a book chockablock with heavy hitter authors that describes how being a nasal breather is beneficial for jaw structure, for immune system function, et cetera”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I don't think that makes me too weird because if you ever read the book "All Quiet on the Western Front" about World War I, there's a description in there about the smell of skunk at a distance being mildly pleasant, so the author of that book probably shared a similar olfactory profile to me, or I to them rather”