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Rewire Your Brain: How Neuroscience and AI Transform Learning

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Discover how to hack your brain's biology for optimal learning, from sleep's memory-boosting power to the surprising truth about study methods. Drawing from Andrew Huberman's research, 'Make It Stick', and Matthew Walker's sleep science, this episode reveals why traditional studying fails and how AI can become your perfect learning partner.

Rewire Your Brain: How Neuroscience and AI Transform Learning
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/a-mind-for-numbers-by-barbara-oakley
Bjork & Bjork (2020)
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https://ouci.dntb.gov.ua/en/works/lmoV3po7/
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range%3A_Why_Generalists_Triumph_in_a_Specialized_World
Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59429809-peak-mind
Modern Wisdom
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https://modernwisdom.libsyn.com/092-scott-h-young-how-to-learn-anything-fast
Taylor & Rohrer (2010)
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https://colab.ws/articles/10.1002%2Facp.1598
McGaugh (2004)
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https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144157
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%3A_Secrets_from_the_New_Science_of_Expertise
Kalam et al. (2025)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40656250/
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/make-it-stick-by-peter-c-brown
Angela Lee Duckworth — TED
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https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance
Carol Dweck — TEDxNorrköping
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https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve
Schultz, Dayan, Montague (1997)
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https://www.gatsby.ucl.ac.uk/~dayan/papers/sdm97.html
Cepeda et al. (2008)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19076480/
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25744928
Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/understand-and-improve-memory-using-science-based-tools
Khan Academy Blog (2023/2025 updates)
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https://blog.khanacademy.org/harnessing-ai-so-that-all-students-benefit-a-nonprofit-approach-for-equal-access/
Cotman & Berchtold (2002)
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12086747/
Dunlosky et al. (2013)
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https://journals.sagepub.com/stoken/rbtfl/Z10jaVH/60XQM/full
Piech et al. (2015)
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https://papers.nips.cc/paper/5654-deep-knowledge-tracing
Wang et al. (2024)
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03017
Diekelmann & Born (2010)
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https://www.scilit.com/publications/2e95b25b1fd2750a4f1c44fd97571d73
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
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https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514
Huberman Lab
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/optimal-protocols-for-studying-learning
Sal Khan — TED
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https://www.ted.com/podcasts/www.ted.com/podcasts/sal-khan-says-ai-wont-destroy-education-transcript
Wozniak (SM-2 algorithm)
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https://super-memory.com/english/ol/sm2.htm
Settles & Meeder (2016)
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https://paperswithcode.com/paper/a-trainable-spaced-repetition-model-for
Koriat & Bjork (2006)
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/bf03193244
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
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https://goodreads.com/book/show/44770129
Roediger & Karpicke (2006)
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01693.x
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40781394-why-we-sleep
The Tim Ferriss Show
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https://tim.blog/2020/03/14/josh-waitzkin-transcript-412/
Atomic Habits
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https://www.befreed.ai/book/atomic-habits-by-james-clear
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