How to Learn Skills Faster | Episode 20

<p>This episode I discuss the science and practice of learning physical skills: what it involves at a biological level, and what to focus on during skill learning at each stage to maximize learning speed and depth. I also describe what to do immediately after a training session (note: this is different than the optimal protocol for cognitive skill training) and as you progress to more advanced levels of performance. I also cover the science of skill-based visualization which does have benefits, but only if done correctly and at the correct times. I discuss auto-replay of skill learning in the brain during sleep and the value of adding in post-training ‘deliberately idle’ sessions. I cover how to immediately improve limb-range-of-motion by leveraging cerebellum function, error generation, optimal repetition numbers for learning and more. As always, scientific mechanism, peer-reviewed studies and science-based protocols are discussed.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you to our sponsors:</p> <ul> <li>Belcampo - <a href= "https://belcampo.com/huberman">https://belcampo.com/huberman</a></li> <li>InsideTracker - <a href= "https://insidetracker.com/huberman">https://insidetracker.com/huberman</a></li> <li>Athletic Greens - <a href= "https://athleticgreens.com/huberman">https://athleticgreens.com/huberman</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Our Patreon page:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman">https://www.patreon.com/andrewhuberman</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Supplements from Thorne:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "http://www.thorne.com/u/huberman">http://www.thorne.com/u/huberman</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Social:</p> <ul> <li>Instagram - <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab">https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab</a></li> <li>Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/hubermanlab">https://twitter.com/hubermanlab</a></li> <li>Facebook - <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab">https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Timestamps:</p> <ul> <li>00:00:00 Introduction</li> <li>00:06:28 Skil