#037: Neuroscience for Peak Performance: QEEG, HRV & Medical-Grade Sleep Analysis to Hack Your Sleep & Brain Health with Dr. Tim Royer
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Notes:
2:58 - when Tim got on the journey of neuroscience and brain health
5:24 - why it’s important to put brain understanding before medicine
7:10 - how to measure the brain and what data to look at
16:16 - Tim's model to optimize brain health
25:55 - costs and what is involved when working to optimize your brain
32:25 - how Tim's sleep study differs from most wearables and how to correct for that
39:49 - what are the most important behaviors that can impact sleep and brain performance
1:00:20 - what are health hacks tim uses and what it means for Tim to elevate his state
Links:
- ESPN article about the work Tim did to help professional athletes understand recovery
- Tim's website: Royer Neuroscience
- wearables we mention: Biostrap, Whoop, FitBit, Oura Ring
- Outside the Lines - Chris Kaman's misdiagnosis
- blue blocker glasses and the episode with Matt Maruca
- for staying cool at night: ChiliPad sleep system and the Ooler, Bed Jets,
- biometric lighting - reach out to Tim directly to learn more about getting this setup
- saunaspace infrared lights
- polysomnographic
Quotes:
12:57 - “We are talking about the most amazing thing in the entire universe… the entire brain.”
14:21 - “The greatest medicine for the brain is itself. If it can see what it’s doing.”
45:38 - “Whatever makes a mushroom grow is what you want your environment to be for sleep.”
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