# Terry Sejnowski

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Real Alpha has cut 7 moments of Terry Sejnowski (Professor of Computational Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies) talking, from an interview on Huberman Lab published Nov 18, 2024.

- Role: Professor of Computational Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies

## What Terry Sejnowski said

- [AI can explore futures humans cannot test directly](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-can-explore-futures-humans-cannot-test-directly/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 6 min
  > “We were predicting the future. We were saying this is an alternative to traditional AI.” — Terry Sejnowski · [1:26:30](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=5190)
- [AI can improve doctors when their expertise complements its data](https://realalpha.app/s/ai-can-improve-doctors-when-their-expertise-complements-its/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 5 min
  > “if you let the doctor use the AI, it boosts the doctor to 98” — Terry Sejnowski · [1:42:41](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=6161)
- [Sejnowski is testing how brains perform transformer-like attention](https://realalpha.app/s/sejnowski-is-testing-how-brains-perform-transformer-like/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 5 min
  > “my pioneer proposal is to figure out how does the brain do self-attention?” — Terry Sejnowski · [2:27:04](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=8824)
- [Ambien can boost sleep spindles but disrupt later memories](https://realalpha.app/s/ambien-can-boost-sleep-spindles-but-disrupt-later-memories/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 5 min
  > “you wake up in the morning you can remember twice as much from what you learned.” — Terry Sejnowski · [37:51](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=2271)
- [Learning takes both instruction and hands-on practice](https://realalpha.app/s/learning-takes-both-instruction-and-hands-on-practice/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 8 min
  > “when you're trying to solve a problem on your own, right, this is where you're really learning by trial and error” — Terry Sejnowski · [24:45](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=1485)
- [Ketamine can temporarily produce psychosis-like symptoms](https://realalpha.app/s/ketamine-can-temporarily-produce-psychosis-like-symptoms/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 5 min
  > “It turns out that it binds to a form of receptor, a glutamate receptor called NMDA receptors, which are very important, by the way, for learning and memory.” — Terry Sejnowski · [1:33:42](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=5622)
- [Brain activity during tasks spans traditional area boundaries](https://realalpha.app/s/brain-activity-during-tasks-spans-traditional-area/)
  Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024 · 3 min
  > “there's more input coming from the motor system than from the eye.” — Terry Sejnowski · [28:05](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/?t=1685)

## The episode

- [How to Improve at Learning Using Neuroscience & AI | Dr. Terry Sejnowski](https://realalpha.app/v/etbfLTHD_VU/) · Huberman Lab · Nov 18, 2024