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Some EM participants are also huge nerds for the Huberman Lab Podcast

Podcast episode on vision

Recommended Vision Practices

  • View sunlight by going outside within 30-60 minutes of waking. Do that again in the late afternoon, prior to sunset.
  • Get outdoor exposure for at least 2 hours a day
  • For every 90 minutes of close-up vision, take a 20+ minute distance viewing break
  • Self directed movement like walking or cycling is beneficial. This may be related to EMDR where eye movement from left to right can help with processing thoughts. The ciliary muscle can also relax as you notice objects passing in and out of your vision as you move forwards.
  • Tilting your eyes in your eye sockets upwards can make you more alert. You could take advantage of this by placing something to look at higher than your head level.
  • Myopia has an observed correlation with not sleeping in a dark room.
  • Make time for distance viewing every day.
  • You can train your vision by tracking smoothly moving objects. aka "smooth pursuit"
  • You can train near-far visual training, 2-3 minutes, 3-4 times a week
  • Exposure to red light early in the day has shown promise in improving vision in adults 40+ years in age.
  • Is also a proponent of printing out a Snellen chart and experimenting with it.

(editor's note: just listen to the episode...)

Clip about panoramic vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCEOJSvgwA

Recommended Sleep Practices

(From the sleep recommendations newsletter:)[1]

  • View sunlight by going outside within 30-60 minutes of waking. Do that again in the late afternoon, prior to sunset. Ideally without sunglasses, but don't look at light so bright that you need to squint.
  • Avoid viewing bright lights—especially bright overhead lights between 10 pm and 4 am.


Interview with Dr. Samer Hattar:

  • Dr. Hattar's opinion that color spectrum changing glasses like blue-blocker glasses are not a good idea
  • TODO: someone listen to the episode again and let us know your takeaways in here.