Essentials: Understanding & Controlling Aggression from Huberman Lab

Essentials: Understanding & Controlling Aggression

37 minutes Posted May 14, 2026 at 8:00 am.

) Aggression, Types of Aggression

) Context, Aggression vs Sadness

) Hydraulic Pressure Model of Aggression

) Sponsor: LMNT

) Brain Areas for Aggression, Ventromedial Hypothalamus

) Biting, Neural Circuits of Physical Aggression

) Sponsor: Eight Sleep

) Estrogen & Aggression, Testosterone & Competitiveness

) Seasonality, Sunlight, Melatonin & Aggression

) Cortisol, Serotonin & Aggression

) Tool: Reduce Cortisol with Sunlight & Sauna; Ashwagandha

) Sponsor: AG1

) Irritability, Aggression & Genetics; Seasonality

) Tool: ADHD, Acetyl-L Carnitine & Aggressive Behavior

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In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I explain the neural circuits that activate and control aggressive states and behaviors. I discuss how hormones, genes and environmental factors such as day length can shift our aggressive tendencies. I also share science-based tools for modulating aggression, including sunlight exposure, heat therapy and supplementation with ashwagandha or acetyl-L-carnitine.

Read the episode show notes at hubermanlab.com.

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