Huberman Lab Clips(@HLPClips):Why a cold towel on your head makes you hotter: - Drape a cold towel over your head neck or torso and your core temperature goes up more than if you'd done nothing - Your thermostat is the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus sitting just behind your nose - Cool most of your body surface and it reads the environment as cold then sends hormones and chemicals to heat you up - Cool the upper half of your face the palms of your hands and the bottoms of your feet instead - Those are the portals that pull core temperature down fast enough to stop heat stroke @hubermanlab

2026.10.30 18:00

Why a cold towel on your head makes you hotter: - Drape a cold towel over your head neck or torso and your core temperature goes up more than if you'd done nothing - Your thermostat is the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus sitting just behind your nose - Cool most of your body surface and it reads the environment as cold then sends hormones and chemicals to heat you up - Cool the upper half of your face the palms of your hands and the bottoms of your feet instead - Those are the portals that pull core temperature down fast enough to stop heat stroke @hubermanlab