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Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast", an episode of HUBERMAN LAB published July 24, 2025 (32 min, about 4,300 words). It mentions 5 people, works and ideas, including BDNF, Sleep, morning light exposure, single tasking, multitasking.

What this episode is about

The central theme focuses on the concept of neuroplasticity, emphasizing that the brain is a malleable organ that can be altered through intentional actions and thoughts. By shifting attention towards positive behaviors and consistently taking action, individuals can rewire their neural pathways, enhancing clarity, motivation, and emotional well-being, thereby transforming their lived experience.

Key takeaways

  • Your brain is a dynamic canvas; every thought and action rewrites its masterpiece.
  • Action breeds motivation—waiting for clarity is like waiting for a train at a non-existent station.
  • Embrace discomfort: your brain’s growth spurt happens when you step off the well-trodden path.
  • Breath is your brain’s remote control; mastering it means rewiring your mental channels on command.
  • Vision isn't just what you see—it's how your brain interprets safety and creativity at a glance.

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: BDNF, morning light exposure
  2. – 10:00: Sleep
  3. – 15:00: single tasking, multitasking
  4. – 20:00: single tasking, multitasking
  5. – 25:00: BDNF
  6. – 30:00: morning light exposure, Sleep, single tasking
  7. – 31:55: multitasking

Notable quotes from "Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast"

  • Sleep is rewiring. During deep sleep, your brain clears out waste, consolidates memory, and reinforces the neural circuits that you activated during the day. If you want to change.
    about Sleep · at
  • Learn to work in deep focus for 90 minute blocks without distraction. Put your phone in another room. Turn off notifications.
    about single tasking · at
  • Neurotrophic factors. The most well-known of these is BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor. BDNF acts like fertilizer for the brain. It enhances the growth and survival of…
    about BDNF · at
  • Intention and precision. One of the most powerful examples of this is morning sunlight. When you wake up and expose your eyes to natural light within the first 30 to 60 minutes…
    about morning light exposure · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

Concepts & topics

  • BDNF — Concept · Key argument · 2 mentions · first at
    Described as a neurotrophic factor that enhances the growth and survival of neurons.
  • Sleep — Concept · Strategy · 2 mentions · first at
    Highlighted as essential for brain health, memory consolidation, and neural rewiring.
  • morning light exposure — Concept · Strategy · 3 mentions · first at
    Described as a daily habit that activates biological processes for improved focus and mood.
  • single tasking — Concept · Strategy · 3 mentions · first at
    Promoted as a solution to multitasking, strengthening the brain's circuits for sustained attention.
  • multitasking — Concept · Key argument · 3 mentions · first at
    Criticized as a silent killer of brain health that fragments attention and weakens neural circuits.
    Every time you switch from one task to another, your brain pays a cost. You fragment your attention and dilute your energy. Over time, this erodess your ability to focus, delays gratification,.

Full transcript with timestamps

Every action you take, every thought you think, and every emotion you feel. These are not just fleeting experiences. They are biochemical events that physically alter the structure of your brain. Most people go through life assuming that their brain is a fixed entity, a black box that governs their behavior, mood, and capabilities. But this couldn't be further from the truth. The brain is a dynamic, everchanging system that responds to how you use it. You are not stuck with the brain you have. You can change it structurally, functionally, and chemically. And that change can be directed with intent. This is the essence of neuroplasticity.

The first thing to understand is that your brain is shaped by your focus. Where your attention goes, energy flows, and neurons fire. Neurons that fire together wire together. When you repeatedly think certain thoughts, perform specific actions, or experience certain emotions, you strengthen the neural circuits responsible for them. If those circuits are built around anxiety, distraction, fear, or hopelessness, you get more of those experiences. But if you deliberately begin to shift your attention even slightly toward actions and thoughts that align with strength, focus, gratitude, and determination, you start rewiring your brain. You don't need to feel motivated to change your brain. You need to act. Action precedes motivation, not the other way around.

Most people are waiting to feel like doing something, waiting for clarity, confidence, or inspiration. That's the wrong approach. The very act of doing is what triggers the systems in the brain that generate clarity and motivation. When you begin to act, especially when it's difficult, your brain releases a cocktail of neurochemicals, doppamine, norpine, acetylcoline. These chemicals sharpen your focus, enhance your drive, and reinforce the behavior. That is how you build momentum. You change your brain by changing what you do with consistency, not with intensity alone.

If you've been locked into patterns of overthinking procrastination emotional reactivity, or low energy, there's a high chance your prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for decision, making, planning, and impulse control, has taken a backseat to older, more primitive circuits like the amagdala and basal ganglia. These systems are essential for survival, but when left unchecked, they drive us into reactive loops. You can take back control by strengthening the prefrontal cortex through deliberate behaviors.

Morning light exposure, deep focus work, cold exposure, breath work, exercise, high protein nutrition, and quality sleep. These aren't just lifestyle hacks. They are interventions that change brain structure and function. The brain loves patterns. It craves predictability, but growth happens when you interrupt those patterns. If every day you wake up and do the same things in the same order, your brain doesn't need to engage at a high level. It automates everything. That's efficient. But not growth oriented. To rewire the brain, you must deliberately step into the uncomfortable, the unknown, the effortful. Try waking up 30 minutes earlier and doing focused breath work.

Try delaying your caffeine intake by 90 minutes. Try resisting the urge to check your phone first thing. These small changes disrupt old patterns and demand new neural engagement. Over time, the brain adapts. It creates new pathways. And those new pathways become new behavior, new identity, new life. Stress is often seen as the enemy of brain health. But that's only part of the picture. Acute intentional stress stress that you choose is one of the most powerful tools to change your brain. When you place your body and mind into voluntary challenge through cold exposure, intense physical training or focused cognitive effort, you trigger neurochemical cascades that promote plasticity. You increase dopamine, epinephrine, BDNF brain derived neurotrophic factor. These molecules are the fertilizers of the brain. They help neurons grow new connections and strengthen existing ones. The key is to

stress the system, then allow recovery. That cycle of effort and rest is what causes adaptation. If you want to be mentally resilient, you must train your brain to be familiar with discomfort. Most people avoid discomfort at all costs. But if your brain never learns how to tolerate discomfort, then even minor stressors will overwhelm you. On the other hand, if you regularly and deliberately expose yourself to challenge, whether physical, emotional, or cognitive, you teach your brain that discomfort is not a threat, but a signal for growth. That shifts your entire internal chemistry. You go from being reactive to being responsive. You go from being a victim of circumstances to being the architect of your state. One of the most overlooked brain altering tools is breath. The breath is the only system in the body that is both automatic and under your control. That means it's a bridge. By deliberately

changing your breath, you can change your brain state. For example, double inhale followed by a long exhale. Physiological sirees carbon dioxide levels in the blood and activates the parasympathetic nervous system. This shifts you from stress to calm. On the flip side, intense rapid breathing can upregulate alertness and focus. Learning to use your breath as a steering wheel for your mental state is one of the fastest ways to take control of your brain. There's also a powerful connection between vision and brain state. Your eyes are not just tools for seeing. They are part of your brain. The movement of your eyes can either signal to the brain that you are safe or that you are under threat. For instance, panoramic vision, expanding your gaze to take in the whole environment, reduces stress and enhances creativity. Tunnel vision, on the other hand, increases focus, but also triggers sympathetic

activation. Learning to manipulate your visual field gives you another lever to change your brain. Sleep is not rest. Sleep is rewiring. During deep sleep, your brain clears out waste, consolidates memory, and reinforces the neural circuits that you activated during the day. If you want to change your brain, you cannot shortcut sleep. The hours between 1000 pm and 2 m are especially important for the hormonal and neurological recalibration of the system. If you're cutting sleep to grind harder, you're working against yourself.

Instead, design your day to maximize sleep quality. Avoid bright artificial light after sunset. Cool your sleeping environment. Avoid stimulants in the evening and establish a priest leap routine. That single change can radically improve mood learning and resilience. Movement is not optional. The brain evolved to move the body through space. When you move, especially when you engage in complex coordinated or intense movement, you activate the motor cortex, cerebellum, and prefrontal regions. These areas are deeply interconnected with systems for motivation and cognition. Even a 10inut walk, particularly in natural light, boosts dopamine and serotonin in levels.

It enhances neuroplasticity and improves memory. If you're stuck mentally, move physically. The fastest way to change your state is to change your posture, your breathing, your pace. Nutrition is brain information. The foods you eat directly impact your neurotransmitter levels, your inflammation status, and your energy availability. High sugar, ultrarocessed foods spike insulin and cause crashes that impair focus and mood. On the other hand, whole foods rich in amino acids, healthy fats, and micronutrients provide the building blocks for dopamine, serotonin, and acetylcoline. What you eat is what your brain becomes. A breakfast high in protein and healthy fats stabilizes energy and focus for hours. Hydration with electrolytes supports electrical signaling between neurons. Omega3 from fish oil enhance synaptic plasticity.

You can't outthink a poorly nourished brain. Dopamine is the molecule of motivation, but most people misuse it. They chase dopamine through empty rewards, junk food, endless scrolling, gambling, pornography. These behaviors provide shortterm spikes in dopamine followed by deep crashes and decreased sensitivity. Over time, this leads to apathy, low motivation, and even depression. But if you learn to control dopamine by delaying gratification, by earning your rewards through effort, by focusing on the process rather than the outcome, you build a more resilient and motivated brain. You become someone who doesn't just feel motivated, you become the source of motivation. Social connection changes your brain. When you feel seen, heard, and understood, your brain releases oxytocin and serotonin, neurochemicals that reduce fear and enhance trust. But even more importantly, when you provide that

experience to others, you rewire your own brain for empathy, leadership, and collaboration. Isolation shrinks the brain. Connection expands it. You don't need dozens of friends. You need a few highquality connections where you can be authentic, vulnerable, and supported. That activates the circuits in the brain that are essential for thriving. Learning isn't just academic, it's biological. When you learn something new, whether it's a language, a skill, or a concept, you challenge your brain to adapt. This keeps the hippocampus healthy, increases BDNF, and strengthens neural networks. A learning brain is a growing brain. Make it a non-negotiable habit to challenge yourself cognitively every day. Read a difficult book, memorize a poem, practice a new movement, engage in a debate. This isn't just about acquiring knowledge. It's about training your brain to stay adaptable and resilient in the face of

change. There's a silent killer of brain health that most people ignore. Multitasking. Every time you switch from one task to another, your brain pays a cost. You fragment your attention and dilute your energy. Over time, this erodess your ability to focus, delays gratification, and reduces memory retention. The solution is simple but not easy. Monotasking. Learn to work in deep focus for 90 minute blocks without distraction. Put your phone in another room. Turn off notifications. Choose one task and give it your full cognitive bandwidth. That trains your brain for sustained attention, which is one of the most powerful skills in a distracted world. Emotions are not just feelings. They are neural patterns that can be trained. If you constantly reinforce patterns of anger, resentment, or fear, you wire those pathways stronger. But if you train gratitude, compassion, and forgiveness, you rewire

your brain toward peace and strength. This doesn't mean ignoring negative emotions. It means using them as signals, not identities. You can sit with an emotion, observe it, learn from it, and choose your response. That is the ultimate form of emotional regulation. It's a skill that can be learned. and learning it changes the structure and chemistry of your brain. Your identity is malible. Your past does not dictate your future unless you let it. You can deliberately shape your identity by the actions you take every day. If you want to become more focused, more disciplined, more courageous, start acting that way, even before it feels natural. Every time you do, you send a signal to your brain. This is who I am now. Over time, your brain adapts. The neural circuits that supported the old identity weaken and the circuits of the new identity strengthen. You're not faking it. You're training it. Change is

not easy. It takes effort, repetition, and patience. But the science is clear. The brain is plastic. It responds to how you use it. Every single day is an opportunity to reshape it. You're not stuck. You're not broken. You're not behind. You are one decision, one behavior, one habit away from building the brain and the life that you want. It starts with understanding that your brain is not who you are. It's a tool and when you learn how to use it, everything changes. Your brain is not fixed. It changes based on how you use it. Every action, thought, and emotion requires neural pathways. By deliberately choosing effortful behaviors and disciplined focus, you can reshape your brain to support the identity and life you want. Action triggers motivation and growth. Waiting to feel ready is a trap. It is action not emotion that initiates the neurochemical changes needed for clarity, energy and drive. The simple

act of doing especially under resisting triggers doppamine acetylcholine and norpine freen to enhance performance and motivation. Stress movement and breath as brain tools voluntary challenges like cold exposure, physical training and focused breathing activate adaptive brain circuits. These forms of intentional stress release BDNF and catakolamines that promote plasticity, resilience, and long term cognitive and emotional strength. Daily habits sculpt brain function, the brain responds to routine. Morning sunlight, clean nutrition, sleep optimization, single tasking and learning done daily physically rewire the brain. These consistent habits anchor attention, regulate emotions, and build a hyperformance nervous system. The idea that you can fundamentally change your brain is not motivational fluff. It is scientific fact. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections

throughout life. This means that your thoughts, behaviors, and experiences don't just influence your life in the abstract. They physically sculpt your brain. Every time you learn a new skill, focus your attention, or even repeat a thought, specific neurons fire. When those neurons fire repeatedly in relation to a behavior or emotion, they begin to wire together. That wiring becomes stronger over time, forming circuits that support habits, beliefs, and behaviors. This is why repeated worry reinforces anxiety, but repeated focus reinforces productivity. Your current habits are not just behaviors.

They are neural architecture. This concept is incredibly empowering. It means that even if you've spent years reinforcing unproductive, reactive or unhealthy thought patterns, those circuits can be weakened and replaced. If you constantly ruminate on self, doubt or fear, those circuits become dominant. But when you deliberately interrupt that pattern, when you start shifting your attention to a different task, thought or physical behavior, you disrupt the wiring. And each time you choose that redirection again, the new circuit strengthens. Over time, the old neural pathways fade from lack of use. A phenomenon known as synaptic pruning.

Your brain literally lets go of what you no longer use. The most important factor in changing the brain is not intensity. It's repetition and consistency. Neuroplasticity does not reward occasional massive efforts. It rewards sustained effort over time. The key is to repeatedly activate the circuits you want to strengthen. If you want to become more focused, spend time every day in deep, undistracted concentration. If you want to become calmer, consistently practice regulating your breathing and your response to stress.

If you want to build confidence, habitually take small actions that challenge your comfort zone and reinforce a new sense of identity. Every repetition is a vote for a new neural structure. Neuroplasticity also depends on neurochemistry. The brain is most plastic, most changeable when it is in a state of heightened alertness or focused attention. This is when neuromodulators like acetylcoline and dopamine are present. These chemicals act like spotlight and glue. They signal the brain this is important. Keep this. That's why challenging yourself to learn something difficult, to push through resistance, or to engage in deliberate practice yields far greater brain change than passive exposure or multitasking.

It's not just about doing something. It's about doing it while fully engaged. The ability to change your brain is not reserved for childhood. It exists throughout your entire life. But as you age, plasticity requires more intention. You must seek out challenge, focus deeply, and engage consistently. That's the trade-off for adult neuroplasticity. It demands effort, but rewards it with profound transformation. You are not at the mercy of genetics or your past. You are sculpting your brain every single day, whether by design or by default.

The more intentional you are, the more powerful your rewiring becomes. One of the most pervasive myths in human behavior is the belief that we need to feel motivated before we take action. Most people sit and wait for motivation to strike, assuming that once it does, then they'll be ready to move forward, to study, to exercise, to create, to take control of their lives. But neuroscience reveals a much more empowering truth. Action itself is what triggers the neurochemical cascade that creates motivation. The brain is designed to respond to behavior. When you take action, even in the absence of desire or excitement, you begin to stimulate specific neural pathways that increase alertness, energy, and drive.

At the core of this process is dopamine, a neurom modulator that is often misunderstood. While it's commonly associated with pleasure, dopamine's primary function is to drive seeking behavior, but push you toward goals to keep you engaged in effort. When you take a step forward, even a small one, your brain rewards that effort with a spike of dopamine. This doesn't just feel good. It strengthens the circuit responsible for that action. It makes you more likely to repeat the behavior in the future. Over time, this forms a self-free forcing loop. Effort leads to dopamine. Dopamine increases motivation. Motivation leads to more effort. But it's not just dopamine at play. When you initiate focused effort, your brain also releases norpine and acetylcoline. Norpine heightens alertness and energy.

Acetilcoline sharpens your focus. Together, these neurom modulators enhance cognitive clarity and increase your capacity to stay locked in on a task. Importantly, these chemicals are not released in anticipation of effort. They are released because of effort. The harder you try, especially when that effort is voluntary and challenging, the more you activate these systems, your body might resist. In the beginning, you might feel sluggish, distracted, or even disinterested. But the moment you begin, your physiology starts shifting. What felt impossible 5 minutes earlier now feels accessible. That's not magic.

That's chemistry. This has massive implications for anyone stuck in cycles of procrastination or low motivation. If you're waiting to feel ready, you'll wait forever. But if you force yourself to take the first step, even if it's small, opening the book, stepping into the cold shower, starting the email, initiating the workout, you flip a switch. You go from passive to active, from reactive to deliberate. That switch signals the brain to engage. That's when neuroplasticity opens up. That's when you begin changing your circuitry.

Action is the ignition key of transformation. And the earlier in the day you access this truth, the more powerful your momentum becomes. Morning actions set the tone for the entire day. They inform your neurochemistry. They influence your decision making and they establish your trajectory. The more often you act before you feel ready, the more your brain learns that motivation is something you create, not something you wait for, you develop a bias toward action. and that changes everything from your habits and goals to your identity and future. There's a misconception that stress is always harmful. While chronic uncontrolled stress does wear down the body and brain, controlled and deliberate exposure to stress, especially in the right forms, can actually be one of the most powerful tools to rewire the brain for growth, focus, and resilience. This is what the science of hormesis teaches us. Short

intense bursts of stress followed by recovery initiate biological and neurological adaptation. These adaptations don't just build physical strength. They also build mental toughness and cognitive flexibility. When you learn to use movement, breath, and voluntary stress intentionally, you begin to reshape the brain at a fundamental level. Let's begin with movement. Physical activity, especially intense or coordinated movement, stimulates a class of molecules called neurotrophic factors. The most well-known of these is BDNF, brain derived neurotrophic factor. BDNF acts like fertilizer for the brain. It enhances the growth and survival of neurons and supports the formation of new synaptic connections. That's neuroplasticity in action. But BDNF is only released under certain conditions.

When movement is effortful, when breathing becomes elevated, and when the body is pushed just slightly beyond its comfort zone. This is why exercise isn't just good for the body. It's critical for mental sharpness, emotional regulation, and learning. Now consider the role of breath. Breathing is one of the only autonomic functions that we can take conscious control over. and it provides a direct lever into the nervous system. When you engage in deliberate breathing techniques such as cyclic hyperventilation, box breathing or physiological size, you send powerful signals to the brain. You can increase or decrease arousal states, activate the parasympathetic nervous system, and shift your internal chemistry within minutes. Controlled breathing trains the brain to become more adaptable, more self-regulated. It builds a kind of internal awareness and control that extends far beyond the breath itself. It

teaches you to own your state. Cold exposure is another tool that utilizes deliberate stress. When you step into cold water or expose yourself to cold air, you're introducing a predictable controllable stressor. The brain responds by increasing norpine freen by up to two 100-300%. Sharpening alertness and improving mood over time. Repeated cold exposure teaches your brain to remain calm under duress. It builds resilience by reinforcing the circuits responsible for endurance, willpower, and executive control. You're not just toughening the skin, you're hardening the mind. The key to all of this is intention. Passive exposure to stress isn't the same as intentional time bound stress practices.

Voluntary stress tells the brain that you're in control. That changes how the brain encodes the experience. Instead of reinforcing fear or anxiety, it reinforces competence, confidence, and adaptation. And these changes are not philosophical, they are physical. They can be measured in changes in syninnapse density, in the expression of genes related to plasticity, in the structure of brain circuits themselves. When you use movement, breath, and stress strategically, you train your nervous system to perform, recover, and evolve.

You train your brain to become a tool, not a limitation. The human brain thrives on repetition. It's not just what you think about occasionally that shapes your mind. It's what you do consistently, especially on a daily basis that molds the architecture of your brain. Habits by definition are automatic patterns of behavior. But they aren't just behavioral. They are neural. Every habit you perform repeatedly leaves a structural and chemical imprint on your brain. These imprints define how you perceive, react, focus, and regulate your energy. So, if you want to change your brain, don't start with massive overhauls. Start with small daily routines that are repeated with intention and precision. One of the most powerful examples of this is morning sunlight. When you wake up and expose your eyes to natural light within the first 30 to 60 minutes of the day, you activate a cascade of biological

processes. Specialized cells in the IML enopsine containing ganglen cells send signals directly to the brain's master clock in the superkai esmatic nucleus. This kickstarts your circadian rhythm, increases cortisol in a healthy timebound way, and sets the stage for improved focus, mood, metabolism, and sleep later at night. That's not a motivational idea. That's a hardwired biological effect. And it only works consistently if you make it part of your daily behavior. Nutrition is another daily habit that directly impacts brain performance. The gut and brain are tightly linked via the gut brain axis.

What you consume doesn't just fuel your body. It sends chemical messages to your brain through hormones, neurotransmitters, and inflammatory molecules. Diets rich in omega3 fatty acids, amino acids, and micronutrients like magnesium and B vitamin in support synaptic health and promote optimal brain function. Processed foods, excessive sugar, and inflammatory oils do the opposite. They impair focus, reduce neuroplasticity, and increase anxiety. What you eat today literally influences how your brain will function tomorrow. Sleep is perhaps the most underestimated neural habit. Deep sleep is when the brain clears out toxins, consolidates memories, and primes the prefrontal cortex for executive function. Chronic sleep deprivation doesn't just leave you tired. It rewires your brain toward impulsivity, emotional reactivity, and cognitive fatigue. A consistent sleep wake cycle optimized light exposure and priest. Leap routines

don't just help you rest. They restructure your brain's capacity to learn, adapt, and perform. Then there's focused attention, single tasking. In an age of endless distraction, the habit of deep work rewires your brain for higher order cognition. When you eliminate distractions and lock in on a single task for an extended period, you strengthen the brain's default mode network and the frontal parietal circuits responsible for attention, working memory, and problem solving. Multitasking trains the opposite. It fragments cognition and weakens the neural circuits of depth. The more often you train yourself to concentrate, the more attention becomes your natural state. Daily habits are neural sculptors. They etch patterns into your brain through a mix of chemistry, repetition, and reward. You are not the victim of your biology. You are the architect of it. Every day, every behavior is a chance to reinforce the

brain you want to live with tomorrow. Consistency is the key because plasticity follows patterns and your patterns become your potential. When you understand that the brain is changeable, trainable and responsive to effort, you no longer wait for transformation. You create it. You don't have to rely on fleeting motivation or wishful thinking. You can engage the levers of biology through behavior, focus, breath, challenge, and repetition to actively shape the way your brain works. Every action you take sends a signal to your nervous system, and every repeated signal becomes a structure. The real power lies in consistency. It's not what you do once in a while. It's what you do daily that determines the strength, flexibility, and performance of your brain. Change doesn't start in the future. It starts the moment you act, the moment you lean into discomfort, the moment you train with intention. Because

the brain doesn't change through ideas alone. It changes through experience. And the more deliberate you are about those experiences, the more powerful and lasting your transformation becomes.

Questions about this episode

What is "Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast" about?

The central theme focuses on the concept of neuroplasticity, emphasizing that the brain is a malleable organ that can be altered through intentional actions and thoughts. By shifting attention towards positive behaviors and consistently taking action, individuals can rewire their neural pathways, enhancing clarity, motivation, and emotional well-being, thereby transforming their lived experience.

What is mentioned in this HUBERMAN LAB episode?

5 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including BDNF, Sleep, morning light exposure, single tasking, multitasking. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Change Your Brain: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman | Rich Roll Podcast"?

The episode runs 32 min; the transcript is about 4,300 words in 37 timestamped sections.

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