This Week in Brain Science

Week of June 30, 2026 — curated from the top neuroscience and productivity sources.

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Farnam Street

The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante

Steve Cohen and Rory McIlroy share the same performance coach. For the next 90 minutes, he’s yours too. Dr. Gio Valiante is the world’s leading performance psychologist. We discuss why mos...

Farnam Street

How to Repair and Nourish Your Gut | Dr. Giulia Enders

Dr. Giulia Enders has changed the way millions of people think about the human body. As a physician, microbiome researcher, and bestselling author, she has spent years studying the surprising role the...

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Morgan Housel: Wealth is What You Have Minus What You Want

Morgan Housel breaks down the exact framework he uses to build wealth, minimize financial stress, and buy freedom. Available Now: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript | YouTube | ...

James Clear

The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No

The ultimate productivity hack is saying no. Not doing something will always be faster than doing it. This statement reminds me of the old computer programming saying, “Remember that there is no...

James Clear

When the 80/20 Rule Fails: The Downside of Being Effective

Audrey Hepburn was an icon. Rising to fame in the 1950s, she was one of the greatest actresses of her era. In 1953, Hepburn became the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and ...

Neuroscience News

BCI Headset Detects Hidden Consciousness in Patients

A new study uses a wearable EEG headset with real-time auditory feedback to nearly double the detection rate of hidden consciousness in unresponsive brain-injured patients from 39% to 69%....

Neuroscience News

Viral Infection Found to Trigger Parkinson’s Brain Damage

A new study demonstrates that a non-toxic viral infection via TMEV triggers the exact dopaminergic neuron destruction and progressive gait degradation seen in human Parkinson's disease, establishing a...

Neuroscience News

Brain Tissue Patterns and Genetics Drive MS Progression

A comprehensive study of 287 MS brain tissue donors from the Netherlands Brain Bank demonstrates that multiple sclerosis progression variability is driven by specific pathological features, such as br...

Neuroscience News

A Universal Model of Childhood Mind Development

Participants consistently categorize mental growth into an early-emerging "Perceptual–Experiential" nature dimension and a later-developing "Reflective–Evaluative" nurture dimension, showing that ...

Neuroscience News

Arthritis Drug Found to Reduce Excessive Alcohol Use

An FDA-approved rheumatoid arthritis drug targeting the IL-6 receptor significantly reduces excessive alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent female mice. The treatment functions by blocking neuroinf...

Neuroscience News

Arc Protein Found to Spread Toxic Tau in Alzheimer’s

The native brain protein Arc mediates the intercellular transmission of toxic Tau via extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer's disease. While Arc helps sick neurons survive longer by expelling toxic Tau ...

Science Daily Mind

Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer's spreads through the brain

A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages b...