This Week in Brain Science

Week of 2026-07-20 — curated from the top neuroscience and productivity sources.

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

For the next hour, the world’s top mindset coach is your coach too. Dr. Gio Valiante is the world’s leading performance psychologist. We discuss why most people never reach their potential...

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...

Farnam Street

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

Why Book Adaptations Cause Genuine Cognitive Dissonance

A study in cognitive aesthetics traces the pre-cinematic history of the "mind's eye" to explain the neurobiological mismatch that occurs during modern film adaptations, contrasting typical visualizers...

Neuroscience News

Is Working Memory the Subconscious Engine of Consciousness?

A new study evaluates the historical capacity debates and architectural frameworks linking working memory to conscious awareness, presenting an alternative "Spectrum Model" of human memory encoding....

Neuroscience News

Key to Fighting Brain Tumors Lives in the Neck

The therapeutic efficacy of anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy against intracranial gliomas requires a distal B-cell and antibody response initiated inside the tumor-draining deep cervical lymph nodes....

Neuroscience News

BCI Neurofeedback Amplifies Brainwaves to Detect Micro-Errors

A new study demonstrates that non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) training accelerates perceptual learning by actively amplifying the Error Positivity (Pe) neural signature....

Neuroscience News

Heavy TV Watching Systematically Shrinks Your Brain

High-frequency midlife television consumption drives long-term cortical atrophy and white matter degradation....

Neuroscience News

AI Speech Neuroprosthesis Restores Voice to ALS Patient

Tested in an individual with advanced ALS, the interface enabled the real-time expression of 2.7 million words over two years, including vocal intonation modulation and singing, marking a transformati...

Neuroscience News

Adolescent Brain Changes Temporarily Obscure Earlier Memories

Late adolescence triggers a temporary destabilization of contextual memory circuits due to the targeted remodeling of perineuronal nets (PNNs) in the retrosplenial cortex (RSP)....