This Week in Brain Science

Week of 2026-08-03 — curated from the top neuroscience and productivity sources.

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Farnam Street

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...

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

Psychedelics and Ketamine Rewire Brain Immune Signals in Depression

Ketamine and psychedelics share a neuroimmune signaling pathway involving IL-15 and IL-7, offering blood-based biomarkers to predict antidepressant response....

Neuroscience News

Community Gatherings Halve Cognitive Disability Risk in Older Adults

Community gathering places cut four-year cognitive disability risk in half for older adults without regular exercise habits....

Neuroscience News

Mitochondrial Plaques in Alzheimer’s Brains Discovered

Researchers identified mitochondrial plaques, an intracellular form of pathology that forms early in Alzheimer's disease and offers a new target for treatment....

Neuroscience News

Ketamine Reshapes Neural Networks and Neuroplasticity

Ketamine triggers a corticosterone-FKBP51 signaling pathway in female mice that prompts microglia to clear extracellular matrix and enhance synaptic plasticity, an immune-driven mechanism absent in ma...

Neuroscience News

Focused Ultrasound Opens Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain Cancer

Focused ultrasound effectively opens the blood-brain barrier in gliomas, proving that brain tumors are highly receptive to targeted, size-optimized drug delivery....

Science Daily Mind

AI can tell if your brain is aging faster than you are

A person’s sleeping brain may reveal warning signs of dementia long before memory problems begin. Researchers used machine learning to analyze EEG recordings from about 7,000 adults and found that a...

Science Daily Mind

Scientists discover how obesity may fuel Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers have uncovered a possible biological pathway connecting obesity to Alzheimer’s disease. Obesity appears to raise levels of certain fat molecules that can travel to the brain, disrupt its...

Science Daily Mind

Scientists discover why poor sleep may harm some brains more

A gene involved in the brain’s overnight cleaning system may change how strongly poor sleep affects Alzheimer’s-related brain changes. The findings point toward more personalized prevention strate...