This Week in Brain Science

Week of July 27, 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

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

Restricted Eating Windows Aid Cognitive Function

Restricting daily eating to an 8 to 9 hour window yields cognitive improvements in spatial planning and problem-solving for older, overweight women beyond the benefits of caloric reduction alone....

Neuroscience News

Alzheimer Genetic Risk Scores Do Not Explain SuperAging

A new study demonstrates that SuperAgers cannot be distinguished from cognitively average peers by APOE status or polygenic risk scores....

Neuroscience News

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

Increasing mechanical strain causes particle interactions to erase prior directional memory, providing a physical model for how short- and long-term biological memories compete and overwrite....

Neuroscience News

Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners

A new study reveals that detailed personalized feedback from humanoid robots causes immediate cognitive overload after errors, slowing immediate recovery despite improving long-term task performance....

Neuroscience News

Future Obesity Drugs to Target Specific Brain Circuits

Using site-specific knockout mouse models, researchers found that GIPR agonists suppress appetite via the brainstem, while GIPR antagonists act in the hypothalamus to release a "brake" on hindbrain sa...

Science Daily Mind

A hidden Alzheimer’s tipping point may decide who gets dementia

Scientists have identified a possible tipping point that helps determine whether Alzheimer’s-related brain changes lead to dementia. The key may lie in how the brain’s immune cells respond to plaq...

Science Daily Mind

Oral GLP-1 drugs may quiet the brain’s food craving circuit

Newer oral drugs related to semaglutide medications such as Ozempic reduced pleasure-driven eating in mice by quieting a deep brain reward circuit. The finding could open new avenues for understanding...

Science Daily Mind

A single dose reversed autism-like symptoms in adult mice within hours

Even mild inflammation during pregnancy led mouse offspring to develop persistent brain overactivity, sensory sensitivity, repetitive behaviors, and increased seizure risk. Remarkably, one dose of rap...