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Smarter tomorrow : how 15 minutes of neurohacking a day can help you work better, think faster, and get more done / Elizabeth R. Ricker.

By: Ricker, Elizabeth R [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Little, Brown Spark, 2021Copyright date: © Elizabeth R. Ricker 2021Edition: First EditionDescription: x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529388022Subject(s): Brain | Cognitive neuroscience | Intellect | Neuropsychiatry | NeurosciencesDDC classification: 612.82339
Contents:
Introduction & how to use this book -- Prepare to neurohack. Scientific self-help ; Neurohackers revealed ; The evidence ; The nuts and bolts ; Organize to motivate ; Debugging yourself -- Find your (mental) focus. The new IQ ; The new EQ ; Memory and learning ; Creativity ; Choosing your mental target ; Life scoring -- Selection a (foundational) intervention. Placebo on purpose ; Sweat ; Let there be (blue) light ; Rewriting the brain's signature ; Serious games -- Select an (advanced) intervention. Zapping for the better ; A pill a day ; Sci fi to sci fact -- Train and reflect. Your 15-minute self-experiments ; Pretty pictures -- Final goodies, goodbye, and good luck!
Summary: What if you could upgrade your brain in 15 minutes a day? Ricker takes you on a wild romp through the cutting-edge world of neuroscience and biohacking. Readers will learn which four abilities can predict success in work and relationships-- and a new system for improving all four. Ricker provides customizable self-experiments which may (or may not) help you uncover your own boosts to mental performance. -- adapted from jacket
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Includes bibliographical references, notes and index.

Introduction & how to use this book -- Prepare to neurohack. Scientific self-help ; Neurohackers revealed ; The evidence ; The nuts and bolts ; Organize to motivate ; Debugging yourself -- Find your (mental) focus. The new IQ ; The new EQ ; Memory and learning ; Creativity ; Choosing your mental target ; Life scoring -- Selection a (foundational) intervention. Placebo on purpose ; Sweat ; Let there be (blue) light ; Rewriting the brain's signature ; Serious games -- Select an (advanced) intervention. Zapping for the better ; A pill a day ; Sci fi to sci fact -- Train and reflect. Your 15-minute self-experiments ; Pretty pictures -- Final goodies, goodbye, and good luck!

What if you could upgrade your brain in 15 minutes a day? Ricker takes you on a wild romp through the cutting-edge world of neuroscience and biohacking. Readers will learn which four abilities can predict success in work and relationships-- and a new system for improving all four. Ricker provides customizable self-experiments which may (or may not) help you uncover your own boosts to mental performance. -- adapted from jacket

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