Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

How to hack your own brain (with Elizabeth Ricker)


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Why should we be doing more experiments on our own lives? How should we approach and get started with self-experimentation? Why are such varying dietary changes able to improve people's well-being? What are some measures and interventions for improving executive function, memory and learning, emotional self-regulation, and creativity? Do brain games actually make you smarter? What are some promising nootropics? Should people use neurostimulation and/or neurofeedback devices at home? What sorts of skills can be trained through video games? When is blue light useful?

Elizabeth Ricker is the author of Smarter Tomorrow: How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking a Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More Done (Little, Brown Spark / Hachette). She's the founder of Neuroeducate, a citizen DIY neuroscience and neurohacking organization, and Ricker Labs, a consultancy that helps organizations unlock mental performance. Ricker's clients have included Silicon Valley venture capital firms, technology startups, schools, and the Fortune 500. Her work has been featured on public broadcast TV, in books, in the popular press, and she's given talks in the US and abroad. Ricker's degrees are from MIT (Brain & Cognitive Science) and Harvard (Mind, Brain, & Education). Her website is ericker.com and her username is @eliricker on Medium, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

Staff

  • Spencer Greenberg — Host / Director
  • Josh Castle — Producer
  • Ryan Kessler — Audio Engineer
  • Uri Bram — Factotum
  • Janaisa Baril — Transcriptionist

Music

  • Broke for Free
  • Josh Woodward
  • Lee Rosevere
  • Quiet Music for Tiny Robots
  • wowamusic
  • zapsplat.com

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  • Clearer Thinking
  • GuidedTrack
  • Mind Ease
  • Positly
  • UpLift
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