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Sharper thinking, explained.
Evidence-led writing on focus, memory, and how to get more out of your brain.
How can neurofeedback devices enhance brain activity?
Neurofeedback devices claim to train your brain waves. Here is how they actually work, what the evidence currently supports, and where the limits are.
12 Feb 2025
How the Brain Learns and Stores Information
Learning physically changes your brain. Here is how memories actually form and consolidate, and the retention strategies that follow from the neuroscience.
5 Jun 2024
The Weight of Success: Navigating the Challenges of Making Weight in Boxing
Boxers can shed 10% of their body weight before a weigh-in. Here is what that does to the brain and body, and why it raises the risk of serious injury.
20 May 2024
The Power of Mind
Do your thoughts really shape your reality? Here is what the neuroscience says about belief, expectation, and the measurable limits of positive thinking.
6 May 2024
How to optimise athletic performance in extreme weather conditions
Heat and cold both blunt performance, in different ways. Here is what happens physiologically, and how to prepare to train or compete in either extreme.
27 Feb 2024
How to build the power to overcome challenges
Motivation is unreliable, and waiting for it is why things stall. Here is what builds the capacity to act anyway, and the psychology that supports it.
29 Jan 2024
The State of Flow: Part ll
Part two of our flow series: the conditions that reliably trigger flow state, how to set them up on purpose, and what tends to stop you dropping into it.
1 Jan 2024
The State of Flow: Part l
Flow is a measurable brain state, not a mood. Part one covers what happens inside the brain when you drop into the zone, and why it feels so effortless.
18 Dec 2023
How does ashwagandha help reduce brain fog?
Ashwagandha lowers cortisol, and chronic stress is a common driver of brain fog. Here is the mechanism, the evidence behind it, and how it is typically used.
4 Dec 2023
How can breathwork improve your physical and mental health?
Breathwork changes your nervous system on demand. Here is how controlled breathing affects stress, focus and recovery, and what the science actually supports.
20 Nov 2023
Informed Sport and What that means.
Informed Sport batch-tests supplements for banned substances. Here is what the certification involves, how it works, and why it matters so much to athletes.
9 Oct 2023
10 Ways to Support Someone with Post-Concussion Syndrome
Post-concussion syndrome is invisible and isolating. Here are ten practical, evidence-informed ways to support someone living through the long recovery.
31 Jul 2023