Want to upgrade your brain? Learn how in 15 minutes a day. One catch: you'll need to become a human guinea pig first. 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

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!