New discoveries and innovations in science, politics, finance and culture that direct the course of our world are reported daily but rarely make it to the news. After years of research, scientific testing and peer-review, these novel ideas are published by the sharpest minds around the world in academic journals, which guide the world around us. In this podcast, we study the research papers, and bring you the transformative ideas so you stay sharp and prepared to make intelligent and timely decisions.

Today's topics:

1. Scientists develop a new method for identifying dreams during sleep from the electrical activity in the brain.

2. New research shows certain types of traumatic experiences as a child can affect your brain size and cause brain thinning as adults.

3. Is there a Marie Kondo gene that cleans up and organizes things in your body?

4. Elon Musk reveals a new device that can link your brain directly to a computer, that he describes as a “Fitbit in your skull”.

5. How to make decisions in the post-COVID era? Recent financial report discusses 4 ways to rethink about the future as we emerge from the COVID economic downturn.

References

1. Lendner, J. D., Helfrich, R. F., Mander, B. A., Romundstad, L., Lin, J. J., Walker, M. P., ... & Knight, R. T. (2020). An electrophysiological marker of arousal level in humans. Elife, 9, e55092.

2. Jenness, J. L., Peverill, M., Miller, A. B., Heleniak, C., Robertson, M. M., Sambrook, K. A., ... & McLaughlin, K. A. (2020). Alterations in neural circuits underlying emotion regulation following child maltreatment: a mechanism underlying trauma-related psychopathology. Psychological medicine, 1.

3. Zavortink, M., Rutt, L. N., Dzitoyeva, S., Henriksen, J. C., Barrington, C., Bilodeau, D. Y., ... & Rissland, O. S. (2020). The E2 Marie Kondo and the CTLH E3 ligase clear deposited RNA binding proteins during the maternal-to-zygotic transition. Elife, 9, e53889.

4. Neuralink LiveStream Accessed Aug 28 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr8hzF3j2fo&feature=em-lbrm

5. Strongin, S., Mirabal, D., The Great Reset: A Framework for investing after COVID-19, Goldman Sachs Research
https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/pages/the-great-reset.html