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  • What's your best time of day to work or exercise?
  • What electricity and chemistry drive your brain?
  • What regulates your focus and productivity?

Elizabeth R. Ricker

Award-winning author and MIT/Harvard-trained brain researcher helping individuals and organizations optimize brain health and performance.

Discover her latest book, "Brain: An Owner's Guide" (DK/Penguin Random House), and the award-winning "Smarter Tomorrow" (Little, Brown Spark/Hachette).

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About Elizabeth R. Ricker

Elizabeth R. Ricker is an award-winning author and MIT- and Harvard-trained brain researcher. Her newest book is "Brain: An Owner's Guide" (DK/Penguin Random House). She is also 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, 2021).

Through her organizations Ricker Labs and Neuroeducate, she helps companies, schools, and individuals optimize their brain health and performance. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Psychology Today, The Hindu (India), Stylist (UK), Red (UK), and public broadcast TV in Europe.

Smarter Tomorrow was the winner of a 2022 Nautilus Book Award in science and cosmology, selected as a top new book of the year by The Wall Street Journal and the Next Big Idea Club, and nominated for an Audie. It has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Chinese, and Russian.