Dr. Dominic Ng
@dominicng.bsky.social
Neurology trainee | PhD candidate decoding the brain | Academic writer distilling complex neuroscience into concise, peer-reviewed insights
I regret to inform you that the things that matter most - a calm mind, a healthy body, and a loving home - cannot be bought. They must be earned. Slowly. Daily. Deliberately.
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I regret to inform you that the things that matter most - a calm mind, a healthy body, and a loving home - cannot be bought. They must be earned. Slowly. Daily. Deliberately.
The happiest people I know have shorter to-do lists. Fewer ambitions. Fewer commitments. Fewer things demanding their attention.
They’re not doing less - they’re doing less that doesn’t matter. You can fill your calendar or refine it. One looks successful. The other actually is.
They’re not doing less - they’re doing less that doesn’t matter. You can fill your calendar or refine it. One looks successful. The other actually is.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The happiest people I know have shorter to-do lists. Fewer ambitions. Fewer commitments. Fewer things demanding their attention.
They’re not doing less - they’re doing less that doesn’t matter. You can fill your calendar or refine it. One looks successful. The other actually is.
They’re not doing less - they’re doing less that doesn’t matter. You can fill your calendar or refine it. One looks successful. The other actually is.
A 40-year study found that staying active in midlife and beyond is linked to 40% lower dementia risk.
The simplest thing you can do for your brain is take a walk.
The simplest thing you can do for your brain is take a walk.
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A 40-year study found that staying active in midlife and beyond is linked to 40% lower dementia risk.
The simplest thing you can do for your brain is take a walk.
The simplest thing you can do for your brain is take a walk.
As a neuroscientist, I observe this cycle daily:
- Oversleep and miss morning light
- Feel exhausted by afternoon
- Can’t fall asleep at bedtime
- Wake up late again
Your brain requires morning light to set its internal clock. Skip it, and the pattern continues.
- Oversleep and miss morning light
- Feel exhausted by afternoon
- Can’t fall asleep at bedtime
- Wake up late again
Your brain requires morning light to set its internal clock. Skip it, and the pattern continues.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As a neuroscientist, I observe this cycle daily:
- Oversleep and miss morning light
- Feel exhausted by afternoon
- Can’t fall asleep at bedtime
- Wake up late again
Your brain requires morning light to set its internal clock. Skip it, and the pattern continues.
- Oversleep and miss morning light
- Feel exhausted by afternoon
- Can’t fall asleep at bedtime
- Wake up late again
Your brain requires morning light to set its internal clock. Skip it, and the pattern continues.
Living in a walkable place might be the most underrated health advantage.
Coffee shop, restaurant, park - each destination adds steps you didn’t plan for.
Coffee shop, restaurant, park - each destination adds steps you didn’t plan for.
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Living in a walkable place might be the most underrated health advantage.
Coffee shop, restaurant, park - each destination adds steps you didn’t plan for.
Coffee shop, restaurant, park - each destination adds steps you didn’t plan for.
A habit worth building:
Tell people the specific impact they had on you. Not "thanks for everything." But, “the way you handled that meeting taught me confidence."
Generic praise is forgotten. Most people have no idea what they do well. Show them.
Tell people the specific impact they had on you. Not "thanks for everything." But, “the way you handled that meeting taught me confidence."
Generic praise is forgotten. Most people have no idea what they do well. Show them.
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A habit worth building:
Tell people the specific impact they had on you. Not "thanks for everything." But, “the way you handled that meeting taught me confidence."
Generic praise is forgotten. Most people have no idea what they do well. Show them.
Tell people the specific impact they had on you. Not "thanks for everything." But, “the way you handled that meeting taught me confidence."
Generic praise is forgotten. Most people have no idea what they do well. Show them.
New Nature study on the "Batman effect": When a pregnant woman boarded Milan trains alone, 38% offered seats. But when Batman boarded the same train, that jumped to 67%.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New Nature study on the "Batman effect": When a pregnant woman boarded Milan trains alone, 38% offered seats. But when Batman boarded the same train, that jumped to 67%.
Handwritten notes beat typing for academic performance - even though typing produces MORE notes, according to a meta-analysis of 3000 students.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Handwritten notes beat typing for academic performance - even though typing produces MORE notes, according to a meta-analysis of 3000 students.
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you: the brain doesn't distinguish between the habits that serve you and the ones that destroy you.
The question isn't whether you'll change, but what you'll become.
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you: the brain doesn't distinguish between the habits that serve you and the ones that destroy you.
The question isn't whether you'll change, but what you'll become.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you: the brain doesn't distinguish between the habits that serve you and the ones that destroy you.
The question isn't whether you'll change, but what you'll become.
Repetition rewires
Repetition rewires
As a neuroscientist, I can tell you: the brain doesn't distinguish between the habits that serve you and the ones that destroy you.
The question isn't whether you'll change, but what you'll become.
Friendship might have a smell.
A 2022 study found people with similar body odours were far more likely to instantly “click” as friends – an electronic nose even predicted positive stranger pairings with ~71% accuracy.
A 2022 study found people with similar body odours were far more likely to instantly “click” as friends – an electronic nose even predicted positive stranger pairings with ~71% accuracy.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Friendship might have a smell.
A 2022 study found people with similar body odours were far more likely to instantly “click” as friends – an electronic nose even predicted positive stranger pairings with ~71% accuracy.
A 2022 study found people with similar body odours were far more likely to instantly “click” as friends – an electronic nose even predicted positive stranger pairings with ~71% accuracy.
A new study finds testosterone is linked to men acting on conviction, not audience.
Men got testosterone or placebo and chose between getting money or giving it to charity.
Placebo men became more generous when watched while men on testosterone didn't.
Men got testosterone or placebo and chose between getting money or giving it to charity.
Placebo men became more generous when watched while men on testosterone didn't.
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A new study finds testosterone is linked to men acting on conviction, not audience.
Men got testosterone or placebo and chose between getting money or giving it to charity.
Placebo men became more generous when watched while men on testosterone didn't.
Men got testosterone or placebo and chose between getting money or giving it to charity.
Placebo men became more generous when watched while men on testosterone didn't.
Oxytocin receptors act as friendship accelerators. Prairie voles lacking them need double the time to bond.
Warmth + time = connection. Keep showing up, even in small ways.
Warmth + time = connection. Keep showing up, even in small ways.
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Oxytocin receptors act as friendship accelerators. Prairie voles lacking them need double the time to bond.
Warmth + time = connection. Keep showing up, even in small ways.
Warmth + time = connection. Keep showing up, even in small ways.
Don’t talk about your plans. Finish them.
As a neuroscientist, sharing goals feels good, but it tricks your brain into thinking you’ve already won. Stay quiet. Do the work. Let your results speak for you.
As a neuroscientist, sharing goals feels good, but it tricks your brain into thinking you’ve already won. Stay quiet. Do the work. Let your results speak for you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Don’t talk about your plans. Finish them.
As a neuroscientist, sharing goals feels good, but it tricks your brain into thinking you’ve already won. Stay quiet. Do the work. Let your results speak for you.
As a neuroscientist, sharing goals feels good, but it tricks your brain into thinking you’ve already won. Stay quiet. Do the work. Let your results speak for you.
Pets completely protect against mental decline from living alone.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Pets completely protect against mental decline from living alone.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
A single 25g dose of creatine boosts cognitive performance during sleep deprivation within 4 hours:
- Language processing speed +29%
- Numeric processing speed +24%
- Logic processing speed +16%
- Word memory +10%
Brain scans confirmed increased cerebral creatine uptake.
- Language processing speed +29%
- Numeric processing speed +24%
- Logic processing speed +16%
- Word memory +10%
Brain scans confirmed increased cerebral creatine uptake.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A single 25g dose of creatine boosts cognitive performance during sleep deprivation within 4 hours:
- Language processing speed +29%
- Numeric processing speed +24%
- Logic processing speed +16%
- Word memory +10%
Brain scans confirmed increased cerebral creatine uptake.
- Language processing speed +29%
- Numeric processing speed +24%
- Logic processing speed +16%
- Word memory +10%
Brain scans confirmed increased cerebral creatine uptake.
Evening exercise reduces mortality risk by 61% in adults with obesity.
Morning exercise only reduces it by 33%.
Morning exercise only reduces it by 33%.
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Evening exercise reduces mortality risk by 61% in adults with obesity.
Morning exercise only reduces it by 33%.
Morning exercise only reduces it by 33%.
Google mapped ONE millimeter of brain tissue - revealing 57,000 cells and 150 million synapses.
Every one of those connections can strengthen, weaken, or rebuild based on your daily choices.
Here are 6 evidence-based ways to reshape your brain through neuroplasticity:
Every one of those connections can strengthen, weaken, or rebuild based on your daily choices.
Here are 6 evidence-based ways to reshape your brain through neuroplasticity:
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Google mapped ONE millimeter of brain tissue - revealing 57,000 cells and 150 million synapses.
Every one of those connections can strengthen, weaken, or rebuild based on your daily choices.
Here are 6 evidence-based ways to reshape your brain through neuroplasticity:
Every one of those connections can strengthen, weaken, or rebuild based on your daily choices.
Here are 6 evidence-based ways to reshape your brain through neuroplasticity:
As someone with an MD doing a PhD in neuroscience, I can tell you this: the smartest people are all self-taught, even if they went to school.
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As someone with an MD doing a PhD in neuroscience, I can tell you this: the smartest people are all self-taught, even if they went to school.
“Equating time with money undervalues life.
Life cannot be measured in hourly wages. Time is the substance of living, not merely currency to trade.”
This scientist reveals how to rewire your brain to invest time in what truly matters to you.
Life cannot be measured in hourly wages. Time is the substance of living, not merely currency to trade.”
This scientist reveals how to rewire your brain to invest time in what truly matters to you.
October 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Equating time with money undervalues life.
Life cannot be measured in hourly wages. Time is the substance of living, not merely currency to trade.”
This scientist reveals how to rewire your brain to invest time in what truly matters to you.
Life cannot be measured in hourly wages. Time is the substance of living, not merely currency to trade.”
This scientist reveals how to rewire your brain to invest time in what truly matters to you.
I’m a neuroscientist.
You’d never keep your dog inside for 10 hours without a walk, skip its meals, or keep it up all night - so why treat your brain that way?
Take yourself for a walk.
You’d never keep your dog inside for 10 hours without a walk, skip its meals, or keep it up all night - so why treat your brain that way?
Take yourself for a walk.
October 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’m a neuroscientist.
You’d never keep your dog inside for 10 hours without a walk, skip its meals, or keep it up all night - so why treat your brain that way?
Take yourself for a walk.
You’d never keep your dog inside for 10 hours without a walk, skip its meals, or keep it up all night - so why treat your brain that way?
Take yourself for a walk.
A 15-year study of 1,688 adults found that people using saunas 4-7 times per week had a 77% lower risk of fatal cardiovascular events compared to once-weekly users.
October 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A 15-year study of 1,688 adults found that people using saunas 4-7 times per week had a 77% lower risk of fatal cardiovascular events compared to once-weekly users.
Biggest fitness myth? That weights are a young man's domain.
The reality is the gym is for everyone: 70-year-olds deadlifting, women crushing PRs, folks treating their anxiety and depression.
Strength training is everyone's tool for a stronger brain & body.
The reality is the gym is for everyone: 70-year-olds deadlifting, women crushing PRs, folks treating their anxiety and depression.
Strength training is everyone's tool for a stronger brain & body.
September 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Biggest fitness myth? That weights are a young man's domain.
The reality is the gym is for everyone: 70-year-olds deadlifting, women crushing PRs, folks treating their anxiety and depression.
Strength training is everyone's tool for a stronger brain & body.
The reality is the gym is for everyone: 70-year-olds deadlifting, women crushing PRs, folks treating their anxiety and depression.
Strength training is everyone's tool for a stronger brain & body.
Caffeine can increase how long people persist in trying to complete difficult tasks when stressed.
Coffee may help you power through when times get tough.
Coffee may help you power through when times get tough.
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Caffeine can increase how long people persist in trying to complete difficult tasks when stressed.
Coffee may help you power through when times get tough.
Coffee may help you power through when times get tough.
Tired of being tired?
As a neuroscientist, here’s 10 proven fixes to help you rest better at night:
1. Keep a consistent schedule.
Same 30-minute window = 36% less insomnia.
As a neuroscientist, here’s 10 proven fixes to help you rest better at night:
1. Keep a consistent schedule.
Same 30-minute window = 36% less insomnia.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Tired of being tired?
As a neuroscientist, here’s 10 proven fixes to help you rest better at night:
1. Keep a consistent schedule.
Same 30-minute window = 36% less insomnia.
As a neuroscientist, here’s 10 proven fixes to help you rest better at night:
1. Keep a consistent schedule.
Same 30-minute window = 36% less insomnia.
Researchers @TheLancet identified 12 lifestyle choices that impact your dementia risk.
Here what to do to reduce your risk: 👇
1. Protect your ears
Mild hearing loss doubles risk of dementia
Here what to do to reduce your risk: 👇
1. Protect your ears
Mild hearing loss doubles risk of dementia
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Researchers @TheLancet identified 12 lifestyle choices that impact your dementia risk.
Here what to do to reduce your risk: 👇
1. Protect your ears
Mild hearing loss doubles risk of dementia
Here what to do to reduce your risk: 👇
1. Protect your ears
Mild hearing loss doubles risk of dementia