As a Neuroscientist, I Quit These 5 Morning Habits That Destroy Your Brain

Neuroscientist and psychology PhD Patricia Schmidt explains, from a neuroscience perspective, why what you do in the first 60–90 minutes after waking shapes your mood and cognitive performance for the rest of the day, and walks through five common morning habits that sabotage the brain — starting with checking your phone within ten minutes of waking, which 84% of US adults do — and offers better neuroscience-backed alternatives for each.