--- description: David Disalvo is the author of Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life and the best-selling What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite, which has been published in 10 languages. His work has appeared in Scientific American Mind, Forbes, Psychology Today, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Salon, Esquire, Mental Floss and other publications. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David DiSalvo ## David DiSalvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _David Disalvo is the author of_ Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life _and the best-selling_ What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite_, which has been published in 10 languages. His work has appeared in_ Scientific American Mind_,_ Forbes_, Psychology Today,_ The Wall Street Journal_, Slate, Salon,_ Esquire_,_ Mental Floss _and other publications._ ## David DiSalvo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Oct 21, 2014 ### [Can Neuroscience Debunk Free Will?](https://time.com/3529770/neuroscience-free-will/) Some research shows that brain activity behind a decision occurs before a person consciously apprehe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 18, 2014 ### [Brains Get a Performance Boost From Believing Effort Trumps Genetics](https://time.com/3398960/brains-performance-boost-effort/) It's all about your state of mind [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-disalvo/","name":"David DiSalvo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-disalvo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-disalvo/"},"name":"David DiSalvo","jobTitle":null,"description":"David Disalvo is the author of Brain Changer: How Harnessing Your Brain's Power to Adapt Can Change Your Life and the best-selling What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite, which has been published in 10 languages. His work has appeared in Scientific American Mind, Forbes, Psychology Today, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Salon, Esquire, Mental Floss and other publications.","url":"https://time.com/author/david-disalvo/","sameAs":["https://x.com/neuronarrative","https://www.facebook.com/David.DiSalvo"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```