The closet geeks from Salon London get down to the brain on a cellular level with one of the country’s top Neuroscientists.

Professor Elaine Fox explains just why you’re a glass half-full, or a half-empty type of person, and how once you’ve decided which, the world will reinforce your decision daily. Ultimately, if you want to change who you are and how you see the world, all you need to do is simply forge some new neural pathways. All of this and much more has been the basis for Elaine’s legendary psychological academic career and she’s bringing it, herself and the results to the July Salon.

After a phenomenal session from Rough Trade’s Lucy Tesco last year, (Nicolas Jaar, Cults) who isn’t yearning for a 2012 summer playlist? Lucy is back to play us new music to ensure you have an apposite soundtrack summer for 2012 placed deep in your sub-cortex. Listen to Lucy, cold Aperol spritz in hand and we will ensure you never again stare blankly at the spotify search field trying hard not to type Coldplay.

International mind-reader Philip Escoffey, known as The Grey Man, will be on hand to explain the tricks of the trade. Psychologist, illusionist and comedian, Philip is obsessed by the psychology of belief & need and for July’s Salon, this skillful mentalist (not our words, but the words of Rupert Murdoch’s London Times) will be taking a broad look at charlatans from the intellectual end of trickery: how they persuade and convince, from people like Philip himself to the crazier end of what he terms the Acora spectrum. So keep your hands on your wallet and your wits on end and allow Philip to give you the most bedazzling half hour of your life, or at least make you think you have.