Reddit reviews The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design

I'm 47, and I'm self-learned/directed since the age of 10. What I do (Immersive Design & Storytelling) requires 'a bit of everything' in both knowledge and skills: from business planning and interaction design to mythology and programming.

From your first indications, it seems you're going to delve into Neuromarketing!

In order to make it future-proof, you might want to:

• Attend some free, authoritative online courses such as Introduction to Psychology from Yale University, and Positive Psychology from Harvard;
  
• Learn about the Flow Theory of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, from all his books / audiobooks / video lectures;
  
• Save a few hundred bucks and experiment with a Neurofeedback headset such as the Emotiv Insight, and follow the development of devices such as Neuralink;
  
• Find your niche: for example, if you're also into video games you could enjoy a design / marketing book like 'The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and User Experience Can Impact Video Game Design';
  
• Always look for problems that no one has ever addressed so far, and make solving them your mission!
  
  As for the 'hardness' of learning online:
  
  
• Find your pace: make it a daily habit with a schedule;
  
• Learn in chunks, and instantly apply what you've learned;
  
• Always keep written / vocal notes of your ideas: you would think you will remember them, but you won't;
  
• Organize your ideas visually, with tools like TheBrain and Mindmanager;
  
• Stay motivated: look for study groups where you can share this experience with others;
  
• Be curious about what happens around you: your work will affect the world you live in;
  
• Stay up to date to everything 'futuristic' like VR & AI, and see how they will impact your field;
  
• Follow your inspiration, and understand how can it be converted in money;
  
• Make a path of your own, by creatively combining different (new) subjects and disciplines;
  
  
  And most importantly...
  
  
  NEVER GIVE UP!
  
  
  Even if you fail hard, get back on your ass, analyze what went wrong, and correct the course. ; )