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Books like Brain Bugs

Idiot Brain
by Dean Burnett • 2016
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
3.97
11k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
Idiot Brain Summary
Idiot Brain 97%
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
by Dean Burnett 2016
3.97
11k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
Sleights of Mind
by Stephen L. Macknik • 2010
Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.
3.94
3k+
🪞 Perceptual Illusions🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Attention And Awareness💭 Memory Distortion💊 Placebo Effect
Sleights of Mind Summary
Sleights of Mind 96%
Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.
by Stephen L. Macknik 2010
3.94
3k+ ratings
🪞 Perceptual Illusions🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Attention And Awareness💭 Memory Distortion💊 Placebo Effect
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 96%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
The Brain and the Meaning of Life
by Paul Thagard • 2010
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
3.23
128
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Mind Brain Identity🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism📊 Evidence-Based Thinking
The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary
The Brain and the Meaning of Life 96%
Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.
by Paul Thagard 2010
3.23
128 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Mind Brain Identity🔬 Neurophilosophy🔭 Scientific Realism📊 Evidence-Based Thinking
Incognito
by David Eagleman • 2011
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
4.09
35k+
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind👁️ Perception And Illusion🎭 Illusion Of Free Will
Incognito Summary
Incognito 96%
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
by David Eagleman 2011
4.09
35k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind👁️ Perception And Illusion🎭 Illusion Of Free Will
Kluge
by Gary F. Marcus • 2008
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
3.83
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Kluge Summary
Kluge 96%
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
by Gary F. Marcus 2008
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney • 2011
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
3.86
36k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart 96%
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
by David McRaney 2011
3.86
36k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker • 1994
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
4.01
23k+
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
The Language Instinct Summary
The Language Instinct 96%
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
by Steven Pinker 1994
4.01
23k+ ratings
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
The Mind's Past
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
3.77
115
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Memory Distortion
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past 96%
Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998
3.77
115 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Memory Distortion
Why We Believe What We Believe
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
4.01
331
🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation💊 Placebo Effect🧘 Spiritual Experiences
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe 96%
Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006
4.01
331 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perception And Reality🧱 Belief Formation💊 Placebo Effect🧘 Spiritual Experiences
Black and White Thinking
by Kevin Dutton • 2021
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
3.57
489
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Black and White Thinking Summary
Black and White Thinking 95%
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
by Kevin Dutton 2021
3.57
489 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Riveted
by Jim Davies • 2014
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
3.70
406
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition🔍 Pattern Recognition💭 Belief Formation
Riveted Summary
Riveted 95%
Religion and art exploit the same brain quirks. Science alone refuses to use them, and it's losing.
by Jim Davies 2014
3.70
406 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition🔍 Pattern Recognition💭 Belief Formation
Being You
by Anil Seth • 2020
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
4.10
5k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Perception Psychology🫀 Embodied Cognition
Being You Summary
Being You 95%
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
by Anil Seth 2020
4.10
5k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Perception Psychology🫀 Embodied Cognition
Useful Delusions
by Shankar Vedantam • 2021
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
3.84
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions 95%
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
by Shankar Vedantam 2021
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Descartes' Baby
by Paul Bloom • 2004
We are born seeing souls and bodies as separate. That illusion shapes art, disgust, and morality.
3.89
308
🧠 Cognitive Science👶 Developmental Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology💭 Theory Of Mind
Descartes' Baby Summary
Descartes' Baby 95%
We are born seeing souls and bodies as separate. That illusion shapes art, disgust, and morality.
by Paul Bloom 2004
3.89
308 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science👶 Developmental Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Moral Psychology💭 Theory Of Mind
How the Mind Changed
by Joseph Jebelli • 2022
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
4.06
348
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Brain🔮 Predictive Brain
How the Mind Changed Summary
How the Mind Changed 95%
The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.
by Joseph Jebelli 2022
4.06
348 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧩 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Brain🔮 Predictive Brain
The Master and His Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist • 2009
Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.
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4k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition📖 Phenomenology🌍 Cultural Evolution
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary 95%
Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.
by Iain McGilchrist 2009
4.36
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition📖 Phenomenology🌍 Cultural Evolution
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 95%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged)
by Adam Rutherford • 2021
Evolution shaped your brain for fitness, not truth. Science is the slow, conscious override.
4.11
2k+
🧪 Popular Science🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Human Perception❓ Limits Of Intuition🔬 Scientific Method
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) Summary
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) 95%
Evolution shaped your brain for fitness, not truth. Science is the slow, conscious override.
by Adam Rutherford 2021
4.11
2k+ ratings
🧪 Popular Science🧠 Cognitive Biases👁️ Human Perception❓ Limits Of Intuition🔬 Scientific Method
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 95%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
Before You Know It
by John A. Bargh • 2017
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
4.02
2k+
🧠 Unconscious Mind👥 Social Psychology⚖️ Dual Process Theory🔥 Embodied Cognition🌍 Cultural Conditioning
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It 95%
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
by John A. Bargh 2017
4.02
2k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Mind👥 Social Psychology⚖️ Dual Process Theory🔥 Embodied Cognition🌍 Cultural Conditioning
A Thousand Brains
by Jeff Hawkins • 2021
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
4.05
7k+
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition🔮 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai
A Thousand Brains Summary
A Thousand Brains 95%
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
by Jeff Hawkins 2021
4.05
7k+ ratings
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition🔮 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
3.74
3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 95%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Everyday Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 2008
Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.
3.59
840
🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Mental Models🔄 Automatic Behavior👥 Group Psychology🕸️ Complex Systems
Everyday Survival Summary
Everyday Survival 95%
Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.
by Laurence Gonzales 2008
3.59
840 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🗺️ Mental Models🔄 Automatic Behavior👥 Group Psychology🕸️ Complex Systems
The True Creator of Everything
by Miguel Nicolelis • 2020
The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.
3.87
163
🧠 Reality Construction🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔄 Brain Plasticity🧮 Limits Of Computation👥 Social Brains
The True Creator of Everything Summary
The True Creator of Everything 95%
The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.
by Miguel Nicolelis 2020
3.87
163 ratings
🧠 Reality Construction🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔄 Brain Plasticity🧮 Limits Of Computation👥 Social Brains
The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris • 2010
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
3.91
15k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility😎 Overconfidence🔍 Scientific Skepticism
The Invisible Gorilla Summary
The Invisible Gorilla 95%
Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.
by Christopher Chabris 2010
3.91
15k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Attention Management💭 Memory Fallibility😎 Overconfidence🔍 Scientific Skepticism
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2010
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
3.50
646
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? 95%
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010
3.50
646 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David DiSalvo • 2011
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
3.83
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 95%
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
by David DiSalvo 2011
3.83
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
Why We Make Mistakes
by Joseph T. Hallinan • 2009
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
3.91
9k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
Why We Make Mistakes Summary
Why We Make Mistakes 94%
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009
3.91
9k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
I Think, Therefore I Lie
by Warren Archer • 2019
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
3.44
9
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📢 Misinformation💭 Memory Fallibility
I Think, Therefore I Lie Summary
I Think, Therefore I Lie 94%
Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.
by Warren Archer 2019
3.44
9 ratings
🤥 Self-Deception🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📢 Misinformation💭 Memory Fallibility
The Consciousness Instinct
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
3.87
839
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain🧬 Evolution Of Mind🌱 Emergent Consciousness
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct 94%
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018
3.87
839 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain🧬 Evolution Of Mind🌱 Emergent Consciousness
The Tell-Tale Brain
by V.S. Ramachandran • 2010
Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.
4.15
11k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪞 Mirror Neurons🎨 Neuroaesthetics🧍 Embodied Cognition🌈 Synesthesia
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain 94%
Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010
4.15
11k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪞 Mirror Neurons🎨 Neuroaesthetics🧍 Embodied Cognition🌈 Synesthesia
The Optimism Bias
by Tali Sharot • 2011
Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.
3.78
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Cognitive Biases🌈 Positive Illusions💪 Emotional Resilience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
The Optimism Bias Summary
The Optimism Bias 94%
Your brain overestimates good outcomes; a neuroscientist reveals how this bias shapes memory.
by Tali Sharot 2011
3.78
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Cognitive Biases🌈 Positive Illusions💪 Emotional Resilience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology
An Alchemy of Mind
by Diane Ackerman • 2004
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies🔄 Brain Plasticity🪞 Memory And Identity
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind 94%
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
by Diane Ackerman 2004
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies🔄 Brain Plasticity🪞 Memory And Identity
A Mind of Its Own
by Cordelia Fine • 2005
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
3.86
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own 94%
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005
3.86
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
by Patrick House • 2022
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
3.47
774
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Predictive Processing🏃 Embodied Cognition
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness 94%
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
by Patrick House 2022
3.47
774 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Predictive Processing🏃 Embodied Cognition
Behind the Mirror
by Konrad Lorenz • 1973
Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.
4.01
163
🧬 Philosophy Of Biology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution🗣️ Language And Thought🐾 Animal Cognition
Behind the Mirror Summary
Behind the Mirror 94%
Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.
by Konrad Lorenz 1973
4.01
163 ratings
🧬 Philosophy Of Biology🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution🗣️ Language And Thought🐾 Animal Cognition
The Age of Magical Overthinking
by Amanda Montell • 2024
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
3.42
31k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
The Age of Magical Overthinking Summary
The Age of Magical Overthinking 94%
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
by Amanda Montell 2024
3.42
31k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
Supernormal Stimuli
by Deirdre Barrett • 2010
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
3.69
391
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
Supernormal Stimuli Summary
Supernormal Stimuli 94%
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
by Deirdre Barrett 2010
3.69
391 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
Cognitive Gadgets
by Cecilia Heyes • 2018
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
3.75
183
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets 94%
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
by Cecilia Heyes 2018
3.75
183 ratings
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
The Ravenous Brain
by Daniel Bor • 2012
Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.
3.91
427
🧠 Consciousness Studies🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👁️ Attention And Awareness
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain 94%
Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.
by Daniel Bor 2012
3.91
427 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👁️ Attention And Awareness
Why We Believe in God(s)
by J. Anderson Thomson • 2011
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
3.94
1k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛐 Psychology Of Religion👀 Agency Detection🔄 Cognitive Biases👶 Attachment Theory
Why We Believe in God(s) Summary
Why We Believe in God(s) 94%
Faith is not divine. It is an accident of ordinary mental systems built for survival.
by J. Anderson Thomson 2011
3.94
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛐 Psychology Of Religion👀 Agency Detection🔄 Cognitive Biases👶 Attachment Theory
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 94%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
3.95
10k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition🔗 Body-Mind Connection🌌 Consciousness Studies
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 94%
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
by António Damásio 1994
3.95
10k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition🔗 Body-Mind Connection🌌 Consciousness Studies
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2013
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
3.78
4k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 94%
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013
3.78
4k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Self Comes to Mind
by António Damásio • 2010
The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.
3.97
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🦴 Embodied Cognition💓 Emotion And Reason
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind 94%
The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.
by António Damásio 2010
3.97
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🦴 Embodied Cognition💓 Emotion And Reason
The Social Leap
by William Von Hippel • 2018
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
4.23
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap 94%
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
by William Von Hippel 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Dragons of Eden
by Carl Sagan • 1977
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
4.19
22k+
📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins🤔 Evolutionary Psychology🤖 Artificial Intelligence
The Dragons of Eden Summary
The Dragons of Eden 94%
Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.
by Carl Sagan 1977
4.19
22k+ ratings
📖 Popular Science🧠 Brain Evolution🦴 Human Origins🤔 Evolutionary Psychology🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Psych
by Paul Bloom • 2023
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
4.14
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Psych Summary
Psych 94%
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
by Paul Bloom 2023
4.14
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Phantoms in the Brain
by V.S. Ramachandran • 1998
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
4.27
21k+
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders💭 Consciousness Studies🪞 The Constructed Self
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain 94%
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998
4.27
21k+ ratings
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders💭 Consciousness Studies🪞 The Constructed Self
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