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Books like Pieces of Light

The Memory Illusion
by Julia Shaw • 2016
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
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2k+
🔍 False Memories🧠 Reconstructive Memory⚖️ Eyewitness Testimony👥 Social Memory📱 Digital Amnesia
The Memory Illusion Summary
The Memory Illusion 98%
You can be led to remember a crime you never committed; the method is just conversation.
by Julia Shaw 2016
3.94
2k+ ratings
🔍 False Memories🧠 Reconstructive Memory⚖️ Eyewitness Testimony👥 Social Memory📱 Digital Amnesia
How to Change a Memory
by Steve Ramirez • 2025
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
4.17
54
🧠 Memory Science🎭 False Memories💔 Memory And Trauma🔄 Neuroplasticity👤 Identity And Memory
How to Change a Memory Summary
How to Change a Memory 97%
Memory can be edited with light. The pioneer explains why rewriting your past is inevitable.
by Steve Ramirez 2025
4.17
54 ratings
🧠 Memory Science🎭 False Memories💔 Memory And Trauma🔄 Neuroplasticity👤 Identity And Memory
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
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3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 97%
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
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition
by Daniel L. Schacter • 2001
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
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2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science📉 Forgetting❓ Memory Biases💭 False Memories
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition Summary
The Seven Sins Of Memory Updated Edition 96%
Memory's worst habits are not bugs but features, and the seven failures that prove it.
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001
3.88
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🔬 Memory Science📉 Forgetting❓ Memory Biases💭 False Memories
Why We Remember
by Charan Ranganath • 2024
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
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3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📚 Learning Science🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💭 How Memory Works🪞 Memory And Identity
Why We Remember Summary
Why We Remember 96%
Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.
by Charan Ranganath 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📚 Learning Science🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💭 How Memory Works🪞 Memory And Identity
The Complete Guide to Memory
by Richard Restak • 2022
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
3.67
423
🧠 Memory Science🏛️ Mnemonic Techniques💪 Brain Health👁️ Attention And Focus🔄 Memory Distortion
The Complete Guide to Memory Summary
The Complete Guide to Memory 95%
Memory isn't fixed. The neuroscience and techniques that can sharpen yours at any age.
by Richard Restak 2022
3.67
423 ratings
🧠 Memory Science🏛️ Mnemonic Techniques💪 Brain Health👁️ Attention And Focus🔄 Memory Distortion
Synaptic Self
by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
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5k+
🧠 Neuroscience Of Self🔄 Neuroplasticity📸 Memory And Identity😶 Unconscious Emotion💡 Consciousness Studies
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self 95%
Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002
4.00
5k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Of Self🔄 Neuroplasticity📸 Memory And Identity😶 Unconscious Emotion💡 Consciousness Studies
Remember
by Lisa Genova • 2021
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
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16k+
🧠 Memory Science🎯 Attention And Memory😴 Sleep And Brain Health🛡️ Alzheimer's Prevention🌀 Memory Distortion
Remember Summary
Remember 95%
How memory works, why forgetting is normal, and the habits that cut Alzheimer's risk by 50%.
by Lisa Genova 2021
4.18
16k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Science🎯 Attention And Memory😴 Sleep And Brain Health🛡️ Alzheimer's Prevention🌀 Memory Distortion
NeuroLogic
by Eliezer J. Sternberg • 2016
Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.
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848
🧠 Unconscious Processing🔄 Dual Process Theory💭 Reconstructive Memory🏋️ Mental Rehearsal🪞 Self And Identity
NeuroLogic Summary
NeuroLogic 95%
Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.
by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016
4.26
848 ratings
🧠 Unconscious Processing🔄 Dual Process Theory💭 Reconstructive Memory🏋️ Mental Rehearsal🪞 Self And Identity
In Search of Memory
by Eric R. Kandel • 2006
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
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5k+
🧠 Synaptic Plasticity🔬 Molecular Biology😨 Learned Fear🗺️ Spatial Memory📜 History Of Neuroscience
In Search of Memory Summary
In Search of Memory 94%
How a sea slug's simple nervous system taught a Vienna refugee the universal recipe for memory.
by Eric R. Kandel 2006
4.14
5k+ ratings
🧠 Synaptic Plasticity🔬 Molecular Biology😨 Learned Fear🗺️ Spatial Memory📜 History Of Neuroscience
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
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2k+
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology🎭 Free Will Debate
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion 94%
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology🎭 Free Will Debate
The Forgetting Machine
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga • 2017
Your memory stores roughly 125 MB. The real marvel is what your brain decides to forget.
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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧠 Constructive Memory🧠 Role Of Forgetting🧠 Neural Representation
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine 94%
Your memory stores roughly 125 MB. The real marvel is what your brain decides to forget.
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017
3.74
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🧠 Constructive Memory🧠 Role Of Forgetting🧠 Neural Representation
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.
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115
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Consciousness Studies⚡ Unconscious Processing🎭 Self-Deception🔄 Memory Distortion
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past 94%
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
The Disordered Mind
by Eric R. Kandel • 2018
Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.
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3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🏥 Neuropsychiatry🩺 Brain Disorders🔄 Neural Plasticity💭 Consciousness Studies
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind 94%
Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.
by Eric R. Kandel 2018
4.13
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🏥 Neuropsychiatry🩺 Brain Disorders🔄 Neural Plasticity💭 Consciousness Studies
Time Warped
by Claudia Hammond • 2012
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
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1k+
🕰️ Time Perception🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Memory And Self👁️ Attention And Focus🌊 Flow State
Time Warped Summary
Time Warped 94%
Your brain builds time from emotion and memory. That is why life accelerates and accidents crawl.
by Claudia Hammond 2012
3.53
1k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Perception🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Memory And Self👁️ Attention And Focus🌊 Flow State
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 94%
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
How Your Brain Works
by New Scientist • 2017
86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.
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🧠 Neuroscience Primers👁️ Perception And Reality💭 Memory Systems🌌 Consciousness Studies🔄 Brain Plasticity
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works 94%
86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.
by New Scientist 2017
3.92
353 ratings
🧠 Neuroscience Primers👁️ Perception And Reality💭 Memory Systems🌌 Consciousness Studies🔄 Brain Plasticity
An Alchemy of Mind
by Diane Ackerman • 2004
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
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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
Moonwalking with Einstein
by Joshua Foer • 2011
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
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95k+
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice📜 Ancient Memory Arts🏆 Expertise And Mastery
Moonwalking with Einstein Summary
Moonwalking with Einstein 94%
A journalist with an average memory covers memory champions, then becomes U.S. champion in a year.
by Joshua Foer 2011
3.88
95k+ ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement🏰 Memory Palaces🎯 Deliberate Practice📜 Ancient Memory Arts🏆 Expertise And Mastery
A User's Guide to the Brain
by John J. Ratey • 2001
Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.
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2k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🏃 Embodied Cognition👁️ Perception And Consciousness🔍 Attention Management💾 Memory Formation
A User's Guide to the Brain Summary
A User's Guide to the Brain 93%
Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.
by John J. Ratey 2001
4.04
2k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🏃 Embodied Cognition👁️ Perception And Consciousness🔍 Attention Management💾 Memory Formation
Psych
by Paul Bloom • 2023
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
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2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Psych Summary
Psych 93%
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
The Root of Thought
by Andrew Koob • 2009
Neurons are ten percent of your brain. The overlooked ninety percent may control thought itself.
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🧠 Neuroscience History🔄 Brain Plasticity💭 Memory Science🔬 Scientific Paradigms🏥 Brain Disorders
The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought 93%
Neurons are ten percent of your brain. The overlooked ninety percent may control thought itself.
by Andrew Koob 2009
3.68
135 ratings
🧠 Neuroscience History🔄 Brain Plasticity💭 Memory Science🔬 Scientific Paradigms🏥 Brain Disorders
Cognitive Neuroscience
by Richard Passingham • 2016
Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.
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🧠 Brain Science📚 Cognitive Psychology🧪 Neuropsychology👁️ Perception Science💾 Memory Systems
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience 93%
Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.
by Richard Passingham 2016
3.71
318 ratings
🧠 Brain Science📚 Cognitive Psychology🧪 Neuropsychology👁️ Perception Science💾 Memory Systems
Uncle Tungsten
by Oliver Sacks • 2001
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
3.98
7k+
🧪 Chemical Memoir📜 History Of Chemistry🇬🇧 Wartime England🛡️ Intellectual Refuge👁️ Sensory Discovery
Uncle Tungsten Summary
Uncle Tungsten 93%
A boy, a bar of tungsten, a brutal wartime school: how chemistry became Oliver Sacks's sanctuary.
by Oliver Sacks 2001
3.98
7k+ ratings
🧪 Chemical Memoir📜 History Of Chemistry🇬🇧 Wartime England🛡️ Intellectual Refuge👁️ Sensory Discovery
The Brain
by Marco Magrini • 2017
Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.
4.12
705
🧠 Brain Science🔄 Neuroplasticity💪 Brain Health📚 Memory And Learning👴 Cognitive Aging
The Brain Summary
The Brain 93%
Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.
by Marco Magrini 2017
4.12
705 ratings
🧠 Brain Science🔄 Neuroplasticity💪 Brain Health📚 Memory And Learning👴 Cognitive Aging
Mind Hacks
by Tom Stafford • 2004
The user manual your brain never came with: how perception, attention, and memory actually work.
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1k+
🧠 Cognitive Science🔧 Applied Psychology📚 Brain-Based Learning🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Perception And Attention
Mind Hacks Summary
Mind Hacks 93%
The user manual your brain never came with: how perception, attention, and memory actually work.
by Tom Stafford 2004
3.74
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science🔧 Applied Psychology📚 Brain-Based Learning🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience👁️ Perception And Attention
You Can Have an Amazing Memory
by Dominic O'Brien • 2011
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
4.06
981
🧠 Memory Improvement🧩 Mnemonic Techniques🏛️ Method Of Loci🏋️ Brain Training⚡ Accelerated Learning
You Can Have an Amazing Memory Summary
You Can Have an Amazing Memory 93%
Turn numbers into familiar faces and lists into journeys through your own home.
by Dominic O'Brien 2011
4.06
981 ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement🧩 Mnemonic Techniques🏛️ Method Of Loci🏋️ Brain Training⚡ Accelerated Learning
La vida secreta de la mente
by Mariano Sigman • 2015
Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.
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3k+
🧠 Unconscious Processing🔄 Brain Plasticity👶 Infant Cognition😴 Sleep And Memory🎓 Neuroeducation
La vida secreta de la mente Summary
La vida secreta de la mente 93%
Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.
by Mariano Sigman 2015
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Processing🔄 Brain Plasticity👶 Infant Cognition😴 Sleep And Memory🎓 Neuroeducation
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 93%
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
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week
by Dominic O'Brien • 2005
2,808 shuffled cards memorized. The 50-step training system that can make your memory that reliable.
3.95
800
🧠 Memory Techniques💪 Brain Health🏛️ Method Of Loci🔢 Number Mnemonics👤 Name Recall
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week Summary
How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week 93%
2,808 shuffled cards memorized. The 50-step training system that can make your memory that reliable.
by Dominic O'Brien 2005
3.95
800 ratings
🧠 Memory Techniques💪 Brain Health🏛️ Method Of Loci🔢 Number Mnemonics👤 Name Recall
The Experience Machine
by Andy Clark • 2023
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
3.91
1k+
🧠 Predictive Processing💭 Consciousness Studies🦾 Embodied Cognition🌐 Distributed Cognition❤️ Embodied Emotion
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine 93%
Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.
by Andy Clark 2023
3.91
1k+ ratings
🧠 Predictive Processing💭 Consciousness Studies🦾 Embodied Cognition🌐 Distributed Cognition❤️ Embodied Emotion
Your Memory
by Kenneth L. Higbee • 1977
Your brain holds just seven things at once. The techniques that override that limit.
3.95
988
🧠 Memory Improvement🔬 Cognitive Psychology🏰 Mnemonics Techniques📚 Study Skills🔁 Spaced Repetition
Your Memory Summary
Your Memory 93%
Your brain holds just seven things at once. The techniques that override that limit.
by Kenneth L. Higbee 1977
3.95
988 ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement🔬 Cognitive Psychology🏰 Mnemonics Techniques📚 Study Skills🔁 Spaced Repetition
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 93%
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
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
by Sam Kean • 2014
History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.
4.25
14k+
🧠 Neuroscience📜 History Of Science🏥 Medical History📖 Clinical Tales🧩 Neurological Disorders
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons 93%
History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.
by Sam Kean 2014
4.25
14k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience📜 History Of Science🏥 Medical History📖 Clinical Tales🧩 Neurological Disorders
Mastering Memory
by Brad Zupp • 2019
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
3.76
33
🧠 Memory Improvement📝 Mnemonics🎓 Learning Strategies🖼️ Mental Imagery🎯 Attention Management
Mastering Memory Summary
Mastering Memory 93%
Stop missing names, keys, and meetings: the techniques that make everyday memory stick.
by Brad Zupp 2019
3.76
33 ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement📝 Mnemonics🎓 Learning Strategies🖼️ Mental Imagery🎯 Attention Management
Brain Bugs
by Dean Buonomano • 2011
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
3.80
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Brain Bugs Summary
Brain Bugs 93%
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
by Dean Buonomano 2011
3.80
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
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 92%
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
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 92%
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
Connections
by Karl Deisseroth • 2021
What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.
3.78
285
🧠 Clinical Neuroscience🐒 Evolutionary Psychology📋 Patient Case Studies💗 Emotion And The Brain💭 Consciousness Studies
Connections Summary
Connections 92%
What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.
by Karl Deisseroth 2021
3.78
285 ratings
🧠 Clinical Neuroscience🐒 Evolutionary Psychology📋 Patient Case Studies💗 Emotion And The Brain💭 Consciousness Studies
Know Thyself
by Stephen M. Fleming • 2021
Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.
3.86
357
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗣️ Social Cognition🤔 Metacognition🧮 Bayesian Brain🔮 Predictive Processing
Know Thyself Summary
Know Thyself 92%
Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.
by Stephen M. Fleming 2021
3.86
357 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗣️ Social Cognition🤔 Metacognition🧮 Bayesian Brain🔮 Predictive Processing
The Biological Mind
by Alan Jasanoff • 2018
Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.
3.70
237
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🔬 Neuroscience Critique💭 Philosophy Of Mind🌐 Extended Mind
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind 92%
Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.
by Alan Jasanoff 2018
3.70
237 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🔬 Neuroscience Critique💭 Philosophy Of Mind🌐 Extended Mind
Great Myths of the Brain
by Christian Jarrett • 2014
10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.
3.83
161
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💥 Myth Debunking📜 Brain History🏃 Embodied Cognition⚕️ Medical History
Great Myths of the Brain Summary
Great Myths of the Brain 92%
10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.
by Christian Jarrett 2014
3.83
161 ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💥 Myth Debunking📜 Brain History🏃 Embodied Cognition⚕️ Medical History
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks • 1985
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
4.05
249k+
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy🧩 Brain And Identity📋 Case Histories
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 92%
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
by Oliver Sacks 1985
4.05
249k+ ratings
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy🧩 Brain And Identity📋 Case Histories
Aftermath
by Susan J. Brison • 2001
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
4.35
486
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 92%
The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.
by Susan J. Brison 2001
4.35
486 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Self📚 Trauma Theory✊ Feminist Philosophy📖 Narrative Identity🧩 Traumatic Memory
Numerate Life
by John Allen Paulos • 2015
Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.
3.49
170
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📖 Narrative Identity📊 Statistical Reasoning🧠 Memory And Bias🫥 Illusion Of Self
Numerate Life Summary
Numerate Life 92%
Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.
by John Allen Paulos 2015
3.49
170 ratings
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📖 Narrative Identity📊 Statistical Reasoning🧠 Memory And Bias🫥 Illusion Of Self
Pictures of the Mind
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald • 2009
The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.
3.76
894
🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Consciousness Studies💓 Affective Neuroscience😊 Science Of Happiness💊 Addiction Neuroscience
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind 92%
The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.
by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009
3.76
894 ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity🧘 Consciousness Studies💓 Affective Neuroscience😊 Science Of Happiness💊 Addiction Neuroscience
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2007
The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.
3.95
9k+
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Consciousness Studies🌊 Emergence🪞 Theory Of Self
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I Am a Strange Loop 92%
The self is an abstract loop the brain builds, and Gödel's proof shows how.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007
3.95
9k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science👁️ Consciousness Studies🌊 Emergence🪞 Theory Of Self
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It
by William Walker Atkinson • 1911
Forget the memory tricks. An extraordinary memory is built on three habits you already practice.
3.75
938
🧠 Memory Improvement👁️ Attention Training🔗 Associative Learning🏋️ Mental Fitness🌿 Natural Memory
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It Summary
Memory How to Develop, Train, and Use It 92%
Forget the memory tricks. An extraordinary memory is built on three habits you already practice.
by William Walker Atkinson 1911
3.75
938 ratings
🧠 Memory Improvement👁️ Attention Training🔗 Associative Learning🏋️ Mental Fitness🌿 Natural Memory
Surfing Uncertainty
by Andy Clark • 2015
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
4.09
381
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing🧘 Embodied Cognition🌱 Enactivism
Surfing Uncertainty Summary
Surfing Uncertainty 92%
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
by Andy Clark 2015
4.09
381 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🔮 Predictive Processing🧘 Embodied Cognition🌱 Enactivism
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 92%
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
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