50 Books like Projections

Connections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

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285

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Connections 98%

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

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 97%

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

The New Mind Readers

by Russell A. Poldrack • 2018

Brain scans map blood flow, not thought. A pioneer reveals what fMRI can and cannot do.

3.93

168

🧠 Brain Imaging 🔄 Neural Plasticity ⚖️ Neuroethics 🧬 Mental Illness Neurobiology 📊 Statistical Thinking

The New Mind Readers 96%

Brain scans map blood flow, not thought. A pioneer reveals what fMRI can and cannot do.

by Russell A. Poldrack 2018

3.93

168 ratings

🧠 Brain Imaging 🔄 Neural Plasticity ⚖️ Neuroethics 🧬 Mental Illness Neurobiology 📊 Statistical Thinking

Psycho-Logical

by Dean Burnett • 2021

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

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1k+

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psycho-Logical 96%

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

by Dean Burnett 2021

3.84

1k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

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 96%

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

Mind Wide Open

by Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

3.90

6k+

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Mind Wide Open 96%

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

by Steven Johnson 1999

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

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 96%

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

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 96%

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

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 96%

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

Looking for Spinoza

by António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

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2k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧬 Embodied Cognition

Looking for Spinoza 96%

A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.

by António Damásio 2001

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🏛️ Neurophilosophy 🤝 Social Emotions ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧬 Embodied Cognition

Pleased to Meet Me

by Bill Sullivan • 2019

Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.

4.02

1k+

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome ⚙️ Biological Determinism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Pleased to Meet Me 95%

Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.

by Bill Sullivan 2019

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome ⚙️ Biological Determinism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Descartes' Error

by António Damásio • 1994

A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.

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10k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🦵 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Body-Mind Connection 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Descartes' Error 95%

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

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.

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🩺 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 95%

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

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 95%

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

Brain-Wise

by Patricia S. Churchland • 2002

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

4.04

140

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

Brain-Wise 95%

Everything we call mind is brain activity. Once philosophy accepts that, all its questions change.

by Patricia S. Churchland 2002

4.04

140 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Neurophilosophy 💭 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Emotion And Reason ⛓️ Free Will Debate

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 95%

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

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 95%

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

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 95%

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

Against Depression

by Peter D. Kramer • 2005

Depression as depth is a myth. It's progressive brain damage, and waiting lets it compound.

3.86

520

🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌧️ Mood Disorders 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🧠 Stress And Resilience 🎨 Creativity And Mental Illness

Against Depression 95%

Depression as depth is a myth. It's progressive brain damage, and waiting lets it compound.

by Peter D. Kramer 2005

3.86

520 ratings

🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌧️ Mood Disorders 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🧠 Stress And Resilience 🎨 Creativity And Mental Illness

The Other Brain

by R. Douglas Fields • 2008

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

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2k+

🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🔥 Neuroinflammation 🤕 Brain Disorders

The Other Brain 95%

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

by R. Douglas Fields 2008

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🔥 Neuroinflammation 🤕 Brain Disorders

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.

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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 95%

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

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 95%

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

Innate

by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

4.14

691

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

Innate 95%

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018

4.14

691 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

The Root of Thought

by Andrew Koob • 2009

Neurons are ten percent of your brain. The overlooked ninety percent may control thought itself.

3.68

135

🧠 Neuroscience History 🔄 Brain Plasticity 💭 Memory Science 🔬 Scientific Paradigms 🏥 Brain Disorders

The Root of Thought 95%

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

The Hidden Spring

by Mark Solms • 2021

Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.

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1k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing ❓ Hard Problem

The Hidden Spring 95%

Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.

by Mark Solms 2021

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing ❓ Hard Problem

How Your Brain Works

by New Scientist • 2017

86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.

3.92

353

🧠 Neuroscience Primers 👁️ Perception And Reality 💭 Memory Systems 🌌 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity

How Your Brain Works 95%

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

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 95%

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

The Meaning of Madness

by Neel Burton • 2008

Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.

3.97

275

💊 Critical Psychiatry 🌌 Existential Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Suffering And Meaning 🎨 Creativity And Madness

The Meaning of Madness 95%

Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.

by Neel Burton 2008

3.97

275 ratings

💊 Critical Psychiatry 🌌 Existential Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Suffering And Meaning 🎨 Creativity And Madness

The Mind and the Brain

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz • 2001

Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.

4.10

7k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪐 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Mindfulness Therapy ⚛️ Quantum Mind Theory 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

The Mind and the Brain 95%

Conscious thought can change brain circuitry. A psychiatrist argues quantum physics is the reason.

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001

4.10

7k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪐 Consciousness Studies 🧘 Mindfulness Therapy ⚛️ Quantum Mind Theory 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind

Your Brain

by Matthew MacDonald • 2008

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

3.77

367

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

Your Brain 95%

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

by Matthew MacDonald 2008

3.77

367 ratings

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

by Louis Cozolino • 2002

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

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570

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 95%

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

by Louis Cozolino 2002

4.33

570 ratings

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

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 95%

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 Happiness Cure

by Anders Hansen • 2023

Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.

4.06

313

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry 🦎 Mismatch Theory 😶 Happiness Paradox 🏃 Exercise Psychiatry

The Happiness Cure 95%

Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.

by Anders Hansen 2023

4.06

313 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry 🦎 Mismatch Theory 😶 Happiness Paradox 🏃 Exercise Psychiatry

Out of My Skull

by James Danckert • 2020

Boredom is a distress call, not a defect. Muting it with screens only deepens the emergency.

3.50

359

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 😶 Affective Science 🎯 Agency And Motivation 🔍 Attention And Engagement 🌟 Meaning And Purpose

Out of My Skull 95%

Boredom is a distress call, not a defect. Muting it with screens only deepens the emergency.

by James Danckert 2020

3.50

359 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 😶 Affective Science 🎯 Agency And Motivation 🔍 Attention And Engagement 🌟 Meaning And Purpose

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

3.57

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Feeling & Knowing 94%

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

by António Damásio 2021

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

The Awakened Brain

by Lisa Miller • 2021

Your brain's spiritual circuitry, once engaged, cuts depression recurrence by up to 90 percent.

4.15

3k+

🧠 Spiritual Neuroscience 🛡️ Depression Prevention 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience ✨ Synchronicity 💝 Altruism Research

The Awakened Brain 94%

Your brain's spiritual circuitry, once engaged, cuts depression recurrence by up to 90 percent.

by Lisa Miller 2021

4.15

3k+ ratings

🧠 Spiritual Neuroscience 🛡️ Depression Prevention 🧘 Contemplative Neuroscience ✨ Synchronicity 💝 Altruism Research

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.

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161

Great Myths of the Brain 94%

10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.

by Christian Jarrett 2014

3.83

161 ratings

Incognito

by David Eagleman • 2011

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

4.09

35k+

Incognito 94%

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

by David Eagleman 2011

4.09

35k+ ratings

The Neuroscience of You

by Chantel Prat • 2022

Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.

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1k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity ⚗️ Brain Chemistry ↔️ Left Brain Right Brain

The Neuroscience of You 94%

Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.

by Chantel Prat 2022

3.80

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity ⚗️ Brain Chemistry ↔️ Left Brain Right Brain

Awakenings

by Oliver Sacks • 1973

Patients frozen for decades woke on a single drug. The real trial was staying awake.

4.09

14k+

🔬 Clinical Neurology 🫀 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Neuroplasticity 💊 Experimental Medicine 📖 Patient Narratives

Awakenings 94%

Patients frozen for decades woke on a single drug. The real trial was staying awake.

by Oliver Sacks 1973

4.09

14k+ ratings

🔬 Clinical Neurology 🫀 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Neuroplasticity 💊 Experimental Medicine 📖 Patient Narratives

The Science of Sin

by Jack Lewis • 2018

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

3.60

230

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control 🧘 Emotional Regulation 📱 Modern Temptations

The Science of Sin 94%

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

by Jack Lewis 2018

3.60

230 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control 🧘 Emotional Regulation 📱 Modern Temptations

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 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

Night Falls Fast

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1999

Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.

4.12

7k+

🧠 Mood Disorders 🛡️ Suicide Prevention 🧬 Behavioral Genetics ⚗️ Neurochemistry 🌍 Public Health Crisis

Night Falls Fast 94%

Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1999

4.12

7k+ ratings

🧠 Mood Disorders 🛡️ Suicide Prevention 🧬 Behavioral Genetics ⚗️ Neurochemistry 🌍 Public Health Crisis

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Richard Passingham • 2016

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

3.71

318

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Cognitive Neuroscience 94%

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

The Power of Different

by Gail Saltz • 2017

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

4.07

1k+

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Psychiatry

The Power of Different 94%

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

by Gail Saltz 2017

4.07

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Differences 🧬 Evolutionary Psychiatry

Wider Than the Sky

by Gerald M. Edelman • 2004

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

3.65

421

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

Wider Than the Sky 94%

The mind is not a program. Consciousness is built by neural selection, not by running code.

by Gerald M. Edelman 2004

3.65

421 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🎨 Qualia Debate 🦴 Embodied Cognition

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 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

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