50 Books like This Is Your Brain on Parasites

I Contain Multitudes

by Ed Yong • 2016

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

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🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

I Contain Multitudes 95%

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

by Ed Yong 2016

4.17

32k+ ratings

🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

The Second Brain

by Michael D. Gershon • 1998

The gut's hundred million neurons operate on their own; their dysfunction can unravel the mind.

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527

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🩺 Digestive Health 🔬 Popular Neuroscience ⚕️ Bowel Disorders 🧪 Neurogastroenterology

The Second Brain 94%

The gut's hundred million neurons operate on their own; their dysfunction can unravel the mind.

by Michael D. Gershon 1998

3.74

527 ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🩺 Digestive Health 🔬 Popular Neuroscience ⚕️ Bowel Disorders 🧪 Neurogastroenterology

Pleased to Meet Me

by Bill Sullivan • 2019

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

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1k+

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

Pleased to Meet Me 94%

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

The Mind-Gut Connection

by Emeran Mayer • 2015

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

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10k+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

The Mind-Gut Connection 94%

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

by Emeran Mayer 2015

3.76

10k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

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 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

Gulp

by Mary Roach • 2013

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

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52k+

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

Gulp 93%

Rectal smuggling, flammable farts, and Elvis: a tour of the digestive tract's hidden life.

by Mary Roach 2013

3.93

52k+ ratings

🧬 Digestive Science 🚫 Bodily Taboos 👃 Sensory Science 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🏥 Medical History

The Germ Code

by Jason Tetro • 2013

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

3.76

142

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

The Germ Code 93%

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

by Jason Tetro 2013

3.76

142 ratings

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

sex sleep eat drink dream

by Jennifer Ackerman • 2007

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

3.60

977

🕰️ Chronobiology 😴 Sleep Science 👃 Sensory Perception 🍽️ Appetite Regulation 🧠 Stress Physiology

sex sleep eat drink dream 93%

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

by Jennifer Ackerman 2007

3.60

977 ratings

🕰️ Chronobiology 😴 Sleep Science 👃 Sensory Perception 🍽️ Appetite Regulation 🧠 Stress Physiology

This View of Life

by David Sloan Wilson • 2019

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

3.96

372

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection ⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Systems Thinking

This View of Life 93%

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

by David Sloan Wilson 2019

3.96

372 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection ⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Systems Thinking

An Elegant Defense

by Matt Richtel • 2019

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

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6k+

🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

An Elegant Defense 93%

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

by Matt Richtel 2019

4.07

6k+ ratings

🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Virus of the Mind

by Richard Brodie • 1995

Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.

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2k+

🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

Virus of the Mind 93%

Your beliefs spread the way colds do. They evolved to be catchy, not true.

by Richard Brodie 1995

3.69

2k+ ratings

🔄 Cultural Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 Memetics 🦠 Cultural Viruses 🔁 Mental Programming

The Psychobiotic Revolution

by Scott C. Anderson • 2017

The trillions of microbes in your gut are manufacturing your moods. Diet gives you the controls.

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1k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🔗 Gut-Brain Connection 🥬 Fermented Foods 💊 Probiotics

The Psychobiotic Revolution 93%

The trillions of microbes in your gut are manufacturing your moods. Diet gives you the controls.

by Scott C. Anderson 2017

4.10

1k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🔗 Gut-Brain Connection 🥬 Fermented Foods 💊 Probiotics

Mind Wide Open

by Steven Johnson • 1999

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

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6k+

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

Mind Wide Open 93%

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

Behave

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2017

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

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33k+

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior 🌱 Nature Nurture 🔗 Free Will Debate

Behave 93%

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017

4.38

33k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior 🌱 Nature Nurture 🔗 Free Will Debate

Being Human

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

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806

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Being Human 93%

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

4.35

806 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Follow Your Gut

by Rob Knight • 2015

100 trillion microbes live on you, shaping your weight, mood, and mind more than your genes.

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🧫 Human Microbiome 🧠 Gut Brain Connection 🥗 Diet And Gut Health 💊 Antibiotic Overuse 👶 Birth And Microbiome

Follow Your Gut 93%

100 trillion microbes live on you, shaping your weight, mood, and mind more than your genes.

by Rob Knight 2015

3.82

1k+ ratings

🧫 Human Microbiome 🧠 Gut Brain Connection 🥗 Diet And Gut Health 💊 Antibiotic Overuse 👶 Birth And Microbiome

Understanding Living Systems

by Raymond Noble • 2023

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

3.84

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

Understanding Living Systems 93%

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

by Raymond Noble 2023

3.84

56 ratings

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

How Pleasure Works

by Paul Bloom • 2010

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

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4k+

🧠 Hedonic Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 🔮 Essentialism 🎨 Aesthetics

How Pleasure Works 93%

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

by Paul Bloom 2010

3.71

4k+ ratings

🧠 Hedonic Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 🔮 Essentialism 🎨 Aesthetics

An Epidemic of Absence

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff • 2012

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

4.15

880

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science 🧹 Hygiene Hypothesis ⚖️ Immune Regulation

An Epidemic of Absence 93%

Parasites taught immune systems what to ignore. Without them, the body mistakes itself for a threat.

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff 2012

4.15

880 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🩺 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Microbiome Science 🧹 Hygiene Hypothesis ⚖️ Immune Regulation

Mosquito

by Andrew Spielman • 2001

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

3.89

436

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Mosquito 93%

Smaller than a fingernail, deadlier than all wars combined: the insect that decided empires.

by Andrew Spielman 2001

3.89

436 ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🌍 Disease Ecology 🪲 Insect Science 🌿 Natural History 🏛️ Public Health History

Gut

by Giulia Enders • 2014

The hundred million neurons in your gut produce your serotonin. Digestion is just its first job.

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57k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🫄 Digestive Health 🔬 Popular Science 🧠 Gut-Brain Connection 🧫 Microbial Diversity

Gut 92%

The hundred million neurons in your gut produce your serotonin. Digestion is just its first job.

by Giulia Enders 2014

4.08

57k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🫄 Digestive Health 🔬 Popular Science 🧠 Gut-Brain Connection 🧫 Microbial Diversity

The Ape that Understood the Universe

by Steve Stewart-Williams • 2018

You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.

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2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies 👶 Parental Investment 🤝 Altruism

The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary

The Ape that Understood the Universe 92%

You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.

by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018

4.23

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies 👶 Parental Investment 🤝 Altruism

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

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3k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Patient Zero 92%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

A Natural History of Human Emotions

by Stuart Walton • 2005

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

3.61

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🏗️ Social Construction 😇 Moral Emotions

A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary

A Natural History of Human Emotions 92%

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

by Stuart Walton 2005

3.61

23 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🏗️ Social Construction 😇 Moral Emotions

The Good Gut

by Justin Sonnenburg • 2015

You're missing a third of your gut microbes, and your health is paying the price.

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4k+

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🥗 Digestive Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 💊 Antibiotics

The Good Gut 92%

You're missing a third of your gut microbes, and your health is paying the price.

by Justin Sonnenburg 2015

3.85

4k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🥗 Digestive Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 💊 Antibiotics

Clean

by James Hamblin • 2020

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

3.89

5k+

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

Clean 92%

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

by James Hamblin 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

Brain Maker

by David Perlmutter • 2015

Trillions of gut microbes run your brain. How to feed the ones that protect you.

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9k+

🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🧩 Brain Health 🔬 Microbiome 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

Brain Maker 92%

Trillions of gut microbes run your brain. How to feed the ones that protect you.

by David Perlmutter 2015

4.00

9k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🧩 Brain Health 🔬 Microbiome 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 1993

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

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17k+

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers 92%

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 1993

4.17

17k+ ratings

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain

by Douglas T. Kenrick • 2022

Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.

3.83

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪨 Modern Mismatch 🧱 Environment Design 🤝 Friendship Science 👑 Status Seeking

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain Summary

Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain 92%

Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.

by Douglas T. Kenrick 2022

3.83

46 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🪨 Modern Mismatch 🧱 Environment Design 🤝 Friendship Science 👑 Status Seeking

Adaptable

by Herman Pontzer • 2025

Your hunter-gatherer body struggles with modern life, and chronic disease is the result.

3.96

221

🧬 Human Biology 🩺 Evolutionary Medicine 🍽️ Diet And Metabolism 🌍 Race And Genetics 🏕️ Ancestral Health

Adaptable 92%

Your hunter-gatherer body struggles with modern life, and chronic disease is the result.

by Herman Pontzer 2025

3.96

221 ratings

🧬 Human Biology 🩺 Evolutionary Medicine 🍽️ Diet And Metabolism 🌍 Race And Genetics 🏕️ Ancestral Health

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

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6k+

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

The Psychopath Inside 92%

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013

3.50

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 📖 Neuro-Memoir

Identically Different

by Tim Spector • 2012

Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.

3.73

458

🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Behavioral Genetics 👯 Twin Studies ⚖️ Nature Nurture Debate 👶 Early Development

Identically Different 92%

Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.

by Tim Spector 2012

3.73

458 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Behavioral Genetics 👯 Twin Studies ⚖️ Nature Nurture Debate 👶 Early Development

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

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2k+

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Projections 92%

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Extended Phenotype

by Richard Dawkins • 1982

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

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10k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

The Extended Phenotype 92%

Genes don't stop at skin: a beaver dam is a genetic tool, like the teeth.

by Richard Dawkins 1982

4.12

10k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🎯 Gene-Level Selection 🔍 Adaptationism 🧠 Cultural Evolution 🦊 Animal Behavior

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 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

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 92%

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

Why Brains Need Friends

by Ben Rein • 2025

Your brain is built to connect, then sabotages every attempt. The neuroscience of fixing it.

3.95

502

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Prosocial Behavior 🐕 Human-Animal Bond

Why Brains Need Friends 92%

Your brain is built to connect, then sabotages every attempt. The neuroscience of fixing it.

by Ben Rein 2025

3.95

502 ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🦴 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 🌍 Prosocial Behavior 🐕 Human-Animal Bond

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 92%

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

Trauma Releasing Exercises

by David Berceli • 2005

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

4.08

333

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

Trauma Releasing Exercises 92%

Your body knows how to shake off trauma. A self-guided system that reactivates that lost reflex.

by David Berceli 2005

4.08

333 ratings

🧘 Somatic Therapy 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Gut Intuition

Age of Empathy

by Frans de Waal • 2009

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

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3k+

🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

Age of Empathy 92%

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

by Frans de Waal 2009

4.00

3k+ ratings

🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🤝 Cooperation Evolution

The Polyvagal Theory

by Stephen W. Porges • 2011

Three brains in one nervous system: the oldest immobilizes you, the newest lets you love.

4.11

801

🧠 Autonomic Nervous System 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🔗 Attachment Theory ❤️ Affective Neuroscience ⚡ Stress Response

The Polyvagal Theory 92%

Three brains in one nervous system: the oldest immobilizes you, the newest lets you love.

by Stephen W. Porges 2011

4.11

801 ratings

🧠 Autonomic Nervous System 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🔗 Attachment Theory ❤️ Affective Neuroscience ⚡ Stress Response

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 92%

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

Mean Genes

by Terry Burnham • 2000

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

3.85

1k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

Mean Genes 92%

Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.

by Terry Burnham 2000

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💰 Behavioral Economics 😊 Hedonic Adaptation 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch 🎲 Risk Perception

I'm So Effing Hungry

by Amy Shah MD • 2023

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

3.65

1k+

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

I'm So Effing Hungry 92%

Cravings aren't willpower. Hack your gut, sleep, and circadian clock to turn them off.

by Amy Shah MD 2023

3.65

1k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry 🏭 Food Industry Criticism 🚫 Craving Management ⏰ Circadian Health

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 92%

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 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 92%

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

This Book May Save Your Life

by Karan Rajan • 2023

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

4.03

2k+

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

This Book May Save Your Life 92%

Your body is a masterpiece of near-fatal design. The practical fixes for its worst flaws.

by Karan Rajan 2023

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Medicine ⚠️ Bodily Flaws 🦠 Gut Health 🧠 Brain Hacks 🧫 Microbiome

The Story of the Human Body

by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

4.27

9k+

🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

The Story of the Human Body 92%

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013

4.27

9k+ ratings

🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

The Embodied Mind

by Thomas R. Verny • 2021

Your heart thinks. Your gut remembers. Memory and identity are distributed across your whole body.

3.97

148

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 🧬 Epigenetics 🧪 Cellular Memory

The Embodied Mind 92%

Your heart thinks. Your gut remembers. Memory and identity are distributed across your whole body.

by Thomas R. Verny 2021

3.97

148 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🦠 Gut-Brain Connection 🧬 Epigenetics 🧪 Cellular Memory

The Happy Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2018

A neuroscientist reveals the messy brain circuits behind happiness, and why the chase backfires.

3.70

2k+

😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Brain Chemistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Connection 💼 Meaningful Work

The Happy Brain 92%

A neuroscientist reveals the messy brain circuits behind happiness, and why the chase backfires.

by Dean Burnett 2018

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😊 Positive Psychology 🧠 Brain Chemistry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🤝 Social Connection 💼 Meaningful Work

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