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The Teenage Brain

by Frances E. Jensen • 2014

The brain's emotion and reward centers mature early; the prefrontal cortex arrives a decade later.

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🧠 Adolescent Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parenting Teenagers 🧪 Brain Development ⚠️ Adolescent Risk-Taking ❤️ Adolescent Health

The Teenage Brain

The brain's emotion and reward centers mature early; the prefrontal cortex arrives a decade later.

by Frances E. Jensen 2014 384 pages

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🧠 Adolescent Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parenting Teenagers 🧪 Brain Development ⚠️ Adolescent Risk-Taking ❤️ Adolescent Health

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection

by Deb Dana • 2020

Fifty exercises that regulate a client's nervous system through the body when talking alone cannot.

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🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🌿 Somatic Therapy ⚡ Nervous System Regulation 🩹 Trauma Therapy 📝 Therapy Exercises

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection

Fifty exercises that regulate a client's nervous system through the body when talking alone cannot.

by Deb Dana 2020 357 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🌿 Somatic Therapy ⚡ Nervous System Regulation 🩹 Trauma Therapy 📝 Therapy Exercises

Magic Pill

by Johann Hari • 2024

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

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🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

Magic Pill

Weight-loss drugs finally work. That they're needed at all indicts the food system they bypass.

by Johann Hari 2024 320 pages

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🏥 Obesity Epidemic 🏭 Ultra-Processed Foods 🧠 Appetite Regulation 🌽 Food System Critique 📋 Food Policy

A Silent Fire

by Shilpa Ravella • 2022

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

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🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

A Silent Fire

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

by Shilpa Ravella 2022 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

Fluke

by Brian Klaas • 2024

Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.

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🦋 Chaos Theory 🔬 Complexity Science 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Historical Contingency

Fluke

Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.

by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages

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🦋 Chaos Theory 🔬 Complexity Science 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Historical Contingency

The New Menopause

by Mary Claire Haver • 2026

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

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🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

The New Menopause

The menopause treatment your doctor probably fears, backed by the data they probably missed.

by Mary Claire Haver 2026 304 pages

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🩺 Menopause Management 🔬 Hormonal Health 💊 Hormone Therapy 📋 Self-Advocacy In Medicine 📅 Perimenopause

The Real Happy Pill

by Anders Hansen • 2016

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

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🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Real Happy Pill

Your brain evolved to move all day. Here's what happens when you give it that.

by Anders Hansen 2016 233 pages

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🧠 Exercise And Brain Health 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧓 Dementia Prevention ⚡ Stress Biology

The Human Zoo

by Desmond Morris • 1969

Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.

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🏙️ Urban Anthropology 🐒 Human Ethology 🦒 Captivity Analogy 👑 Dominance Hierarchies 📊 Status Signaling

The Human Zoo

Urban anxiety, status obsession, and self-destruction: a zoologist traces them back to captivity.

by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages

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🏙️ Urban Anthropology 🐒 Human Ethology 🦒 Captivity Analogy 👑 Dominance Hierarchies 📊 Status Signaling

The Hidden Life of Trees

by Peter Wohlleben • 2015

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

The Hidden Life of Trees

A forester reveals trees are social, caring parents that communicate through an underground network.

by Peter Wohlleben 2015 272 pages

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🌳 Forest Ecology 🌿 Plant Communication 🍄 Fungal Symbiosis 🧠 Plant Intelligence 🌲 Old-Growth Forests

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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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📚 Learning Science 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 How Memory Works 🪞 Memory And Identity

Why We Remember

Your memory was never built for accuracy. It was built for what comes next.

by Charan Ranganath 2024 304 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📚 Learning Science 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💭 How Memory Works 🪞 Memory And Identity

Rebuilding Milo

by Aaron Horschig • 2021

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

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🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Rebuilding Milo

Your MRI is probably wrong. Find what movement triggers your pain, then rebuild from there.

by Aaron Horschig 2021 400 pages

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🏋️ Strength Training 🩹 Injury Rehabilitation 🔍 Movement Screening 🧠 Pain Science 🦴 Spinal Health

Lifespan

by David A. Sinclair • 2019

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Lifespan

Aging is a disease of lost epigenetic information, and the first treatments are already here.

by David A. Sinclair 2019 433 pages

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🧬 Longevity Science 🧫 Epigenetics 🥗 Caloric Restriction 🏃 Longevity Lifestyle 💊 Aging As Disease

Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy

by Brad Schoenfeld • 2016

Three mechanisms build muscle. The research on training all three for maximum size.

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🏗️ Muscle Building 💪 Bodybuilding 🏋️ Resistance Training 🔬 Exercise Science 🥩 Sports Nutrition

Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy

Three mechanisms build muscle. The research on training all three for maximum size.

by Brad Schoenfeld 2016 224 pages

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390 ratings

🏗️ Muscle Building 💪 Bodybuilding 🏋️ Resistance Training 🔬 Exercise Science 🥩 Sports Nutrition

Freedom Evolves

by Daniel C. Dennett • 2003

Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.

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🧠 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Compatibilism 🧬 Evolutionary Philosophy 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🧩 Distributed Cognition

Freedom Evolves

Evolution didn't just build bodies. It built choice itself, and determinism was never the enemy.

by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages

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🧠 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Compatibilism 🧬 Evolutionary Philosophy 🌐 Cultural Evolution 🧩 Distributed Cognition

Built from Broken

by Scott H Hogan • 2021

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

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🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

Built from Broken

Your joints need load, not rest: training your way out of chronic pain.

by Scott H Hogan 2021 614 pages

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🦴 Joint Health 🩹 Injury Recovery 🧬 Connective Tissue 🤸 Mobility Training 🧠 Pain Science

The China Study

by T. Colin Campbell • 2004

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The China Study

Animal protein promotes cancer. A landmark study proved it. The system buried the finding.

by T. Colin Campbell 2004 496 pages

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🌱 Plant-Based Nutrition 🥦 Whole Food Plant-Based 🔄 Chronic Disease Reversal 🧬 Nutritional Epigenetics 🏭 Food Industry Politics

The Songs of Trees

by David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

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🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

The Songs of Trees

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

by David George Haskell 2017 304 pages

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🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

Rewire Your Brain

by John B. Arden • 2010

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

Rewire Your Brain

Anxiety, low mood, fuzzy memory: all are patterns your brain learned and all can be unlearned.

by John B. Arden 2010 256 pages

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎭 Emotional Regulation 😌 Stress Reduction 🧩 Memory Improvement 🔄 Habit Formation

Bounce

by Matthew Syed • 2010

World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.

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🎭 Talent Myth 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🌱 Growth Mindset 😰 Choking Under Pressure 👁️ Expert Intuition

Bounce

World-class performance is earned, not inborn: ten years of structured, feedback-driven failure.

by Matthew Syed 2010 320 pages

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🎭 Talent Myth 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🌱 Growth Mindset 😰 Choking Under Pressure 👁️ Expert Intuition

The Storytelling Animal

by Jonathan Gottschall • 2012

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

The Storytelling Animal

Why a world without stories would unravel civilization, and why dreams are survival drills.

by Jonathan Gottschall 2012 248 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📖 Narrative Psychology 📚 Science Of Story 🧠 Social Simulation 🌙 Dream Science

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

by Olivia Judson • 2002

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation

An animal advice column: promiscuous bees, murderous ducks, and the rotifers who ditched sex.

by Olivia Judson 2002 308 pages

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦚 Sexual Selection 🐒 Animal Behavior 🧪 Sperm Competition 🦜 Female Promiscuity

Young Forever

by Mark Hyman • 2023

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

Young Forever

Your biological age can reverse. The systems that drive aging and the protocol that resets them.

by Mark Hyman 2023 352 pages

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🔬 Longevity Science 🧬 Biological Age 🥗 Whole Food Nutrition ⚡ Hormesis

DMT

by Rick Strassman • 2000

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

DMT

Injected with a molecule all humans carry, volunteers entered worlds of intelligent beings.

by Rick Strassman 2000 382 pages

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🧪 Psychedelic Research 🌀 Altered States 👽 Entity Encounters 🌌 Mystical Experience 🧘 Transpersonal Psychology

Why We Get Sick

by Benjamin Bikman • 2020

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

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🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Why We Get Sick

The hidden condition driving most chronic disease; the diet that reverses it.

by Benjamin Bikman 2020 280 pages

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🩸 Insulin Resistance ⚖️ Metabolic Health 🛡️ Chronic Disease Prevention 🥑 Carb Restriction ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

The Stress of Life

by Hans Selye • 1956

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

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🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Stress of Life

Three stages of adaptation: how the body's defense against threats becomes the engine of disease.

by Hans Selye 1956 516 pages

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🧬 Stress Physiology 🧠 Psychosomatic Medicine 💉 Hormonal Health 🦠 Chronic Illness Origins ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

by Walter Isaacson • 2022

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

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🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition

Bacteria invented gene editing. One scientist who ignored every 'no' taught us to use it.

by Walter Isaacson 2022 332 pages

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137 ratings

🧬 Gene Editing 🔬 Molecular Biology 👩‍🔬 Women In Science ⚖️ Bioethics 🏁 Scientific Rivalries

Genome

by Matt Ridley • 1999

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

Genome

What 23 chromosomes reveal about human origins, personality, and the limits of genetic fate.

by Matt Ridley 1999 344 pages

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🧬 Molecular Genetics 🗺️ Genomics 🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏺 Ancient DNA

The Power of When

by Michael Breus • 2016

Four biological clocks determine the best hour for coffee, work, and sleep. Which one is yours?

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🕰️ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Science 🧬 Biohacking 🗓️ Daily Routines ⚡ Energy Management

The Power of When

Four biological clocks determine the best hour for coffee, work, and sleep. Which one is yours?

by Michael Breus 2016 384 pages

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🕰️ Circadian Rhythms 😴 Sleep Science 🧬 Biohacking 🗓️ Daily Routines ⚡ Energy Management

Guns, Germs, and Steel

by Jared Diamond • 2005

Why didn't the Americas conquer Europe? The answer hides in geography, not genes.

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🌍 Big History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 🌏 Human Geography 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🐄 Domestication

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Why didn't the Americas conquer Europe? The answer hides in geography, not genes.

by Jared Diamond 2005 498 pages

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🌍 Big History 🗺️ Geographic Determinism 🌏 Human Geography 🌾 Agricultural Revolution 🐄 Domestication

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

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

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

The Psychopath Inside

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

by James Fallon 2013 246 pages

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

Training for the Uphill Athlete

by Steve House • 2019

Uphill endurance has a blueprint, and it starts with aerobic capacity, not pain tolerance.

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🏃 Endurance Sports ⛰️ Mountain Running 🫁 Aerobic Base Building ❤️ Heart Rate Training 💪 Strength For Endurance

Training for the Uphill Athlete

Uphill endurance has a blueprint, and it starts with aerobic capacity, not pain tolerance.

by Steve House 2019 368 pages

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🏃 Endurance Sports ⛰️ Mountain Running 🫁 Aerobic Base Building ❤️ Heart Rate Training 💪 Strength For Endurance

The Brain's Way of Healing

by Norman Doidge • 2015

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🔥 Chronic Pain 🏥 Brain Rehabilitation

The Brain's Way of Healing

Chronic pain, Parkinson's, brain trauma: the brain can heal itself. The methods don't require drugs.

by Norman Doidge 2015 409 pages

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 Neurological Healing 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🔥 Chronic Pain 🏥 Brain Rehabilitation

Rewire Your Anxious Brain

by Catherine M. Pittman • 2015

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

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😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 👁️ Mindfulness For Anxiety

Rewire Your Anxious Brain

Anxiety runs on two brain circuits. Treat both to retrain the fear response.

by Catherine M. Pittman 2015 232 pages

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😰 Anxiety Treatment 🎯 Exposure Therapy 💭 Cognitive Restructuring 🧘 Relaxation Techniques 👁️ Mindfulness For Anxiety

Idiot Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2016

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

Idiot Brain

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

by Dean Burnett 2016 302 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Math of Life and Death

by Kit Yates • 2019

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

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The Math of Life and Death

Key mathematical ideas govern medicine, law, and media, and your intuition gets each one wrong.

by Kit Yates 2019 288 pages

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2k+ ratings

What Is Life?

by Paul Nurse • 2020

All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.

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What Is Life?

All life runs on five core principles. A Nobel laureate shows what they are.

by Paul Nurse 2020 160 pages

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Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

by Allan Pease • 1998

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles 🧠 Pop Neuroscience 👩‍❤️‍👨 Straight Couples

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

He hunts silence. She gathers words. Your friction is biology, not character.

by Allan Pease 1998

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11k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👥 Gender Differences 💬 Communication Styles 🧠 Pop Neuroscience 👩‍❤️‍👨 Straight Couples

Head Strong

by Dave Asprey • 2017

Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.

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🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Nootropics 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🌙 Circadian Rhythms

Head Strong

Brain fog starts in your mitochondria. A protocol to upgrade your mental energy at the source.

by Dave Asprey 2017 337 pages

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🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Nootropics 🥑 Ketogenic Diet 🌙 Circadian Rhythms

Self Comes to Mind

by António Damásio • 2010

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

Self Comes to Mind

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

by António Damásio 2010 384 pages

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

Sleep Smarter

by Shawn Stevenson • 2014

The single biggest lever for your body fat, insulin, and focus isn't food or exercise.

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🛌 Sleep Hygiene 🌅 Circadian Rhythms 🔬 Sleep Science 😴 Insomnia Treatment 🧱 Habit Design

Sleep Smarter

The single biggest lever for your body fat, insulin, and focus isn't food or exercise.

by Shawn Stevenson 2014 160 pages

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9k+ ratings

🛌 Sleep Hygiene 🌅 Circadian Rhythms 🔬 Sleep Science 😴 Insomnia Treatment 🧱 Habit Design

Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts • 1983

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Every cell in your body runs the same operating system. This is its complete manual.

by Bruce Alberts 1983 1616 pages

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🔬 Molecular Biology 🧫 Cell Biology 🧪 Biochemistry 🧬 Gene Expression 📡 Cell Signaling

Social

by Matthew D. Lieberman • 2013

Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.

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🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Social Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎯 Social Influence 😔 Loneliness

Social

Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.

by Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 384 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Social Connection 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎯 Social Influence 😔 Loneliness

Trauma

by Paul Conti • 2021

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

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🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

Trauma

Trauma spreads through shame, distorting brains and crossing generations, but it can be broken.

by Paul Conti 2021 200 pages

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🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Shame Resilience 🧠 Neurobiology Of Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma

How to Create a Mind

by Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🧬 Brain-Inspired Ai

How to Create a Mind

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

by Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 pages

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🧬 Brain-Inspired Ai

The Great Cholesterol Myth

by Jonny Bowden • 2012

Cholesterol doesn't drive heart attacks. Inflammation does. What to test, eat, and do instead.

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🔬 Cholesterol Skepticism 🔥 Inflammation And Diet 🍭 Sugar And Health 🌿 Functional Medicine 💊 Supplement Protocols

The Great Cholesterol Myth

Cholesterol doesn't drive heart attacks. Inflammation does. What to test, eat, and do instead.

by Jonny Bowden 2012 240 pages

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🔬 Cholesterol Skepticism 🔥 Inflammation And Diet 🍭 Sugar And Health 🌿 Functional Medicine 💊 Supplement Protocols

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

by Peter H. Diamandis • 2020

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

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🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting

The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Breakthroughs are converging. The next decade will deliver a century's worth of change.

by Peter H. Diamandis 2020 384 pages

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🧬 Technology Convergence 🔬 Emerging Technologies 💥 Business Disruption 🚀 Disruptive Innovation 🔮 Future Forecasting

Exercised

by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2021

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

Exercised

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021

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10k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

The Blank Slate

by Steven Pinker • 2002

Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Genetics 👶 Innate Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Blank Slate

Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.

by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages

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25k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Genetics 👶 Innate Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Song of the Cell

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2022

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

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🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

The Song of the Cell

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022 473 pages

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15k+ ratings

🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

Look Again

by Tali Sharot • 2024

Why good things lose their shine and bad things become acceptable, and how to reverse it.

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🔥 Habituation 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Variety Seeking 👁️ Attention Management 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience

Look Again

Why good things lose their shine and bad things become acceptable, and how to reverse it.

by Tali Sharot 2024 288 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔥 Habituation 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔄 Variety Seeking 👁️ Attention Management 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience

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