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Brain Book Summaries

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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2k+
La vida secreta de la mente Summary
La vida secreta de la mente
Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.
by Mariano Sigman 2015 292 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Brain-Based Parenting
by Daniel A. Hughes • 2012
Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.
4.28
158
Brain-Based Parenting Summary
Brain-Based Parenting
Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.
by Daniel A. Hughes 2012 264 pages
4.28
158 ratings
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young • 2012
Learning disabilities are not fixed. Mental workouts can strengthen the brain regions responsible.
3.82
1k+
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain Summary
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain
Learning disabilities are not fixed. Mental workouts can strengthen the brain regions responsible.
by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 2012 288 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain
by Daniel G. Amen • 2013
A psychiatrist's imaging-backed playbook for boosting the female brain's mood, focus, and libido.
3.75
1k+
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain Summary
Unleash the Power of the Female Brain
A psychiatrist's imaging-backed playbook for boosting the female brain's mood, focus, and libido.
by Daniel G. Amen 2013 416 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
by Daniel G. Amen • 2012
The brain-first anti-aging plan: use diet, exercise, and mental training to reset your body's clock.
3.89
500+
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age Summary
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age
The brain-first anti-aging plan: use diet, exercise, and mental training to reset your body's clock.
by Daniel G. Amen 2012 384 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Neuroplasticity
by Moheb Costandi • 2016
Your brain rewires every time you learn, heal, or crave. The science behind the lifelong remodel.
3.98
500+
Neuroplasticity Summary
Neuroplasticity
Your brain rewires every time you learn, heal, or crave. The science behind the lifelong remodel.
by Moheb Costandi 2016 192 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
The Compass of Pleasure
by David J. Linden • 2010
Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.
3.89
5k+
The Compass of Pleasure Summary
The Compass of Pleasure
Drugs, food, sex, and charity run through the same brain circuit. What that means for addiction.
by David J. Linden 2010 240 pages
3.89
5k+ ratings
The User's Guide to the Human Mind
by Shawn T. Smith • 2011
Your brain is a prehistoric operating system. The manual for debugging its anxious, neurotic code.
4.02
312
The User's Guide to the Human Mind Summary
The User's Guide to the Human Mind
Your brain is a prehistoric operating system. The manual for debugging its anxious, neurotic code.
by Shawn T. Smith 2011 216 pages
4.02
312 ratings
Conversations on Consciousness
by Susan Blackmore • 2005
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
4.02
2k+
Conversations on Consciousness Summary
Conversations on Consciousness
One interviewer, twenty thinkers, one question: why aren't we just sophisticated zombies?
by Susan Blackmore 2005 288 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Words Can Change Your Brain
by Andrew B. Newberg • 2012
Your words flood the listener's brain with stress or trust hormones. The choice is trainable.
3.79
1k+
Words Can Change Your Brain Summary
Words Can Change Your Brain
Your words flood the listener's brain with stress or trust hormones. The choice is trainable.
by Andrew B. Newberg 2012 267 pages
3.79
1k+ ratings
How the Mind Works
by Steven Pinker • 1997
Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.
3.99
21k+
How the Mind Works Summary
How the Mind Works
Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.
by Steven Pinker 1997 660 pages
3.99
21k+ ratings
The Psychology of the Child
by Jean Piaget • 1972
His master warned that literacy would ruin him. He learned anyway, and it did.
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1k+
The Psychology of the Child Summary
The Psychology of the Child
His master warned that literacy would ruin him. He learned anyway, and it did.
by Jean Piaget 1972 192 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Cognitive Neuroscience
by Richard Passingham • 2016
Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.
3.71
318
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.71
318 ratings
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
by Wendy Suzuki • 2015
The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.
3.65
2k+
Healthy Brain, Happy Life Summary
Healthy Brain, Happy Life
The science behind why sweating makes you smarter, calmer, and more creative.
by Wendy Suzuki 2015 320 pages
3.65
2k+ ratings
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook
by Anna Lembke • 2024
Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.
3.99
164
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook Summary
The Official Dopamine Nation Workbook
Your brain on too much pleasure: a practical four-week protocol to reset its reward wiring.
by Anna Lembke 2024 187 pages
3.99
164 ratings
SUPER BRAIN
by Deepak Chopra • 2012
The brain built itself, but you can rebuild it. A user's guide for conscious rewiring.
3.85
4k+
SUPER BRAIN Summary
SUPER BRAIN
The brain built itself, but you can rebuild it. A user's guide for conscious rewiring.
by Deepak Chopra 2012
3.85
4k+ ratings
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.
4.04
2k+
A User's Guide to the Brain Summary
A User's Guide to the Brain
Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.
by John J. Ratey 2001 416 pages
4.04
2k+ ratings
The Better Brain Book
by David Perlmutter • 2004
Inflammation is the hidden driver of brain aging. A neurologist's protocol to turn it off.
3.84
316
The Better Brain Book Summary
The Better Brain Book
Inflammation is the hidden driver of brain aging. A neurologist's protocol to turn it off.
by David Perlmutter 2004 325 pages
3.84
316 ratings
50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain
by Catherine M. Pittman • 2023
Your brain's alarm ignores reason. Fifty physical techniques to calm it at the source.
3.86
500+
50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain Summary
50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain
Your brain's alarm ignores reason. Fifty physical techniques to calm it at the source.
by Catherine M. Pittman 2023 208 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
The End of Alzheimer's Program
by Dale E. Bredesen • 2020
Alzheimer's has dozens of causes, not one. Find yours and reverse the decline.
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500+
The End of Alzheimer's Program Summary
The End of Alzheimer's Program
Alzheimer's has dozens of causes, not one. Find yours and reverse the decline.
by Dale E. Bredesen 2020 352 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
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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1k+
The Other Brain Summary
The Other Brain
85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.
by R. Douglas Fields 2008 384 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David DiSalvo • 2011
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
3.83
3k+
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
by David DiSalvo 2011 309 pages
3.83
3k+ ratings
Mirroring People
by Marco Iacoboni • 2008
Why you flinch when someone else is struck: your brain rehearses everything it sees.
3.79
500+
Mirroring People Summary
Mirroring People
Why you flinch when someone else is struck: your brain rehearses everything it sees.
by Marco Iacoboni 2008 320 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
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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NeuroLogic Summary
NeuroLogic
Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.
by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016 320 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Magnificent Mind at Any Age
by Daniel G. Amen • 2008
The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.
3.89
500+
Magnificent Mind at Any Age Summary
Magnificent Mind at Any Age
The brain circuits that drive or derail your life, and the natural protocols to balance them.
by Daniel G. Amen 2008 352 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
A Mind of Its Own
by Cordelia Fine • 2005
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
3.86
2k+
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005 224 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
On Task
by David Badre • 2020
Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.
3.99
161
On Task Summary
On Task
Your brain knows what to do but an ancient bottleneck stands between knowing and acting.
by David Badre 2020 344 pages
3.99
161 ratings
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
Your Brain Summary
Your Brain
A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.
by Matthew MacDonald 2008 273 pages
3.77
367 ratings
The Upward Spiral Workbook
by Alex Korb • 2019
Reverse depression by rewiring your brain one small action at a time, guided by neuroscience.
4.32
110
The Upward Spiral Workbook Summary
The Upward Spiral Workbook
Reverse depression by rewiring your brain one small action at a time, guided by neuroscience.
by Alex Korb 2019 232 pages
4.32
110 ratings
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
by Daniel G. Amen • 2010
Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.
3.68
2k+
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Summary
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body
Your brain's wiring decides your weight more than your willpower. The method to rewire it.
by Daniel G. Amen 2010 384 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Mind Performance Hacks
by Ron Hale-Evans • 2006
Memory tricks, mental math, decision hacks: a cognitive toolkit for thinking faster and clearer.
3.88
500+
Mind Performance Hacks Summary
Mind Performance Hacks
Memory tricks, mental math, decision hacks: a cognitive toolkit for thinking faster and clearer.
by Ron Hale-Evans 2006 330 pages
3.88
500+ ratings
The Power Of Impossible Thinking
by Yoram Jerry Wind • 2004
Your mental models decide what you see. Outdated ones close off worlds you don't know exist.
3.59
213
The Power Of Impossible Thinking Summary
The Power Of Impossible Thinking
Your mental models decide what you see. Outdated ones close off worlds you don't know exist.
by Yoram Jerry Wind 2004 274 pages
3.59
213 ratings
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
Surfing Uncertainty Summary
Surfing Uncertainty
Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.
by Andy Clark 2015 416 pages
4.09
381 ratings
Smarter
by Dan Hurley • 2013
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
3.49
500+
Smarter Summary
Smarter
IQ isn't fixed: a journalist on the strange new science that could make you smarter.
by Dan Hurley 2013 275 pages
3.49
500+ ratings
How the Brain Works
by D.K. Publishing • 2020
160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.
4.29
280
How the Brain Works Summary
How the Brain Works
160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.
by D.K. Publishing 2020 224 pages
4.29
280 ratings
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
by Patrick House • 2022
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.
by Patrick House 2022 272 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Think Smart
by Richard Restak • 2009
Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.
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500+
Think Smart Summary
Think Smart
Six months of aerobics grows the brain. A neuroscientist reveals what else works.
by Richard Restak 2009 290 pages
3.74
500+ ratings
Change Your Mind--And Keep the Change
by Connirae Andreas • 1987
Your habits and beliefs have a sensory code. Learn to rewrite it, often in minutes.
3.94
105
Change Your Mind--And Keep the Change Summary
Change Your Mind--And Keep the Change
Your habits and beliefs have a sensory code. Learn to rewrite it, often in minutes.
by Connirae Andreas 1987 218 pages
3.94
105 ratings
Iconoclast
by Gregory Berns • 2008
Three brain systems keep you from thinking differently. A neuroscientist maps the override.
3.71
500+
Iconoclast Summary
Iconoclast
Three brain systems keep you from thinking differently. A neuroscientist maps the override.
by Gregory Berns 2008 250 pages
3.71
500+ ratings
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan
by David Perlmutter • 2016
Brain decline starts with inflammation. Starve it, heal the gut, fuel with fat. In one plan.
3.91
1k+
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan Summary
The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan
Brain decline starts with inflammation. Starve it, heal the gut, fuel with fat. In one plan.
by David Perlmutter 2016 305 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Leap of Perception
by Penney Peirce • 2013
The Information Age is ending. What replaces it runs on intuition, not data.
4.17
206
Leap of Perception Summary
Leap of Perception
The Information Age is ending. What replaces it runs on intuition, not data.
by Penney Peirce 2013 224 pages
4.17
206 ratings
The True Creator of Everything
by Miguel Nicolelis • 2020
The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.
3.87
163
The True Creator of Everything Summary
The True Creator of Everything
The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.
by Miguel Nicolelis 2020 376 pages
3.87
163 ratings
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot
by Richard Restak • 2001
Rewire your brain at any age: a neurologist's exercises for memory, focus, and emotional clarity.
3.63
500+
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot Summary
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot
Rewire your brain at any age: a neurologist's exercises for memory, focus, and emotional clarity.
by Richard Restak 2001 220 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Cognitive Neuroscience
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998
How does the brain produce the mind? A map of its systems for perception, memory, and consciousness.
4.12
500+
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
How does the brain produce the mind? A map of its systems for perception, memory, and consciousness.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 680 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness
by Stan Rodski • 2023
The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.
3.64
492
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Summary
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness
The science that turns knitting, coloring, and driving into brain-rewiring stress relief.
by Stan Rodski 2023 211 pages
3.64
492 ratings
The Ravenous Brain
by Daniel Bor • 2012
Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.
3.91
427
The Ravenous Brain Summary
The Ravenous Brain
Consciousness is a biological trick evolution built, and its failures reveal mental illness.
by Daniel Bor 2012 352 pages
3.91
427 ratings
Cognitive Gadgets
by Cecilia Heyes • 2018
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
3.75
183
Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
by Cecilia Heyes 2018 304 pages
3.75
183 ratings
Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect
by Read Montague • 2007
A neuroscientist on why your brain's noise and slowness are features, not flaws.
3.51
152
Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect Summary
Your Brain Is (Almost) Perfect
A neuroscientist on why your brain's noise and slowness are features, not flaws.
by Read Montague 2007 348 pages
3.51
152 ratings
Bouncing Back
by Linda Graham • 2013
Rewire your brain's default stress responses through mindfulness, empathy, and targeted exercises.
4.12
335
Bouncing Back Summary
Bouncing Back
Rewire your brain's default stress responses through mindfulness, empathy, and targeted exercises.
by Linda Graham 2013 433 pages
4.12
335 ratings
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
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind
Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.
by Alan Jasanoff 2018 288 pages
3.70
237 ratings
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