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The Believing Brain Summary
The Believing Brain
From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages
3.93
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Religion
The Forgetting Machine Summary
The Forgetting Machine
Memory, Perception, and the "Jennifer Aniston Neuron"
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages
3.73
989 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
When the Air Hits Your Brain Summary
When the Air Hits Your Brain
Tales of Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996 288 pages
4.34
11.2K ratings
Medicine
Medical
Science
Being Human Summary
Being Human
Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science
by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012
4.34
777 ratings
Science
Psychology
Biology
Sleights of Mind Summary
Sleights of Mind
What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions
by Stephen L. Macknik 2010 291 pages
3.94
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Psychopath Whisperer Summary
The Psychopath Whisperer
The Science of Those Without Conscience
by Kent A. Kiehl 2014 304 pages
4.06
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
True Crime
The Science of Love and Betrayal Summary
The Science of Love and Betrayal
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2012 309 pages
3.49
321 ratings
Psychology
Science
Popular Science
How Pleasure Works Summary
How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
by Paul Bloom 2010 304 pages
3.71
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Leading Brain Summary
The Leading Brain
Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance
by Friederike Fabritius 2018 336 pages
4.03
876 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Irreducible Mind Summary
Irreducible Mind
Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century
by Edward F. Kelly 2006 832 pages
4.38
232 ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Brain Facts Summary
Brain Facts
A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
by The Society for Neuroscience 2002 58 pages
3.95
113 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Why We Believe What We Believe Summary
Why We Believe What We Believe
Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth
by Andrew B. Newberg 2006 321 pages
4.00
326 ratings
Psychology
Science
Religion
Biohack Your Brain Summary
Biohack Your Brain
How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power
by Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 pages
3.86
836 ratings
Health
Science
Neuroscience
Matter and Consciousness Summary
Matter and Consciousness
A Contemporary Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
by Paul M. Churchland 1984 196 pages
3.88
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks 2012 326 pages
3.93
24.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Inventing Ourselves Summary
Inventing Ourselves
The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Parenting
Unlocking the Emotional Brain Summary
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
by Bruce Ecker 2012 265 pages
4.45
235 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Neuroscience
The Overflowing Brain Summary
The Overflowing Brain
Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory
by Torkel Klingberg 2007 224 pages
3.52
314 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Build a Better Brain Summary
Build a Better Brain
Using Everyday Neuroscience to Train Your Brain for Motivation, Discipline, Courage, and Mental Sharpness
by Peter Hollins 2019 255 pages
4.13
378 ratings
Self Help
Neuroscience
Psychology
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It
The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
by John A. Bargh 2017 354 pages
4.02
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The New Mind Readers Summary
The New Mind Readers
What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts
by Russell A. Poldrack 2018 232 pages
3.92
155 ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
Understand the Hidden Pathways of Your Thought Patterns- Improve Your Memory, Make Rational Decisions, Tune Down Emotional ... Expectations
by Albert Rutherford 2019 179 pages
3.52
114 ratings
Science
Psychology
Brain
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained
What Neuroscience Reveals About Your Brain and its Quirks
by Marc Dingman 2019 256 pages
4.16
588 ratings
Neuroscience
Science
Psychology
The Future of the Mind Summary
The Future of the Mind
The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
by Michio Kaku 2014 377 pages
4.09
15.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Mind's Past Summary
The Mind's Past
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998 208 pages
3.76
111 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Habits of a Happy Brain Summary
Habits of a Happy Brain
Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015 238 pages
4.02
5.8K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain Summary
How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
The New Science of Transformation
by Andrew B. Newberg 2016 288 pages
3.90
297 ratings
Science
Psychology
Spirituality
The End of Mental Illness Summary
The End of Mental Illness
by Daniel G. Amen 2020 718 pages
4.02
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Health
Mental Health
Psychedelics Summary
Psychedelics
The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a guide from the expert
by David J. Nutt 2023 307 pages
4.39
500 ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Then I Am Myself the World Summary
Then I Am Myself the World
What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It
by Christof Koch 2024 288 pages
4.04
225 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Happy Brain Summary
Happy Brain
Where Happiness Comes From, and Why
by Dean Burnett 2018 352 pages
3.70
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Intelligence Summary
Intelligence
All That Matters
by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages
4.06
691 ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You
How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
by Chantel Prat 2022 384 pages
3.82
931 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Hard to Break Summary
Hard to Break
Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick
by Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 pages
3.57
142 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Mind & the Brain Summary
The Mind & the Brain
Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages
4.10
6.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind
What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
by Eric R. Kandel 2018 304 pages
4.12
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Kluge Summary
Kluge
The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
by Gary F. Marcus 2008 224 pages
3.82
2.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Get the Life You Want Summary
Get the Life You Want
The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming
by Richard Bandler 2008 264 pages
3.93
1.0K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Brain-Wise Summary
Brain-Wise
Studies in Neurophilosophy
by Patricia S. Churchland 2002 438 pages
4.04
135 ratings
Philosophy
Neuroscience
Science
Remember Summary
Remember
The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
by Lisa Genova 2021 256 pages
4.18
14.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Self Help
The Balance Within Summary
The Balance Within
The Science Connecting Health and Emotions
by Esther M. Sternberg 2000 272 pages
3.79
313 ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
The Age-Proof Brain Summary
The Age-Proof Brain
by Marc Milstein 2022 240 pages
4.26
776 ratings
Health
Self Help
Science
Brain-Based Parenting Summary
Brain-Based Parenting
The Neuroscience of Caregiving for Healthy Attachment
by Daniel A. Hughes 2012 264 pages
4.28
152 ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Adoption
The Mind’s I Summary
The Mind’s I
Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981 512 pages
4.15
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Male Brain Summary
The Male Brain
A Breakthrough Understanding of How Men and Boys Think
by Louann Brizendine 2009 271 pages
3.82
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Divided Mind Summary
The Divided Mind
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
by John E. Sarno 2006 394 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Health
Psychology
Self Help
Elastic Summary
Elastic
Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
by Leonard Mlodinow 2018
3.88
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
Great Myths of the Brain Summary
Great Myths of the Brain
by Christian Jarrett 2014 352 pages
3.83
156 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Neurodharma Summary
Neurodharma
New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness
by Rick Hanson 2020 352 pages
3.87
645 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Spirituality
The Second Brain Summary
The Second Brain
A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine
by Michael D. Gershon 1998 336 pages
3.75
518 ratings
Health
Science
Nutrition
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