Best Neuroscience Books | Summaries & Audio

Neuroscience Book Summaries

Biohack Your Brain

by Kristen Willeumier • 2020

New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.

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🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚙️ Biohacking 😴 Sleep Optimization 🥑 Nutritional Neuroscience

Biohack Your Brain

New brain cells, at any age. The diet, exercise, and supplement protocol that triggers them.

by Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 pages

3.87

500+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity ⚙️ Biohacking 😴 Sleep Optimization 🥑 Nutritional Neuroscience

Before You Know It

by John A. Bargh • 2017

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

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🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory 🔥 Embodied Cognition 🌍 Cultural Conditioning

Before You Know It

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

by John A. Bargh 2017 354 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory 🔥 Embodied Cognition 🌍 Cultural Conditioning

Consciousness

by Susan Blackmore • 2003

Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.

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🧠 Consciousness 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Neuroscience Of Self 🌈 Altered States 🤔 Free Will Debate

Consciousness

Why brain activity feels like something, and the self that feels it is a fiction.

by Susan Blackmore 2003 160 pages

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🧠 Consciousness 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Neuroscience Of Self 🌈 Altered States 🤔 Free Will Debate

Mind Hacks

by Tom Stafford • 2004

The user manual your brain never came with: how perception, attention, and memory actually work.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🔧 Applied Psychology 📚 Brain-Based Learning 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Perception And Attention

Mind Hacks

The user manual your brain never came with: how perception, attention, and memory actually work.

by Tom Stafford 2004 394 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science 🔧 Applied Psychology 📚 Brain-Based Learning 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Perception And Attention

Soft-Wired

by Michael Merzenich • 2013

Brain plasticity can work for you or against you. The difference is in your daily habits.

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🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧩 Brain Training 🛡️ Cognitive Reserve 📚 Lifelong Learning

Soft-Wired

Brain plasticity can work for you or against you. The difference is in your daily habits.

by Michael Merzenich 2013 227 pages

3.98

379 ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🧩 Brain Training 🛡️ Cognitive Reserve 📚 Lifelong Learning

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

Being Human

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

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

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500+ ratings

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

The Balance Within

by Esther M. Sternberg • 2000

Brain and immune system talk nonstop. When stress breaks the connection, the body attacks itself.

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🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🛡️ Stress And Immunity 💊 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 💭 Placebo Effect

The Balance Within

Brain and immune system talk nonstop. When stress breaks the connection, the body attacks itself.

by Esther M. Sternberg 2000 272 pages

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315 ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🛡️ Stress And Immunity 💊 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 💭 Placebo Effect

Multiple Intelligences

by Howard Gardner • 2006

The mind has at least seven distinct strengths. IQ tests measure two and call it you.

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🧠 Educational Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌈 Learning Differences 🌟 Human Potential 📚 Progressive Education

Multiple Intelligences

The mind has at least seven distinct strengths. IQ tests measure two and call it you.

by Howard Gardner 2006 320 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Educational Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌈 Learning Differences 🌟 Human Potential 📚 Progressive Education

The Happy Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2018

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

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

The Happy Brain

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

by Dean Burnett 2018

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2k+ ratings

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

Conscience

by Patricia S. Churchland • 2019

Our conscience grew out of the brain's drive to care, not from God or reason.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics 🫂 Attachment Theory 💕 Empathy

Conscience

Our conscience grew out of the brain's drive to care, not from God or reason.

by Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 pages

3.78

442 ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics 🫂 Attachment Theory 💕 Empathy

The Empathy Effect

by Helen Riess • 2018

Your brain misfires with strangers. A clinician's seven-part method for fixing the empathy circuit.

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🎯 Empathy Training 🎭 Cognitive Bias 💖 Self-Compassion

The Empathy Effect

Your brain misfires with strangers. A clinician's seven-part method for fixing the empathy circuit.

by Helen Riess 2018 256 pages

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275 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧬 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🎯 Empathy Training 🎭 Cognitive Bias 💖 Self-Compassion

The Future of the Mind

by Michio Kaku • 2014

Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.

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The Future of the Mind

Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.

by Michio Kaku 2014 377 pages

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15k+ ratings

Sleights of Mind

by Stephen L. Macknik • 2010

Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.

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🪞 Perceptual Illusions 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention And Awareness 💭 Memory Distortion 💊 Placebo Effect

Sleights of Mind

Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.

by Stephen L. Macknik 2010 291 pages

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2k+ ratings

🪞 Perceptual Illusions 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention And Awareness 💭 Memory Distortion 💊 Placebo Effect

Build a Better Brain

by Peter Hollins • 2019

Rewire your brain for discipline and courage using the same biological loop that forms bad habits.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏋️ Brain Training 🔄 Habit Formation ⚙️ Practical Neuroscience 🛠️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Build a Better Brain

Rewire your brain for discipline and courage using the same biological loop that forms bad habits.

by Peter Hollins 2019 255 pages

4.14

399 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏋️ Brain Training 🔄 Habit Formation ⚙️ Practical Neuroscience 🛠️ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The Mind's Eye

by Oliver Sacks • 2010

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👁️ Visual Perception 👂 The Senses

The Mind's Eye

Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.

by Oliver Sacks 2010 263 pages

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13k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🩺 Clinical Neurology 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👁️ Visual Perception 👂 The Senses

The Mind and the Brain

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz • 2001

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

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

The Mind and the Brain

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

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 pages

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6k+ ratings

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

Conscious

by Annaka Harris • 2019

Science cannot crack consciousness. The most sober answer: mind is built into reality itself.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⛓️ Free Will Debate 🍄 Altered States 🫧 The Self As Illusion 🧬 Neuroscience Of Mind

Conscious

Science cannot crack consciousness. The most sober answer: mind is built into reality itself.

by Annaka Harris 2019 105 pages

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8k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⛓️ Free Will Debate 🍄 Altered States 🫧 The Self As Illusion 🧬 Neuroscience Of Mind

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.

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

The New Mind Readers

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

by Russell A. Poldrack 2018 232 pages

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168 ratings

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

Brain Facts

by The Society for Neuroscience • 2002

Your three-pound universe: a walk through the biology that thinks, remembers, and sleeps.

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🧠 Neuroscience Primers 🧠 Brain Anatomy ⚡ Neural Communication 👁️ Sensory Systems 🧠 Learning And Memory

Brain Facts

Your three-pound universe: a walk through the biology that thinks, remembers, and sleeps.

by The Society for Neuroscience 2002 58 pages

3.93

125 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Primers 🧠 Brain Anatomy ⚡ Neural Communication 👁️ Sensory Systems 🧠 Learning And Memory

Psychedelics

by David J. Nutt • 2023

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

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🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

Psychedelics

Psychedelics quiet the brain's default patterns; a single dose can lift depression for months.

by David J. Nutt 2023 307 pages

4.36

500+ ratings

🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🩹 PTSD Recovery ✨ Mystical Experience 🔗 Addiction Recovery

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

How Pleasure Works

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

by Paul Bloom 2010 302 pages

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

Mind

by John Rogers Searle • 2004

Neither ghost nor computer: consciousness is a biological fact and its feel can't be explained away.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💡 Consciousness Studies 🎯 Intentionality 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 📚 Analytic Philosophy

Mind

Neither ghost nor computer: consciousness is a biological fact and its feel can't be explained away.

by John Rogers Searle 2004 224 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💡 Consciousness Studies 🎯 Intentionality 🔗 Mind-Body Problem 📚 Analytic Philosophy

Unlocking the Emotional Brain

by Bruce Ecker • 2012

The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.

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🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💭 Emotional Schemas 💾 Memory And Emotion 🔗 Therapy Integration

Unlocking the Emotional Brain

The brain has a built-in undo for emotional learnings. Most therapy triggers it by accident.

by Bruce Ecker 2012 264 pages

4.44

248 ratings

🧠 Clinical Psychology 🧬 Neuroplasticity 💭 Emotional Schemas 💾 Memory And Emotion 🔗 Therapy Integration

The Autistic Brain

by Temple Grandin • 2013

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

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🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

The Autistic Brain

A free Black man is sold into slavery; a single smuggled letter holds his escape.

by Temple Grandin 2013 240 pages

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11k+ ratings

🔗 American Slavery 📜 Slave Narratives ⛓ Kidnapping And Captivity 🏚️ Plantation Life 🛡️ Survival And Resistance

Habits of a Happy Brain

by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2015

Four mood chemicals evolved for survival, not happiness. The 45-day protocol to retrain them all.

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🧠 Brain Chemistry 🔁 Habit Formation 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔗 Neural Rewiring ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

Habits of a Happy Brain

Four mood chemicals evolved for survival, not happiness. The 45-day protocol to retrain them all.

by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015 238 pages

4.01

6k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Chemistry 🔁 Habit Formation 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🔗 Neural Rewiring ⚖️ Emotional Regulation

How God Changes Your Brain

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2009

Contemplating God rewires your brain. A neuroscientist’s exercises for taming fear and rigid belief.

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🧠 Neurotheology 🧱 Brain Plasticity 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🙏 Spirituality And Health ❤️ Emotional Regulation

How God Changes Your Brain

Contemplating God rewires your brain. A neuroscientist’s exercises for taming fear and rigid belief.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2009 368 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurotheology 🧱 Brain Plasticity 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🙏 Spirituality And Health ❤️ Emotional Regulation

How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2016

A neural event underlies enlightenment. The science of the shift, and the practices that produce it.

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🧠 Neurotheology 🔬 Contemplative Science 🌊 Altered States 🧬 Brain Plasticity 🧘 Meditation Science

How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain

A neural event underlies enlightenment. The science of the shift, and the practices that produce it.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2016 288 pages

3.91

314 ratings

🧠 Neurotheology 🔬 Contemplative Science 🌊 Altered States 🧬 Brain Plasticity 🧘 Meditation Science

Happy Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2018

Happiness is built from brain chemistry, social wiring, and home; chasing it directly backfires.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 😊 Happiness Studies ⚗️ Neurochemistry 👥 Social Brain 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Happy Brain

Happiness is built from brain chemistry, social wiring, and home; chasing it directly backfires.

by Dean Burnett 2018 352 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Emotion 😊 Happiness Studies ⚗️ Neurochemistry 👥 Social Brain 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Believing Brain

by Michael Shermer • 2011

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

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🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories ⚖️ Moral Foundations 🗳️ Political Psychology

The Believing Brain

Your beliefs came first. Every rational argument arrived afterward to defend them.

by Michael Shermer 2011 400 pages

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7k+ ratings

🧠 Belief Formation 🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories ⚖️ Moral Foundations 🗳️ Political Psychology

The Leading Brain

by Friederike Fabritius • 2018

Your performance ceiling is chemical. Tune your brain to break it, with science instead of effort.

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🎯 Peak Performance 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🌊 Flow State 🔄 Habit Change 🧬 Neuroplasticity

The Leading Brain

Your performance ceiling is chemical. Tune your brain to break it, with science instead of effort.

by Friederike Fabritius 2018 336 pages

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500+ ratings

🎯 Peak Performance 🧘 Emotional Regulation 🌊 Flow State 🔄 Habit Change 🧬 Neuroplasticity

Then I Am Myself the World

by Christof Koch • 2024

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Then I Am Myself the World

No matter how smart AI becomes, it will never be sentient. Consciousness is not computable.

by Christof Koch 2024 288 pages

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388 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🪞 Subjectivity And Self 🍄 Psychedelic Science 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

The Overflowing Brain

by Torkel Klingberg • 2007

Your brain juggles about seven items. That bottleneck shapes everything from distraction to ADHD.

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🧠 Working Memory 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📥 Information Overload 👁️ Attention Science 🧱 Cognitive Limits

The Overflowing Brain

Your brain juggles about seven items. That bottleneck shapes everything from distraction to ADHD.

by Torkel Klingberg 2007 224 pages

3.52

318 ratings

🧠 Working Memory 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📥 Information Overload 👁️ Attention Science 🧱 Cognitive Limits

The Extended Mind

by Annie Murphy Paul • 2021

The mind extends beyond the brain: into the body, across physical space, and between people.

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🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔬 Cognitive Science 💓 Body Wisdom 🌿 Attention Restoration 🏃 Movement And Cognition

The Extended Mind

The mind extends beyond the brain: into the body, across physical space, and between people.

by Annie Murphy Paul 2021 352 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔬 Cognitive Science 💓 Body Wisdom 🌿 Attention Restoration 🏃 Movement And Cognition

The Forgetting Machine

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga • 2017

Your memory stores roughly 125 MB. The real marvel is what your brain decides to forget.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Constructive Memory 🧠 Role Of Forgetting 🧠 Neural Representation

The Forgetting Machine

Your memory stores roughly 125 MB. The real marvel is what your brain decides to forget.

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧠 Constructive Memory 🧠 Role Of Forgetting 🧠 Neural Representation

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

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🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

When the Air Hits Your Brain

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996 288 pages

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11k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility 💙 Medical Empathy 💀 Confronting Mortality

Why We Believe What We Believe

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006

Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧱 Belief Formation 💊 Placebo Effect 🧘 Spiritual Experiences

Why We Believe What We Believe

Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2006 336 pages

4.01

331 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧱 Belief Formation 💊 Placebo Effect 🧘 Spiritual Experiences

Inventing Ourselves

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore • 2016

Teen turmoil has a purpose. The brain is remodeling, and knowing why changes everything.

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🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🧬 Brain Development 🔌 Neural Plasticity 👥 Peer Influence 🎯 Executive Function

Inventing Ourselves

Teen turmoil has a purpose. The brain is remodeling, and knowing why changes everything.

by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Adolescent Psychology 🧬 Brain Development 🔌 Neural Plasticity 👥 Peer Influence 🎯 Executive Function

The Age-Proof Brain

by Marc Milstein • 2022

Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.

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🧠 Brain Aging 🏥 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📝 Memory Improvement 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The Age-Proof Brain

Your brain's age isn't fixed: the everyday habits that can make it younger, starting today.

by Marc Milstein 2022 240 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Aging 🏥 Lifestyle Medicine 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📝 Memory Improvement 😴 Sleep Hygiene

The End of Mental Illness

by Daniel G. Amen • 2020

Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.

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🧠 Brain Health 🔬 Brain Imaging 🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Personalized Medicine 💥 Traumatic Brain Injury

The End of Mental Illness

Mental illness is a misnomer. Brain scans reveal physical damage, and brain health can reverse it.

by Daniel G. Amen 2020 718 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Health 🔬 Brain Imaging 🩺 Functional Medicine 🧬 Personalized Medicine 💥 Traumatic Brain Injury

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

The Neuroscience of You

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

by Chantel Prat 2022 379 pages

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1k+ ratings

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

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

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

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

Feeling & Knowing

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

by António Damásio 2021 256 pages

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1k+ ratings

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

The Mind’s I

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1981

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

The Mind’s I

Borges, Turing, a headless mystic: the anthology where the self dissolves one essay at a time.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981 512 pages

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5k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Thought Experiments

Intelligence

by Stuart Ritchie • 2015

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

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🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

Intelligence

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages

4.05

500+ ratings

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks • 2012

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

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🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

Hallucinations

Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.

by Oliver Sacks 2012 352 pages

3.93

25k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 👁️ Hallucinations 🌌 Altered States 👂 Sensory Perception 💭 Consciousness Studies

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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Great Myths of the Brain

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

by Christian Jarrett 2014 368 pages

3.83

161 ratings

Matter and Consciousness

by Paul M. Churchland • 1984

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🕸️ Neural Networks 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Matter and Consciousness

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

by Paul M. Churchland 1984 196 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🕸️ Neural Networks 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Hard to Break

by Russell A. Poldrack • 2021

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

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🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

Hard to Break

Dopamine doesn't just feel good. It builds habits that your conscious mind can't override.

by Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 pages

3.57

169 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🔄 Habit Formation 💉 Dopamine And Reward 🎮 Cognitive Control ⚡ Addiction Neuroscience

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

by Albert Rutherford • 2019

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy 😤 Emotional Reasoning 🎭 Self-Deception

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

by Albert Rutherford 2019 179 pages

3.47

121 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy 😤 Emotional Reasoning 🎭 Self-Deception

Heavens on Earth

by Michael Shermer • 2018

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

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🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Heavens on Earth

The scientific case against the afterlife, immortality, and utopia, and why the real heaven is here.

by Michael Shermer 2018 303 pages

3.88

500+ ratings

🧠 Near-Death Experiences 💀 Mortality Salience 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 🧬 Life Extension 🏛️ Utopian Critique

Memory

by Jonathan K. Foster • 2008

What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🗂️ Memory Systems 🧩 Reconstructive Memory 🏰 Mnemonic Techniques 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony

Memory

What you remember is never what happened. The science of how memory rebuilds the past.

by Jonathan K. Foster 2008 142 pages

3.54

500+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🗂️ Memory Systems 🧩 Reconstructive Memory 🏰 Mnemonic Techniques 👁️ Eyewitness Testimony

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