Neurovetenskap

Våra hjärnor formar allt från våra djupaste känslor till våra dagliga beslut, vilket gör neurovetenskapen till ett fascinerande fönster mot det som gör oss unikt mänskliga. Ledande forskare och briljanta tänkare utforskar det invecklade maskineriet bakom medvetande, minne och beteende, och avslöjar hur våra neurala kretsar kan förstås och till och med omformas för att förändra våra liv.

Neurovetenskap Boksammanfattningar

Consciousness

av 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.

av Susan Blackmore 2003 160 sidor

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

Biohack Your Brain

av 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.

av Kristen Willeumier 2020 304 sidor

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

Before You Know It

av 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.

av John A. Bargh 2017 354 sidor

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

Soft-Wired

av 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.

av Michael Merzenich 2013 227 sidor

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

Mind Hacks

av 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.

av Tom Stafford 2004 394 sidor

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

Being Human

av 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.

av Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

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

Multiple Intelligences

av 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.

av Howard Gardner 2006 320 sidor

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

The Balance Within

av 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.

av Esther M. Sternberg 2000 272 sidor

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

The Happy Brain

av 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.

av Dean Burnett 2018

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

Conscience

av 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.

av Patricia S. Churchland 2019 226 sidor

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

The Empathy Effect

av 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.

av Helen Riess 2018 256 sidor

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

Sleights of Mind

av 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.

av Stephen L. Macknik 2010 291 sidor

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

The Future of the Mind

av 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.

av Michio Kaku 2014 377 sidor

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Conscious

av 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.

av Annaka Harris 2019 105 sidor

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

Build a Better Brain

av 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.

av Peter Hollins 2019 255 sidor

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

The Mind's Eye

av 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.

av Oliver Sacks 2010 263 sidor

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

The Mind and the Brain

av 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.

av Jeffrey M. Schwartz 2001 432 sidor

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

Brain Facts

av 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.

av The Society for Neuroscience 2002 58 sidor

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

The New Mind Readers

av 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.

av Russell A. Poldrack 2018 232 sidor

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

Psykedelika

av 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

Psykedelika

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

av David J. Nutt 2023 307 sidor

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

Mind

av 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.

av John Rogers Searle 2004 224 sidor

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

How Pleasure Works

av 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.

av Paul Bloom 2010 302 sidor

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

The Autistic Brain

av 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.

av Temple Grandin 2013 240 sidor

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

Unlocking the Emotional Brain

av 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.

av Bruce Ecker 2012 264 sidor

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

How God Changes Your Brain

av 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.

av Andrew B. Newberg 2009 368 sidor

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

Habits of a Happy Brain

av 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.

av Loretta Graziano Breuning 2015 238 sidor

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

How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain

av 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.

av Andrew B. Newberg 2016 288 sidor

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

Happy Brain

av 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.

av Dean Burnett 2018 352 sidor

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

The Leading Brain

av 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.

av Friederike Fabritius 2018 336 sidor

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

The Believing Brain

av 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.

av Michael Shermer 2011 400 sidor

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

Then I Am Myself the World

av 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.

av Christof Koch 2024 288 sidor

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

The Overflowing Brain

av 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.

av Torkel Klingberg 2007 224 sidor

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

The Extended Mind

av 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.

av Annie Murphy Paul 2021 352 sidor

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

The Forgetting Machine

av 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.

av Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017 170 sidor

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

When the Air Hits Your Brain

av 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.

av Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996 288 sidor

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

Why We Believe What We Believe

av 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.

av Andrew B. Newberg 2006 336 sidor

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

Inventing Ourselves

av 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.

av Sarah-Jayne Blakemore 2016 256 sidor

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

The Age-Proof Brain

av 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.

av Marc Milstein 2022 240 sidor

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

The End of Mental Illness

av 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.

av Daniel G. Amen 2020 718 sidor

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

The Neuroscience of You

av 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.

av Chantel Prat 2022 379 sidor

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

Feeling & Knowing

av 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.

av António Damásio 2021 256 sidor

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

Intelligence

av 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.

av Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 sidor

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

The Mind’s I

av 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.

av Douglas R. Hofstadter 1981 512 sidor

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

Hallucinations

av 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.

av Oliver Sacks 2012 352 sidor

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

Matter and Consciousness

av 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.

av Paul M. Churchland 1984 196 sidor

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

Great Myths of the Brain

av 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.

av Christian Jarrett 2014 368 sidor

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Hard to Break

av 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.

av Russell A. Poldrack 2021 232 sidor

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

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

av 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.

av Albert Rutherford 2019 179 sidor

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

Heavens on Earth

av 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.

av Michael Shermer 2018 303 sidor

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

Memory

av Jonathan K. Foster • 2008

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

3.54

500+

🧠 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.

av Jonathan K. Foster 2008 142 sidor

3.54

500+ betyg

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

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