50 Books like Innate

Nature Via Nurture

by Matt Ridley • 2003

Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.

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🧬 Epigenetics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌍 Human Universals

Nature Via Nurture 96%

Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.

by Matt Ridley 2003

4.06

4k+ ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌍 Human Universals

The Neuroscience of Intelligence

by Richard J. Haier • 2015

Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.

4.23

453

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary

The Neuroscience of Intelligence 96%

Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.

by Richard J. Haier 2015

4.23

453 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

The Intelligence Paradox

by Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

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500

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch

The Intelligence Paradox 96%

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

by Satoshi Kanazawa 2012

3.52

500 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Intelligence Research 🌍 Evolutionary Mismatch

Intelligence

by Stuart Ritchie • 2015

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

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715

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

Intelligence 96%

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

by Stuart Ritchie 2015

4.05

715 ratings

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics

Pleased to Meet Me

by Bill Sullivan • 2019

Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome

Pleased to Meet Me 96%

Everything you think you chose, from your breakfast to your beliefs, biology chose first.

by Bill Sullivan 2019

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome

Identically Different

by Tim Spector • 2012

Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.

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458

🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Behavioral Genetics 👯 Twin Studies

Identically Different 95%

Your DNA isn't sealed: daily choices edit it, and the edits can be inherited.

by Tim Spector 2012

3.73

458 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🧠 Behavioral Genetics 👯 Twin Studies

The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker • 1994

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

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📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Language Instinct 95%

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

by Steven Pinker 1994

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23k+ ratings

📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

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🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits

Projections 95%

How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits

Mind Wide Open

by Steven Johnson • 1999

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

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🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience

Mind Wide Open 95%

A writer makes his own brain the case study, and the findings rewrite the self.

by Steven Johnson 1999

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience

How the Mind Changed

by Joseph Jebelli • 2022

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

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348

🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology

How the Mind Changed 95%

The human brain didn't just get bigger. It learned to cook, gossip, and hallucinate a self.

by Joseph Jebelli 2022

4.06

348 ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧩 Evolutionary Psychology

The Power of Different

by Gail Saltz • 2017

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

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1k+

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology

The Power of Different 95%

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

by Gail Saltz 2017

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology

The Developing Genome

by David S. Moore • 2015

Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.

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🧬 Epigenetics ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Gene Regulation

The Developing Genome 95%

Beyond DNA: how your experiences, diet, and stress leave lasting marks on your genome.

by David S. Moore 2015

4.28

124 ratings

🧬 Epigenetics ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Gene Regulation

What Do You Think You Are?

by Brian Clegg • 2020

Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.

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136

🧬 Human Origins 🧠 Consciousness 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture

What Do You Think You Are? 94%

Your atoms were forged in dying stars. The rest of you is harder to explain.

by Brian Clegg 2020

3.29

136 ratings

🧬 Human Origins 🧠 Consciousness 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture

The Essential Difference

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2003

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

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937

🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

The Essential Difference 94%

Female brains favor empathy, male brains favor systems. This theory says autism is the male extreme.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2003

3.64

937 ratings

🧬 Sex Differences 🍃 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Connections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

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285

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies

Connections 94%

What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

3.78

285 ratings

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies

The Genetic Lottery

by Kathryn Paige Harden • 2021

Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.

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🧬 Behavior Genetics ⚖️ Social Inequality 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Genetic Lottery 94%

Genes shape our fates, but acknowledging that makes the case for equality, not for hierarchy.

by Kathryn Paige Harden 2021

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧬 Behavior Genetics ⚖️ Social Inequality 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

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

The Psychopath Inside 94%

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

by James Fallon 2013

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6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion

She Has Her Mother's Laugh

by Carl Zimmer • 2018

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

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7k+

🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture

She Has Her Mother's Laugh 94%

Heredity runs through genes, womb, culture, and deep time. The simple story is wrong.

by Carl Zimmer 2018

4.15

7k+ ratings

🧬 Genetics And Heredity 🔬 History Of Science 🌱 Nature And Nurture

The Pattern Seekers

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2020

The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity

The Pattern Seekers 94%

The cognitive engine behind human invention also explains autism; it emerged 70,000 years ago.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2020

3.49

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Autism Research ♾️ Neurodiversity

Behave

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2017

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

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🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior

Behave 94%

Trace any human act through neurons, hormones, and evolution. Free will disappears at every scale.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2017

4.38

33k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧪 Neurochemistry 💉 Hormones And Behavior

The Sports Gene

by David Epstein • 2013

Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏃 Sports Science 💪 Exercise Physiology

The Sports Gene 94%

Why Kenyans dominate marathons and Jamaicans sprints: the genes and culture that build champions.

by David Epstein 2013

4.20

17k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🏃 Sports Science 💪 Exercise Physiology

Behind the Mirror

by Konrad Lorenz • 1973

Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.

4.01

163

🧬 Philosophy Of Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

Behind the Mirror 94%

Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.

by Konrad Lorenz 1973

4.01

163 ratings

🧬 Philosophy Of Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

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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1k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Neuroscience of You 94%

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

by Chantel Prat 2022

3.80

1k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🌈 Neurodiversity 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Happiness Cure

by Anders Hansen • 2023

Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.

4.06

313

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry 🦎 Mismatch Theory

The Happiness Cure 94%

Your brain sabotages happiness by design. The biological cure: movement, connection, meaning.

by Anders Hansen 2023

4.06

313 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Evolutionary Psychiatry 🦎 Mismatch Theory

Psycho-Logical

by Dean Burnett • 2021

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

3.84

1k+

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Psycho-Logical 94%

Depression, anxiety, addiction: the real brain science looks nothing like the popular explanations.

by Dean Burnett 2021

3.84

1k+ ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Ape that Understood the Universe

by Steve Stewart-Williams • 2018

You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies

The Ape that Understood the Universe Summary

The Ape that Understood the Universe 94%

You don't own your desires. They belong to your genes and the ideas colonizing your mind.

by Steve Stewart-Williams 2018

4.23

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 📜 Cultural Evolution 💘 Mating Strategies

Idiot Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2016

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

3.97

11k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Idiot Brain 94%

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

by Dean Burnett 2016

3.97

11k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

The Disordered Mind

by Eric R. Kandel • 2018

Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.

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3k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🏥 Neuropsychiatry 🩺 Brain Disorders

The Disordered Mind 94%

Brain disorders are a natural experiment: they show what each neural circuit actually does.

by Eric R. Kandel 2018

4.13

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🏥 Neuropsychiatry 🩺 Brain Disorders

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.

3.93

168

🧠 Brain Imaging 🔄 Neural Plasticity ⚖️ Neuroethics

The New Mind Readers 94%

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

by Russell A. Poldrack 2018

3.93

168 ratings

🧠 Brain Imaging 🔄 Neural Plasticity ⚖️ Neuroethics

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.

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2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

A User's Guide to the Brain 94%

Perception, movement, and social contact continuously rewire your brain. A guide for taking control.

by John J. Ratey 2001

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness

The Genius in All of Us

by David Shenk • 2010

Genes are not a blueprint but a responding system. Talent is built, not born.

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Epigenetics 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

The Genius in All of Us 94%

Genes are not a blueprint but a responding system. Talent is built, not born.

by David Shenk 2010

3.86

2k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧪 Epigenetics 🏋️ Deliberate Practice

Being Human

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012

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

4.35

806

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

Being Human 94%

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

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

4.35

806 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

A Brief History of Intelligence

by Max Solomon Bennett • 2023

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

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🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution

A Brief History of Intelligence 94%

Five evolutionary breakthroughs built your brain. Each one reveals what AI is still missing.

by Max Solomon Bennett 2023

4.46

5k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Biology 🧩 Cognitive Science 🦎 Brain Evolution

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

🧠 Reality Construction 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The True Creator of Everything 93%

The human brain does not discover reality; it builds it, from physics to gods.

by Miguel Nicolelis 2020

3.87

163 ratings

🧠 Reality Construction 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔄 Brain Plasticity

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

by Alan S. Miller • 2006

The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.

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🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary

Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters 93%

The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.

by Alan S. Miller 2006

3.56

2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💑 Human Mating 🦚 Sexual Selection

Far From The Tree

by Andrew Solomon • 2012

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

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🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

Far From The Tree 93%

Your child is deaf, a prodigy, or a criminal. None of it came from you.

by Andrew Solomon 2012

4.27

23k+ ratings

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Neurodiversity ♿ Social Model Of Disability

How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2010

Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.

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646

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Limits 💘 Mate Preferences

How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary

How Many Friends Does One Person Need? 93%

Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.

by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010

3.50

646 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Limits 💘 Mate Preferences

The Science of Sin

by Jack Lewis • 2018

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

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230

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control

The Science of Sin 93%

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

by Jack Lewis 2018

3.60

230 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Buddhism 93%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism

Cognitive Gadgets

by Cecilia Heyes • 2018

Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.

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183

🧠 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Psychology 👶 Cognitive Development

Cognitive Gadgets 93%

Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.

by Cecilia Heyes 2018

3.75

183 ratings

🧠 Cultural Evolution 🔬 Cognitive Psychology 👶 Cognitive Development

Executive Functions

by Russell A. Barkley • 2012

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

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🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Executive Functions 93%

Executive functions didn't evolve for cognition. They evolved to survive group life with strangers.

by Russell A. Barkley 2012

4.06

126 ratings

🧠 Executive Function ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Dragons of Eden

by Carl Sagan • 1977

Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.

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The Dragons of Eden 93%

Your skull houses a reptile, a mammal, and a thinker, and they rarely get along.

by Carl Sagan 1977

4.19

22k+ ratings

On Human Nature

by Edward O. Wilson • 1978

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

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🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature

On Human Nature 93%

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

by Edward O. Wilson 1978

4.14

4k+ ratings

🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature

The Tell-Tale Brain

by V.S. Ramachandran • 2010

Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🎨 Neuroaesthetics

The Tell-Tale Brain 93%

Mirror neurons, cells that fire whether you act or watch someone else, are what made us human.

by V.S. Ramachandran 2010

4.15

11k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🎨 Neuroaesthetics

The Root of Thought

by Andrew Koob • 2009

Neurons are ten percent of your brain. The overlooked ninety percent may control thought itself.

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135

🧠 Neuroscience History 🔄 Brain Plasticity 💭 Memory Science

The Root of Thought 93%

Neurons are ten percent of your brain. The overlooked ninety percent may control thought itself.

by Andrew Koob 2009

3.68

135 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience History 🔄 Brain Plasticity 💭 Memory Science

The 10000 Year Explosion

by Gregory Cochran • 2009

Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.

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🧬 Human Evolution 🧫 Population Genetics 🌾 Agricultural Revolution

The 10000 Year Explosion 93%

Agriculture rewired the human genome faster than anything in six million years.

by Gregory Cochran 2009

3.94

2k+ ratings

🧬 Human Evolution 🧫 Population Genetics 🌾 Agricultural Revolution

Synaptic Self

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002

Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.

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🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity

Synaptic Self 93%

Your self is built from synapses: how memory, emotion, and consciousness circuits create identity.

by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002

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5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings

by Randolph M. Nesse • 2019

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

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2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings 93%

Your brain evolved for a different world. Depression and anxiety are the mismatch showing.

by Randolph M. Nesse 2019

3.94

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

by Paul Thagard • 2010

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

3.23

128

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy

The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary

The Brain and the Meaning of Life 93%

Mental life is brain activity, and meaning is its reward for satisfying three deep human needs.

by Paul Thagard 2010

3.23

128 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy

A Natural History of Human Emotions

by Stuart Walton • 2005

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

3.61

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary

A Natural History of Human Emotions 93%

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

by Stuart Walton 2005

3.61

23 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

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