Neuroscience Book Summaries

How to Create a Mind Summary
How to Create a Mind
The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
by Ray Kurzweil 2012 336 pages
3.97
7.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
The User Illusion Summary
The User Illusion
Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
by Tor Nørretranders 1991 480 pages
4.31
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Moral Tribes Summary
Moral Tribes
Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
by Joshua D. Greene 2013 432 pages
4.02
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Buddha's Brain Summary
Buddha's Brain
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
by Rick Hanson 2009 252 pages
4.00
14.6K ratings
Psychology
Buddhism
Self Help
The Seven Sins of Memory Summary
The Seven Sins of Memory
How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
by Daniel L. Schacter 2001 206 pages
3.88
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Awakenings Summary
Awakenings
by Oliver Sacks 1973 464 pages
4.09
13.7K ratings
Science
Psychology
Medicine
Idiot Brain Summary
Idiot Brain
What Your Head Is Really Up To
by Dean Burnett 2016 302 pages
3.97
10.5K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Biology of Desire Summary
The Biology of Desire
Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
by Marc Lewis 2015 256 pages
4.09
2.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Summary
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves
by Sharon Begley 2007 304 pages
4.00
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Feeling of What Happens Summary
The Feeling of What Happens
Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness
by António Damásio 1999 386 pages
4.01
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Influential Mind Summary
The Influential Mind
What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
by Tali Sharot 2017 244 pages
3.91
2.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Freedom Evolves Summary
Freedom Evolves
by Daniel C. Dennett 2003 368 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Evolution
Brain Rules for Aging Well Summary
Brain Rules for Aging Well
10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
by John Medina 2017 288 pages
4.12
788 ratings
Health
Self Help
Psychology
The Upward Spiral Summary
The Upward Spiral
Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time
by Alex Korb 2015 240 pages
4.25
6.3K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Mental Health
I Am a Strange Loop Summary
I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2007 436 pages
3.96
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Emotional Life of Your Brain Summary
The Emotional Life of Your Brain
How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them
by Richard J. Davidson 2012 304 pages
3.94
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks 2007 400 pages
3.95
72.2K ratings
Music
Science
Psychology
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion
Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head [Extract]
by Bruce M. Hood 2011 349 pages
3.84
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Matter With Things Summary
The Matter With Things
Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World
by Iain McGilchrist 2021 1500 pages
4.78
468 ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
The Psychopath Inside Summary
The Psychopath Inside
A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
by James Fallon 2013 246 pages
3.50
5.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Memoir
How We Decide Summary
How We Decide
by Jonah Lehrer 2009 259 pages
3.84
41.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Optimism Bias Summary
The Optimism Bias
A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
by Tali Sharot 2011 272 pages
3.77
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Gut-Immune Connection Summary
The Gut-Immune Connection
How Understanding the Connection Between Food and Immunity Can Help Us Regain Our Health
by Emeran Mayer 2021 320 pages
3.85
415 ratings
Health
Food
Science
Conscious Summary
Conscious
A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
by Annaka Harris 2019 144 pages
3.83
8.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Gut Feelings Summary
Gut Feelings
The Intelligence of the Unconscious
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2007 288 pages
3.70
2.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Business
The Mindful Therapist Summary
The Mindful Therapist
A Clinician's Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration
by Daniel J. Siegel 2010 320 pages
4.11
912 ratings
Psychology
Counselling
Neuroscience
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012 260 pages
4.06
13.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind
Constructing the Conscious Brain
by António Damásio 2010 384 pages
3.97
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages
4.05
237.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
Mind Summary
Mind
Introduction to Cognitive Science
by Paul Thagard 1996 278 pages
3.66
233 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine
How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
by Andy Clark 2023 320 pages
3.92
861 ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain
A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
by V.S. Ramachandran 2010 384 pages
4.15
10.8K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Healing at the Speed of Sound Summary
Healing at the Speed of Sound
How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives
by Don Campbell 2011 288 pages
3.69
222 ratings
Psychology
Music
Health
Siddhartha's Brain Summary
Siddhartha's Brain
Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment
by James Kingsland 2016 352 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Buddhism
Psychology
Science
Altered Traits Summary
Altered Traits
Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
by Daniel Goleman 2017 336 pages
3.91
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Health
Energy Rising Summary
Energy Rising
The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power
by Dr. Julia DiGangi 2023 224 pages
4.41
206 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Leadership
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence Summary
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence
New Insights
by Daniel Goleman 2011 72 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Power of Neuroplasticity Summary
The Power of Neuroplasticity
by Shad Helmstetter 2014 293 pages
4.22
670 ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Self Help
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self
How Our Brains Become Who We Are
by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002 416 pages
4.00
5.1K ratings
Science
Neuroscience
Psychology
Brainstorm Summary
Brainstorm
The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
by Daniel J. Siegel 2011 336 pages
3.89
4.3K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Social Summary
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
by Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 384 pages
4.06
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
The Emotional Brain Summary
The Emotional Brain
The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life
by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996 384 pages
4.07
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Neuroscience
Science
Mystery Summary
Mystery
A Seduction, A Strategy, A Solution
by Jonah Lehrer 2021 256 pages
3.86
180 ratings
Psychology
Writing
Mystery
Psych Summary
Psych
The Story of the Human Mind
by Paul Bloom 2023 464 pages
4.15
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Wired for Dating Summary
Wired for Dating
How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate
by Stan Tatkin 2016 200 pages
3.80
1.1K ratings
Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018 288 pages
3.87
801 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain Summary
Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain
by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020 192 pages
4.04
7.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
Unconscious Branding Summary
Unconscious Branding
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
by Douglas Van Praet 2012 288 pages
3.93
334 ratings
Business
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
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