🧬 Biological Psychology

Where brain meets behavior, exploring how neurotransmitters, hormones, genetics, and neural architecture give rise to thought, emotion, and action.

The Disordered Mind

by Eric R. Kandel • 2018

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

4.13

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🏥 Neuropsychiatry 🩺 Brain Disorders 🔄 Neural Plasticity 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Disordered Mind 93%

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 🔄 Neural Plasticity 💭 Consciousness Studies

Projections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

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

4.00

2k+

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

Projections 93%

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

by Karl Deisseroth 2021

4.00

2k+ ratings

🧠 Biological Psychiatry 💔 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Neural Circuits 🛋️ Patient Narratives 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour

by Paul D. MacLean • 1974

You have three brains. The ancient one is in charge and cannot read this sentence.

4.29

🦎 Brain Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies ⚕️ Biological Psychiatry

A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour Summary

A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour 93%

You have three brains. The ancient one is in charge and cannot read this sentence.

by Paul D. MacLean 1974

4.29

7 ratings

🦎 Brain Evolution 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies ⚕️ Biological Psychiatry

Innate

by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

4.14

691

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

Innate 93%

Genes and chance wire your brain; experience amplifies the differences, never erases them.

by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018

4.14

691 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture 🧠 Brain Development 🎭 Personality Psychology

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.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🏃 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Perception And Consciousness 🔍 Attention Management 💾 Memory Formation

A User's Guide to the Brain 93%

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 🔍 Attention Management 💾 Memory Formation

Overloaded

by Ginny Smith • 2021

Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.

3.95

294

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧩 Memory Reconsolidation 🎯 Reward And Motivation 🌙 Sleep Science

Overloaded 93%

Your brain is a chemical balancing act. Every emotion, memory, and choice depends on it.

by Ginny Smith 2021

3.95

294 ratings

🧪 Neurochemistry 🧠 Behavioral Neuroscience 🧩 Memory Reconsolidation 🎯 Reward And Motivation 🌙 Sleep Science

Welcome to Your Brain

by Sandra Aamodt • 2008

The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.

3.72

2k+

🧠 Brain Science 🔬 Everyday Neuroscience 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🗂️ Memory Systems ❤️ Emotion Science

Welcome to Your Brain 93%

The brain science behind lost keys, bad gambles, and why you can't tickle yourself.

by Sandra Aamodt 2008

3.72

2k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Science 🔬 Everyday Neuroscience 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🗂️ Memory Systems ❤️ Emotion Science

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Richard Passingham • 2016

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

3.71

318

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Cognitive Neuroscience 93%

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

by Richard Passingham 2016

3.71

318 ratings

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Brain Facts

by The Society for Neuroscience • 2002

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

3.93

125

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

Brain Facts 92%

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

by The Society for Neuroscience 2002

3.93

125 ratings

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

How the Brain Works

by D.K. Publishing • 2020

160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.

4.29

280

🧠 Brain Anatomy 📊 Visual Reference 🧪 Popular Neuroscience 👁️ Sensory Systems 💾 Memory Mechanics

How the Brain Works 92%

160 billion cells, 20% of your fuel, 3 pounds: a visual guide to the organ that makes you.

by D.K. Publishing 2020

4.29

280 ratings

🧠 Brain Anatomy 📊 Visual Reference 🧪 Popular Neuroscience 👁️ Sensory Systems 💾 Memory Mechanics

Mind Wide Open

by Steven Johnson • 1999

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

3.90

6k+

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Cognitive Science 🗣️ Social Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Mind Wide Open 92%

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 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Connections

by Karl Deisseroth • 2021

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

3.78

285

🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology 📋 Patient Case Studies 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

Connections 92%

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 💗 Emotion And The Brain 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy

by Louis Cozolino • 2002

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

4.33

570

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary

The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 92%

The brain is built by relationships. Therapy rewires it through the same social circuits.

by Louis Cozolino 2002

4.33

570 ratings

🔗 Interpersonal Neurobiology 👥 Social Neuroscience 🧠 Clinical Neuroscience 🧩 Neural Integration 🔄 Neuroplasticity

The Polyvagal Theory

by Stephen W. Porges • 2011

Three brains in one nervous system: the oldest immobilizes you, the newest lets you love.

4.11

801

🧠 Autonomic Nervous System 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🔗 Attachment Theory ❤️ Affective Neuroscience ⚡ Stress Response

The Polyvagal Theory 92%

Three brains in one nervous system: the oldest immobilizes you, the newest lets you love.

by Stephen W. Porges 2011

4.11

801 ratings

🧠 Autonomic Nervous System 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 🔗 Attachment Theory ❤️ Affective Neuroscience ⚡ Stress Response

The Neuropsychology of Anxiety

by Jeffrey A. Gray • 1982

Anxiety is not fear. It is the brain's hesitation state when goals collide, with its own circuitry.

4.19

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 💊 Psychopharmacology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychiatry ⚠️ Threat Detection 😰 Anxiety Mechanisms

The Neuropsychology of Anxiety 92%

Anxiety is not fear. It is the brain's hesitation state when goals collide, with its own circuitry.

by Jeffrey A. Gray 1982

4.19

48 ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 💊 Psychopharmacology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychiatry ⚠️ Threat Detection 😰 Anxiety Mechanisms

Your Brain

by Matthew MacDonald • 2008

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

3.77

367

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

Your Brain 92%

A manual for the hardware you were born with: how perception, memory, and emotion really work.

by Matthew MacDonald 2008

3.77

367 ratings

🧠 Pop Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🛠️ Applied Neuroscience ⚠️ Brain Limitations

The Root of Thought

by Andrew Koob • 2009

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

3.68

135

🧠 Neuroscience History 🔄 Brain Plasticity 💭 Memory Science 🔬 Scientific Paradigms 🏥 Brain Disorders

The Root of Thought 92%

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 🔬 Scientific Paradigms 🏥 Brain Disorders

Livewired

by David Eagleman • 2014

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

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🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧬 Neural Darwinism 🦾 Body Schema

Livewired 92%

Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.

by David Eagleman 2014

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🧩 Neuroplasticity 👁️ Sensory Perception 🧬 Neural Darwinism 🦾 Body Schema

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 🧬 Mental Illness Neurobiology 📊 Statistical Thinking

The New Mind Readers 92%

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 🧬 Mental Illness Neurobiology 📊 Statistical Thinking

The Other Brain

by R. Douglas Fields • 2008

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🔥 Neuroinflammation 🤕 Brain Disorders

The Other Brain 92%

85 percent of your brain is not neurons. That silent majority controls memory, pain, and disease.

by R. Douglas Fields 2008

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Neurobiology 🧫 Glial Cells 🔄 Brain Plasticity 🔥 Neuroinflammation 🤕 Brain Disorders

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.

3.83

161

Great Myths of the Brain 92%

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

by Christian Jarrett 2014

3.83

161 ratings

Pleased to Meet Me

by Bill Sullivan • 2019

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

4.02

1k+

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome ⚙️ Biological Determinism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Pleased to Meet Me 92%

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 ⚙️ Biological Determinism 🧠 Cognitive Biases

How Your Brain Works

by New Scientist • 2017

86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.

3.92

353

🧠 Neuroscience Primers 👁️ Perception And Reality 💭 Memory Systems 🌌 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity

How Your Brain Works 92%

86 billion neurons construct your reality, rewrite your past, and scrub themselves clean each night.

by New Scientist 2017

3.92

353 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Primers 👁️ Perception And Reality 💭 Memory Systems 🌌 Consciousness Studies 🔄 Brain Plasticity

The Brain

by David Eagleman • 2015

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

4.25

23k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👁️ Sensory Perception

The Brain 92%

Your self is a construction rebuilt daily by a brain that will run on any hardware.

by David Eagleman 2015

4.25

23k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 🎭 Constructed Reality 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👁️ Sensory Perception

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 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Being Human 92%

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 🧪 Dopamine And Motivation 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Surfing Uncertainty

by Andy Clark • 2015

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

4.09

381

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

Surfing Uncertainty 92%

Reality is the brain's best guess, and action is how the body makes it come true.

by Andy Clark 2015

4.09

381 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🌱 Enactivism

Synaptic Self

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 2002

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

4.00

5k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity 😶 Unconscious Emotion 💡 Consciousness Studies

Synaptic Self 92%

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

by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002

4.00

5k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Self 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📸 Memory And Identity 😶 Unconscious Emotion 💡 Consciousness Studies

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 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

Idiot Brain 92%

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 📝 Memory Fallibility 👁️ Sensory Perception

Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain

by Lisa Feldman Barrett • 2020

Your brain's real job is body regulation, not thinking, and that changes everything.

4.04

9k+

🧠 Neuroscience Myths 🧬 Brain Evolution 🔮 Predictive Processing 🏛️ Social Reality 🔗 Interconnected Minds

Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain Summary

Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain 92%

Your brain's real job is body regulation, not thinking, and that changes everything.

by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2020

4.04

9k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Myths 🧬 Brain Evolution 🔮 Predictive Processing 🏛️ Social Reality 🔗 Interconnected Minds

La vida secreta de la mente

by Mariano Sigman • 2015

Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👶 Infant Cognition 😴 Sleep And Memory 🎓 Neuroeducation

La vida secreta de la mente 92%

Decisions begin unconsciously before you're aware; consciousness just invents the story afterward.

by Mariano Sigman 2015

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Brain Plasticity 👶 Infant Cognition 😴 Sleep And Memory 🎓 Neuroeducation

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons

by Sam Kean • 2014

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

4.25

14k+

🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons 92%

History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.

by Sam Kean 2014

4.25

14k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 📜 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 📖 Clinical Tales 🧩 Neurological Disorders

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

3.91

1k+

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

The Experience Machine 92%

Your brain guesses reality instead of recording it, and the mismatch shapes everything.

by Andy Clark 2023

3.91

1k+ ratings

🧠 Predictive Processing 💭 Consciousness Studies 🦾 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Distributed Cognition ❤️ Embodied Emotion

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

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

3.57

2k+

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

Feeling & Knowing 92%

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

by António Damásio 2021

3.57

2k+ ratings

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

The Biological Mind

by Alan Jasanoff • 2018

Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.

3.70

237

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Neuroscience Critique 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🌐 Extended Mind

The Biological Mind 92%

Your brain isn't a computer: it's an organ shaped by body and neighborhood, not just neurons.

by Alan Jasanoff 2018

3.70

237 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Mind-Body Connection 🔬 Neuroscience Critique 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🌐 Extended Mind

Executive Functioning and Psychotherapy

by Louis Cozolino • 2025

Three executive systems, not one. Built by attachment. Hijacked by screens. Rewired in therapy.

4.80

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 📋 Executive Function 🌐 Brain Networks 🏥 Clinical Neuroscience

Executive Functioning and Psychotherapy Summary

Executive Functioning and Psychotherapy 92%

Three executive systems, not one. Built by attachment. Hijacked by screens. Rewired in therapy.

by Louis Cozolino 2025

4.80

5 ratings

🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 📋 Executive Function 🌐 Brain Networks 🏥 Clinical Neuroscience

The Hidden Spring

by Mark Solms • 2021

Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.

4.25

1k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing ❓ Hard Problem

The Hidden Spring 92%

Consciousness isn't a cortical achievement: it's a feeling in the brainstem, predicting uncertainty.

by Mark Solms 2021

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔮 Predictive Processing ❓ Hard Problem

The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine • 2006

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

3.85

15k+

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

The Female Brain 92%

What you call her personality is her neurochemistry: a brain rebuilt by hormones across lifetime.

by Louann Brizendine 2006

3.85

15k+ ratings

🧠 Brain Sex Differences 🧬 Hormones And Behavior 🤝 Attachment Science 🫂 Empathy And The Brain 💔 Love And Addiction

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.

4.15

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🧠 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🎨 Neuroaesthetics 🧍 Embodied Cognition 🌈 Synesthesia

The Tell-Tale Brain 92%

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 🧍 Embodied Cognition 🌈 Synesthesia

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships

by Louis Cozolino • 2006

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

4.32

549

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🕳️ Implicit Memory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships Summary

The Neuroscience of Human Relationships 92%

Two brains are needed to build one: the science of how relationships physically sculpt the mind.

by Louis Cozolino 2006

4.32

549 ratings

🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🕳️ Implicit Memory 🧬 Polyvagal Theory

Pictures of the Mind

by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald • 2009

The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.

3.76

894

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Consciousness Studies 💓 Affective Neuroscience 😊 Science Of Happiness 💊 Addiction Neuroscience

Pictures of the Mind 92%

The self is a brain process you can train: neuroplasticity and meditation science reveal how.

by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald 2009

3.76

894 ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🧘 Consciousness Studies 💓 Affective Neuroscience 😊 Science Of Happiness 💊 Addiction Neuroscience

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own

by Sandra Blakeslee • 2007

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

3.98

796

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

The Body Has a Mind of Its Own 92%

Your brain's body maps extend into tools and space; remapping them can ease pain, deepen empathy.

by Sandra Blakeslee 2007

3.98

796 ratings

🧠 Embodied Cognition 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🪞 Mirror Neurons 🤕 Pain Science 🧘 Body Awareness

The Feeling of What Happens

by António Damásio • 1999

Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.

4.01

4k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🪞 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

The Feeling of What Happens 92%

Consciousness begins in the body: its hidden internal maps create the feeling of a self.

by António Damásio 1999

4.01

4k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🪞 Consciousness Studies ❤️ Affective Neuroscience

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 🧪 Brain Training Myths 🏛️ Education Policy

The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary

The Neuroscience of Intelligence 92%

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 🧪 Brain Training Myths 🏛️ Education Policy

Mind Hacks

by Tom Stafford • 2004

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

3.74

1k+

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

Mind Hacks 92%

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

by Tom Stafford 2004

3.74

1k+ ratings

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

The Emotional Brain

by Joseph E. LeDoux • 1996

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

4.07

3k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 😟 Anxiety Disorders

The Emotional Brain 92%

Emotions are unconscious survival circuits. Conscious feelings are just the readout, not the engine.

by Joseph E. LeDoux 1996

4.07

3k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🔌 Brain Circuitry 💭 Emotional Memory 🧬 Evolutionary Neuroscience 😟 Anxiety Disorders

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998

How does the brain produce the mind? A map of its systems for perception, memory, and consciousness.

4.12

767

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗺️ Functional Localization ↔️ Hemispheric Specialization 👁️ Sensation And Perception 💾 Memory Systems

Cognitive Neuroscience 92%

How does the brain produce the mind? A map of its systems for perception, memory, and consciousness.

by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998

4.12

767 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗺️ Functional Localization ↔️ Hemispheric Specialization 👁️ Sensation And Perception 💾 Memory Systems

The Future of the Brain

by Gary F. Marcus • 2014

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

3.70

210

🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits 💻 Computational Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Future of the Brain 92%

The brain's future, mapped by neuroscientists building it: from gene to circuit to consciousness

by Gary F. Marcus 2014

3.70

210 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Research 🗺️ Brain Mapping ⚡ Neural Circuits 💻 Computational Neuroscience 💭 Consciousness Studies

Descartes' Error

by António Damásio • 1994

A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.

3.95

10k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🦵 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Body-Mind Connection 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Descartes' Error 92%

A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.

by António Damásio 1994

3.95

10k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🦵 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Body-Mind Connection 🌌 Consciousness Studies

Your Brain, Explained

by Marc Dingman • 2019

No fear center. No memory center. Just sprawling networks. A clear-eyed tour of your actual brain.

4.15

629

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🕸️ Distributed Processing 👁️ Attention And Perception 💾 Memory Systems 😨 Fear And Emotion

Your Brain, Explained 92%

No fear center. No memory center. Just sprawling networks. A clear-eyed tour of your actual brain.

by Marc Dingman 2019

4.15

629 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🕸️ Distributed Processing 👁️ Attention And Perception 💾 Memory Systems 😨 Fear And Emotion

Psycho-Logical

by Dean Burnett • 2021

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

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🧑‍⚕️ Clinical Psychology 🧪 Neurochemistry 🔄 Neuroplasticity 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

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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 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis

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