🧠 Cognitive Science Foundations

Essential texts laying the groundwork of cognitive science — how perception, memory, language, and reasoning interweave to create the architecture of thought.

Mind

by Paul Thagard • 1996

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

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🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mental Representation 💻 Computational Theory Of Mind 🏛️ Classical Cognitivism 🔗 Neural Networks

Mind 94%

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

by Paul Thagard 1996

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🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mental Representation 💻 Computational Theory Of Mind 🏛️ Classical Cognitivism 🔗 Neural Networks

Cognition

by Daniel Reisberg • 2005

How the mind constructs perception, memory, and reasoning, revealed by key experiments.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 👁️ Attention & Perception 🧩 Memory Systems 🗣️ Language And Mind 💭 Thinking And Reasoning

Cognition 93%

How the mind constructs perception, memory, and reasoning, revealed by key experiments.

by Daniel Reisberg 2005

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 👁️ Attention & Perception 🧩 Memory Systems 🗣️ Language And Mind 💭 Thinking And Reasoning

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Richard Passingham • 2016

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

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

Cognitive Neuroscience 92%

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

by Richard Passingham 2016

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

Surfing Uncertainty

by Andy Clark • 2015

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

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🧠 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

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381 ratings

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

Know Thyself

by Stephen M. Fleming • 2021

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

Know Thyself 92%

Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.

by Stephen M. Fleming 2021

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357 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🗣️ Social Cognition 🤔 Metacognition 🧮 Bayesian Brain 🔮 Predictive Processing

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 92%

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

by Annie Murphy Paul 2021

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

Being There

by Andy Clark • 1996

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

Being There 92%

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

by Andy Clark 1996

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217 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

The Extended Mind

by Richard Menary • 2008

The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🤸 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Externalism 💭 Consciousness Studies

The Extended Mind 92%

The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.

by Richard Menary 2008

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41 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🤸 Embodied Cognition 🔗 Externalism 💭 Consciousness Studies

Gödel, Escher, Bach

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 1979

Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ➗ Mathematical Logic

Gödel, Escher, Bach 92%

Gödel, Escher, Bach: three ways of drawing a loop, and one key to consciousness.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 1979

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Consciousness Studies 🤖 Artificial Intelligence ➗ Mathematical Logic

Cognitive Psychology

by Robert J. Sternberg • 2005

From raw sensation to intelligent action: the mental systems that make meaning possible.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🔬 Experimental Psychology 💾 Memory Systems 👁️ Perception 🗣️ Language Processing

Cognitive Psychology 92%

From raw sensation to intelligent action: the mental systems that make meaning possible.

by Robert J. Sternberg 2005

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453 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science 🔬 Experimental Psychology 💾 Memory Systems 👁️ Perception 🗣️ Language Processing

Surfaces and Essences

by Douglas R. Hofstadter • 2011

Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Analogical Reasoning 📦 Mental Categories 💬 Language And Thought

Surfaces and Essences 92%

Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.

by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011

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🧠 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Analogical Reasoning 📦 Mental Categories 💬 Language And Thought

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998

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

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

Cognitive Neuroscience 91%

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

by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998

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767 ratings

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

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 91%

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

by Tom Stafford 2004

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

The Experience Machine

by Andy Clark • 2023

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

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

The Experience Machine 91%

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

by Andy Clark 2023

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

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 91%

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

by Paul M. Churchland 1984

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

Descartes' Error

by António Damásio • 1994

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

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

Descartes' Error 91%

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

by António Damásio 1994

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

Psych

by Paul Bloom • 2023

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

Psych 91%

How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.

by Paul Bloom 2023

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases 🌑 Unconscious Mind 👶 Child Development

How the Mind Works

by Steven Pinker • 1997

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

How the Mind Works 91%

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

by Steven Pinker 1997

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

The Master and His Emissary

by Iain McGilchrist • 2009

Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Embodied Cognition 📖 Phenomenology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

The Master and His Emissary 91%

Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.

by Iain McGilchrist 2009

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Embodied Cognition 📖 Phenomenology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

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

The Disordered Mind 91%

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

by Eric R. Kandel 2018

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

The Brain

by David Eagleman • 2015

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

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

The Brain 91%

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

by David Eagleman 2015

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

The New Science of the Mind

by Mark Rowlands • 2010

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

The New Science of the Mind 91%

The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.

by Mark Rowlands 2010

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45 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Cognition 📜 Phenomenology

The Book of Minds

by Philip Ball • 2022

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

The Book of Minds 91%

Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.

by Philip Ball 2022

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210 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🐙 Animal Intelligence 👽 Alien Intelligence 🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind

by Guy Claxton • 1997

The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🔮 Intuition Research 🌊 Unconscious Processing 💡 Creative Incubation 🧘 Contemplative Psychology

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind 91%

The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.

by Guy Claxton 1997

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🔮 Intuition Research 🌊 Unconscious Processing 💡 Creative Incubation 🧘 Contemplative Psychology

A Thousand Brains

by Jeff Hawkins • 2021

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

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🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition 🔮 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai

A Thousand Brains 91%

Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.

by Jeff Hawkins 2021

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🧠 Neural Architecture 🗺️ Spatial Cognition 🕸️ Distributed Cognition 🔮 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain-Inspired Ai

The Case Against Reality

by Donald D. Hoffman • 2019

You see an interface, not reality. Evolution proved it's the only way to survive.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💭 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Anti-Realism ✨ Panpsychism

The Case Against Reality 91%

You see an interface, not reality. Evolution proved it's the only way to survive.

by Donald D. Hoffman 2019

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🧠 Cognitive Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 💭 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Anti-Realism ✨ Panpsychism

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.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary

The Brain and the Meaning of Life 91%

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

by Paul Thagard 2010

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy 🔭 Scientific Realism 📊 Evidence-Based Thinking

La vida secreta de la mente

by Mariano Sigman • 2015

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

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

La vida secreta de la mente 91%

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

by Mariano Sigman 2015

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

Being You

by Anil Seth • 2020

Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🪞 Neuroscience Of Self 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Perception Psychology 🫀 Embodied Cognition

Being You 91%

Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.

by Anil Seth 2020

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🪞 Neuroscience Of Self 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Perception Psychology 🫀 Embodied Cognition

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes • 1976

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 91%

Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.

by Julian Jaynes 1976

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 🧬 Consciousness Evolution 🧩 Neurological Models 🔗 Metaphor Theory 🧐 Heterodox Psychology

The Stuff of Thought

by Steven Pinker • 2007

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

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🗣️ Cognitive Linguistics 🧠 Language And Mind 🔄 Conceptual Metaphor 🌍 Linguistic Relativity ⛓️ Causal Reasoning

The Stuff of Thought 91%

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

by Steven Pinker 2007

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🗣️ Cognitive Linguistics 🧠 Language And Mind 🔄 Conceptual Metaphor 🌍 Linguistic Relativity ⛓️ Causal Reasoning

Thought and Knowledge

by Diane F. Halpern • 1984

Upgrade memory, reasoning, and decisions with the cognitive skills that expose hidden mental errors.

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🧠 Metacognition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Argument Analysis ⚖️ Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning

Thought and Knowledge 91%

Upgrade memory, reasoning, and decisions with the cognitive skills that expose hidden mental errors.

by Diane F. Halpern 1984

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🧠 Metacognition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🗣️ Argument Analysis ⚖️ Decision Science 🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning

Artificial Intelligence

by Margaret A. Boden • 2018

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

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🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ The Singularity ⚖️ Ethics Of Ai

Artificial Intelligence 91%

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

by Margaret A. Boden 2018

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🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ The Singularity ⚖️ Ethics Of Ai

The Feeling of What Happens

by António Damásio • 1999

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

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

The Feeling of What Happens 91%

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

by António Damásio 1999

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

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 91%

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

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga 2017

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

Welcome to Your Brain

by Sandra Aamodt • 2008

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

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

Welcome to Your Brain 91%

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

by Sandra Aamodt 2008

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

The Neuroscience of Intelligence

by Richard J. Haier • 2015

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

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Brain Training Myths 🏛️ Education Policy

The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary

The Neuroscience of Intelligence 91%

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

by Richard J. Haier 2015

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 📊 IQ Research 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧪 Brain Training Myths 🏛️ Education Policy

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins • 2004

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

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🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💾 Memory And Learning 🧬 Neuroscience Of Intelligence

On Intelligence 91%

The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.

by Jeff Hawkins 2004

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🧠 Predictive Processing 🤖 Brain Inspired Ai 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 💾 Memory And Learning 🧬 Neuroscience Of Intelligence

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

A User's Guide to the Brain 91%

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

by John J. Ratey 2001

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

How Your Brain Works

by New Scientist • 2017

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

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

How Your Brain Works 91%

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

by New Scientist 2017

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

How to Create a Mind

by Ray Kurzweil • 2012

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🧬 Brain-Inspired Ai

How to Create a Mind 91%

The brain runs on 300 million pattern recognizers. Copy that hierarchy, and human-level AI is next.

by Ray Kurzweil 2012

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science 💻 Computational Neuroscience 🔍 Pattern Recognition 🧬 Brain-Inspired Ai

This Will Make You Smarter

by John Brockman • 2012

Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Scientific Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🌀 Complexity Science

This Will Make You Smarter 91%

Leading scientists each make the case for the single concept they would install in every mind.

by John Brockman 2012

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🧠 Mental Models 🔬 Scientific Thinking 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Interdisciplinary Thinking 🌀 Complexity Science

Deviate

by Beau Lotto • 2017

Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.

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👁️ Perception Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Creativity Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Deviate 90%

Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.

by Beau Lotto 2017

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👁️ Perception Science 🧠 Neuroplasticity 🎨 Creativity Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Attention and effort

by Daniel Kahneman • 1973

Your pupils don't just react to light: they track effort, and attention runs out like a tank.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🔬 Experimental Psychology 🔍 Attention Research 🎯 Selective Attention ⚖️ Cognitive Load

Attention and effort 90%

Your pupils don't just react to light: they track effort, and attention runs out like a tank.

by Daniel Kahneman 1973

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🔬 Experimental Psychology 🔍 Attention Research 🎯 Selective Attention ⚖️ Cognitive Load

Self Comes to Mind

by António Damásio • 2010

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

Self Comes to Mind 90%

The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.

by António Damásio 2010

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🤔 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🦴 Embodied Cognition 💓 Emotion And Reason

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 🧍 Embodied Cognition 🌈 Synesthesia

The Tell-Tale Brain 90%

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

by V.S. Ramachandran 2010

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

Materialist Phenomenology

by Manuel DeLanda • 2021

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

Materialist Phenomenology 90%

Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.

by Manuel DeLanda 2021

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21 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🦾 Embodied Cognition 👁️ Phenomenology 💭 Nonconceptual Content 🌿 Ecological Psychology

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 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology ⚗️ Neurochemistry

Mind Wide Open 90%

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

by Steven Johnson 1999

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

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 😶 Unconscious Emotion 💡 Consciousness Studies

Synaptic Self 90%

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

by Joseph E. LeDoux 2002

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

The Brain

by Marco Magrini • 2017

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

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🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health 📚 Memory And Learning 👴 Cognitive Aging

The Brain 90%

Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.

by Marco Magrini 2017

4.12

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🧠 Brain Science 🔄 Neuroplasticity 💪 Brain Health 📚 Memory And Learning 👴 Cognitive Aging

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