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🧠 Sensory Neuroscience

The science of how the brain transforms raw stimuli into the rich tapestry of conscious experience, from photon to color, from vibration to melody.
The Man Who Tasted Words
by Guy Leschziner • 2022
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
4.04
874
🌀 Perception And Reality🔮 Predictive Processing🎨 Synesthesia
The Man Who Tasted Words Summary
The Man Who Tasted Words 93%
What a man who hears his own eyeballs move reveals about the illusions of your senses.
by Guy Leschziner 2022
4.04
874 ratings
🌀 Perception And Reality🔮 Predictive Processing🎨 Synesthesia
Livewired
by David Eagleman • 2014
Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.
4.16
5k+
🧠 Neuroscience🧩 Neuroplasticity👁️ Sensory Perception
Livewired Summary
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
The Mind's Eye
by Oliver Sacks • 2010
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
3.92
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🩺 Clinical Neurology🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Mind's Eye Summary
The Mind's Eye 92%
Blindness doesn't silence the visual brain. It retrains it, exposing how perception is built.
by Oliver Sacks 2010
3.92
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🩺 Clinical Neurology🔄 Brain Plasticity
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
How the Brain Works Summary
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
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
The Brain Summary
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
Understanding Pain
by Fernando Cervero • 2012
Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.
3.90
72
🔬 Pain Science🤕 Chronic Pain🧬 Sensory Biology
Understanding Pain Summary
Understanding Pain 92%
Your brain constructs your pain. When the system fails, even a soft touch becomes agony.
by Fernando Cervero 2012
3.90
72 ratings
🔬 Pain Science🤕 Chronic Pain🧬 Sensory Biology
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
11k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity🪞 Mirror Neurons🎨 Neuroaesthetics
The Tell-Tale Brain Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain 91%
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
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
Brain Facts Summary
Brain Facts 91%
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
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight
by Sharon Heller • 2002
Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.
3.90
866
🧠 Sensory Processing🧩 Sensory Integration⚡ Nervous System Regulation
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight Summary
Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight 91%
Why tags, crowds, and noise feel unbearable: a body-based fix for sensory defensiveness.
by Sharon Heller 2002
3.90
866 ratings
🧠 Sensory Processing🧩 Sensory Integration⚡ Nervous System Regulation
Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks • 2007
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
3.95
75k+
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
Musicophilia Summary
Musicophilia 91%
When language and memory fail, music still gets through. A neurologist explains why.
by Oliver Sacks 2007
3.95
75k+ ratings
🧠 Music And The Brain🩻 Clinical Case Studies🧬 Neuroplasticity
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
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience 91%
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
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
How Your Brain Works Summary
How Your Brain Works 91%
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
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
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
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
4.12
767 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗺️ Functional Localization↔️ Hemispheric Specialization
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
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons 91%
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
Deviate
by Beau Lotto • 2017
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
3.73
2k+
👁️ Perception Science🧠 Neuroplasticity🎨 Creativity Science
Deviate Summary
Deviate 90%
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
by Beau Lotto 2017
3.73
2k+ ratings
👁️ Perception Science🧠 Neuroplasticity🎨 Creativity Science
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
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💥 Myth Debunking📜 Brain History
Great Myths of the Brain Summary
Great Myths of the Brain 90%
10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.
by Christian Jarrett 2014
3.83
161 ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💥 Myth Debunking📜 Brain History
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
The Future of the Brain Summary
The Future of the Brain 90%
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
An Immense World
by Ed Yong • 2022
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
4.46
37k+
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
An Immense World Summary
An Immense World 90%
Your world is one sliver of reality. A tour through the sensory universes other animals inhabit.
by Ed Yong 2022
4.46
37k+ ratings
🐾 Animal Senses🔬 Sensory Biology👁️ Animal Perception
Hallucinations
by Oliver Sacks • 2012
Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.
3.93
25k+
🧠 Clinical Neurology👁️ Hallucinations🌌 Altered States
Hallucinations Summary
Hallucinations 90%
Hallucinations are not the brain breaking. They are the brain showing how it builds reality.
by Oliver Sacks 2012
3.93
25k+ ratings
🧠 Clinical Neurology👁️ Hallucinations🌌 Altered States
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
Pictures of the Mind Summary
Pictures of the Mind 90%
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
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
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own Summary
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own 90%
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
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
The Root of Thought Summary
The Root of Thought 90%
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 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
The Disordered Mind Summary
The Disordered Mind 90%
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
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
Surfing Uncertainty Summary
Surfing Uncertainty 90%
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
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
Feeling & Knowing Summary
Feeling & Knowing 90%
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
Volume Control
by David Owen • 2019
Modern noise severs ear nerves; the standard hearing test misses it. Inside a hidden epidemic.
4.05
626
🧠 Sensory Science🦻 Hearing Loss🔊 Noise Pollution
Volume Control Summary
Volume Control 90%
Modern noise severs ear nerves; the standard hearing test misses it. Inside a hidden epidemic.
by David Owen 2019
4.05
626 ratings
🧠 Sensory Science🦻 Hearing Loss🔊 Noise Pollution
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 Summary
The New Mind Readers 90%
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
Neuroplasticity
by Moheb Costandi • 2016
Your brain rewires every time you learn, heal, or crave. The science behind the lifelong remodel.
3.98
836
🧠 Neuroscience🔄 Neuroplasticity🌱 Brain Development
Neuroplasticity Summary
Neuroplasticity 90%
Your brain rewires every time you learn, heal, or crave. The science behind the lifelong remodel.
by Moheb Costandi 2016
3.98
836 ratings
🧠 Neuroscience🔄 Neuroplasticity🌱 Brain Development
On Intelligence
by Jeff Hawkins • 2004
The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.
4.11
7k+
🧠 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain Inspired Ai💭 Philosophy Of Mind
On Intelligence Summary
On Intelligence 90%
The brain runs one algorithm for sight, sound, and thought: memory and prediction.
by Jeff Hawkins 2004
4.11
7k+ ratings
🧠 Predictive Processing🤖 Brain Inspired Ai💭 Philosophy Of Mind
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
A User's Guide to the Brain Summary
A User's Guide to the Brain 90%
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
Being You
by Anil Seth • 2020
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
4.10
5k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind
Being You Summary
Being You 90%
Your brain does not read reality. It invents it. Every sensation, every self, is a guess.
by Anil Seth 2020
4.10
5k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🪞 Neuroscience Of Self🤔 Philosophy Of Mind
Looking for Spinoza
by António Damásio • 2001
A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.
3.96
2k+
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🏛️ Neurophilosophy🤝 Social Emotions
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza 90%
A neuroscientist discovers a 17th-century philosopher already mapped the biology of joy and sorrow.
by António Damásio 2001
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🏛️ Neurophilosophy🤝 Social Emotions
The Ghost in My Brain
by Clark Elliott • 2015
His identity vanished after a minor crash. Eight years later, two therapists reassembled it.
3.82
938
🤕 Traumatic Brain Injury🧠 Brain Health🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Ghost in My Brain Summary
The Ghost in My Brain 90%
His identity vanished after a minor crash. Eight years later, two therapists reassembled it.
by Clark Elliott 2015
3.82
938 ratings
🤕 Traumatic Brain Injury🧠 Brain Health🔄 Brain Plasticity
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
Welcome to Your Brain Summary
Welcome to Your Brain 90%
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
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
The Other Brain Summary
The Other Brain 90%
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
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
Synaptic Self Summary
Synaptic Self 90%
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
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
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy Summary
The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy 90%
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
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
Mind Wide Open Summary
Mind Wide Open 90%
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
Reading in the Brain
by Stanislas Dehaene • 2007
The brain never evolved to read. Writing systems adapted to the brain's older circuits instead.
4.06
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📖 Reading Science🔄 Brain Plasticity
Reading in the Brain Summary
Reading in the Brain 90%
The brain never evolved to read. Writing systems adapted to the brain's older circuits instead.
by Stanislas Dehaene 2007
4.06
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📖 Reading Science🔄 Brain Plasticity
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
The Feeling of What Happens Summary
The Feeling of What Happens 89%
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
The Future of the Mind
by Michio Kaku • 2014
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
4.08
16k+
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Consciousness Studies🔌 Brain-Computer Interfaces
The Future of the Mind Summary
The Future of the Mind 89%
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
by Michio Kaku 2014
4.08
16k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💭 Consciousness Studies🔌 Brain-Computer Interfaces
Physical Intelligence
by Scott Grafton • 2020
Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.
3.60
194
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🧬 Neuroplasticity
Physical Intelligence Summary
Physical Intelligence 89%
Movement is the foundation of thought, and fatigue is your brain's way of holding you back.
by Scott Grafton 2020
3.60
194 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🧬 Neuroplasticity
On Looking
by Alexandra Horowitz • 2013
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
3.51
5k+
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
On Looking Summary
On Looking 89%
The same city block holds eleven unseen worlds. A walk with those who can see them.
by Alexandra Horowitz 2013
3.51
5k+ ratings
👁️ Sensory Perception🌿 Nature Writing🔍 Everyday Observation
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
Your Brain Summary
Your Brain 89%
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
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
by Rahul Jandial • 2019
A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.
4.11
4k+
🧠 Brain Health🔄 Neuroplasticity🔬 Popular Neuroscience
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon Summary
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon 89%
A brain surgeon on protecting your mind: sleep, fasting, a second language work; brain games don't.
by Rahul Jandial 2019
4.11
4k+ ratings
🧠 Brain Health🔄 Neuroplasticity🔬 Popular Neuroscience
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
Your Brain, Explained Summary
Your Brain, Explained 89%
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
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
The Experience Machine Summary
The Experience Machine 89%
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
Everything in Its Place
by Oliver Sacks • 2019
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
4.14
3k+
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place 89%
Oliver Sacks's final essays: what broken brains reveal about music, identity, and being human.
by Oliver Sacks 2019
4.14
3k+ ratings
🧠 Neurology🩺 Medical Humanities📖 Narrative Medicine
The Neuroscience of You
by Chantel Prat • 2022
Your brain isn't like anyone else's. Neuroscience finally has a field guide for that.
3.80
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🌈 Neurodiversity🔄 Brain Plasticity
The Neuroscience of You Summary
The Neuroscience of You 89%
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
Altered States of Consciousness
by Marc Wittmann • 2018
Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.
3.74
194
🧠 Consciousness Studies⏱️ Time Perception🌌 Altered States
Altered States of Consciousness Summary
Altered States of Consciousness 89%
Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.
by Marc Wittmann 2018
3.74
194 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies⏱️ Time Perception🌌 Altered States
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