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📍 Situated Cognition

An exploration of how thinking is inseparable from context, arguing that knowledge isn't abstract but emerges from the specific environments and activities in which it's used.
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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3k+
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔬 Cognitive Science💓 Body Wisdom
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind 91%
The mind extends beyond the brain: into the body, across physical space, and between people.
by Annie Murphy Paul 2021
4.03
3k+ ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔬 Cognitive Science💓 Body Wisdom
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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45
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
The New Science of the Mind Summary
The New Science of the Mind 91%
The mind extends through body and tools because it reveals rather than calculates.
by Mark Rowlands 2010
3.69
45 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
Materialist Phenomenology
by Manuel DeLanda • 2021
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
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21
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🦾 Embodied Cognition👁️ Phenomenology
Materialist Phenomenology Summary
Materialist Phenomenology 91%
Mindless agents and a thinking body construct perception; the self is just a story.
by Manuel DeLanda 2021
4.05
21 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🦾 Embodied Cognition👁️ Phenomenology
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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217
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
Being There Summary
Being There 90%
The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.
by Andy Clark 1996
4.14
217 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🏃 Embodied Cognition
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
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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41
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🤸 Embodied Cognition
The Extended Mind Summary
The Extended Mind 90%
The mind does not end at the skull. Tools and notebooks may be genuine parts of thinking.
by Richard Menary 2008
3.76
41 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🤸 Embodied Cognition
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds
by Dennis Proffitt • 2020
Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.
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🧠 Embodied Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌏 Cultural Psychology
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds Summary
Perception - How Our Bodies Shape Our Minds 90%
Hills steepen with fatigue and distances swell with weight: a tour of the body-built reality.
by Dennis Proffitt 2020
4.01
238 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌏 Cultural Psychology
Sensation
by Thalma Lobel • 2014
Why a warm cup makes people kind, a heavy clipboard feels important, and red sabotages performance.
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🧠 Embodied Cognition👋 Sensory Influence🎯 Priming Effects
Sensation Summary
Sensation 90%
Why a warm cup makes people kind, a heavy clipboard feels important, and red sabotages performance.
by Thalma Lobel 2014
3.42
384 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition👋 Sensory Influence🎯 Priming Effects
El Sentido De Lo Humano
by Humberto R. Maturana • 2008
Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.
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108
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Systems Theory🏗️ Social Construction
El Sentido De Lo Humano Summary
El Sentido De Lo Humano 90%
Reality is built through conversation, not found. Denying love causes most human suffering.
by Humberto R. Maturana 2008
4.26
108 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Systems Theory🏗️ Social Construction
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
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🧠 Embodied Cognition🔗 Mind-Body Connection🧬 Neuroplasticity
Physical Intelligence Summary
Physical Intelligence 90%
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
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 90%
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
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
by James Paul Gee • 2003
Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.
3.90
1k+
🎮 Game-Based Learning🧠 Learning Science👁️ Multimodal Learning
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy Summary
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy 90%
Video games teach because they have to. The 36 learning principles schools can steal from them.
by James Paul Gee 2003
3.90
1k+ ratings
🎮 Game-Based Learning🧠 Learning Science👁️ Multimodal Learning
Mind and Nature
by Gregory Bateson • 2002
Mind and nature aren't separate; they share a master pattern that perception and evolution both obey
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📚 Epistemology🔗 Systems Thinking🔄 Cybernetics
Mind and Nature Summary
Mind and Nature 90%
Mind and nature aren't separate; they share a master pattern that perception and evolution both obey
by Gregory Bateson 2002
4.27
819 ratings
📚 Epistemology🔗 Systems Thinking🔄 Cybernetics
The Power of Not Thinking
by Simon Roberts • 2020
AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.
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🧠 Embodied Cognition👃 Sensory Anthropology⚡ Expert Intuition
The Power of Not Thinking Summary
The Power of Not Thinking 90%
AI beats us at chess but cannot pick up a pencil. The intelligence in your bones.
by Simon Roberts 2020
3.51
181 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition👃 Sensory Anthropology⚡ Expert Intuition
A Little Manual for Knowing
by Esther Lightcap Meek • 2014
Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.
3.81
276
🧠 Epistemology🔍 Tacit Knowledge✝️ Christian Philosophy
A Little Manual for Knowing Summary
A Little Manual for Knowing 90%
Knowing is not downloading facts but pledging love to a reality you don't yet understand.
by Esther Lightcap Meek 2014
3.81
276 ratings
🧠 Epistemology🔍 Tacit Knowledge✝️ Christian Philosophy
The Embodied Mind
by Francisco J. Varela • 1991
No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.
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1k+
🧠 Embodied Cognition🤔 Phenomenology🧘 Buddhist Philosophy
The Embodied Mind Summary
The Embodied Mind 90%
No inner pilot exists. Your body enacts a world, and the self evaporates under sustained attention.
by Francisco J. Varela 1991
4.14
1k+ ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🤔 Phenomenology🧘 Buddhist Philosophy
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
3.84
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🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion 90%
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017
3.84
3k+ ratings
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence
Look
by Christian Madsbjerg • 2023
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
3.15
233
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
Look Summary
Look 90%
Thinking without looking is guessing. Why the most insightful people observe before they analyze.
by Christian Madsbjerg 2023
3.15
233 ratings
🏛️ Phenomenology🔍 Gestalt Psychology👁️ Ethnographic Observation
Mind
by Paul Thagard • 1996
Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.
3.66
249
🧠 Cognitive Science Foundations🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mental Representation
Mind Summary
Mind 90%
Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.
by Paul Thagard 1996
3.66
249 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science Foundations🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Mental Representation
The Tacit Dimension
by Michael Polanyi • 1966
Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.
4.04
478
🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧠 Embodied Knowledge👁️ Phenomenology
The Tacit Dimension Summary
The Tacit Dimension 90%
Every explicit rule, theorem, and formula floats on a vast sea of knowledge you cannot articulate.
by Michael Polanyi 1966
4.04
478 ratings
🔬 Philosophy Of Science🧠 Embodied Knowledge👁️ Phenomenology
Smart Moves
by Carla Hannaford • 1995
Movement is not recess from learning. It is the engine that drives it.
4.02
492
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔬 Educational Neuroscience🖐️ Sensory Integration
Smart Moves Summary
Smart Moves 90%
Movement is not recess from learning. It is the engine that drives it.
by Carla Hannaford 1995
4.02
492 ratings
🧠 Embodied Cognition🔬 Educational Neuroscience🖐️ Sensory Integration
Know Thyself
by Stephen M. Fleming • 2021
Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.
3.86
357
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗣️ Social Cognition🤔 Metacognition
Know Thyself Summary
Know Thyself 89%
Your brain constantly tracks its own uncertainty. That system breaks in predictable ways.
by Stephen M. Fleming 2021
3.86
357 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🗣️ Social Cognition🤔 Metacognition
Metaphors We Live By
by George Lakoff • 1980
Metaphor isn't decoration. It's the operating system of the mind, and you never chose yours.
4.09
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Linguistics🏃 Embodied Cognition💭 Language And Thought
Metaphors We Live By Summary
Metaphors We Live By 89%
Metaphor isn't decoration. It's the operating system of the mind, and you never chose yours.
by George Lakoff 1980
4.09
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Linguistics🏃 Embodied Cognition💭 Language And Thought
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
The Biological Mind Summary
The Biological Mind 89%
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
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition
by Michael Tomasello • 1999
Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.
4.13
292
🧠 Cognitive Development🧬 Cultural Evolution🤝 Social Cognition
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition Summary
The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition 89%
Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.
by Michael Tomasello 1999
4.13
292 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Development🧬 Cultural Evolution🤝 Social Cognition
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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4k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary 89%
Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.
by Iain McGilchrist 2009
4.36
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition
The Unschooled Mind
by Howard Gardner • 1991
Children's intuitive theories outlast school; genuine understanding takes deliberate rewiring.
3.96
956
🧠 Cognitive Development🌱 Progressive Education📚 Educational Psychology
The Unschooled Mind Summary
The Unschooled Mind 89%
Children's intuitive theories outlast school; genuine understanding takes deliberate rewiring.
by Howard Gardner 1991
3.96
956 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Development🌱 Progressive Education📚 Educational Psychology
How the Body Knows Its Mind
by Sian Beilock • 2015
Your body doesn't just express your thoughts. It decides them, from your face to your fingers.
3.60
426
🔬 Embodied Cognition🧠 Mind-Body Connection✍️ Embodied Learning
How the Body Knows Its Mind Summary
How the Body Knows Its Mind 89%
Your body doesn't just express your thoughts. It decides them, from your face to your fingers.
by Sian Beilock 2015
3.60
426 ratings
🔬 Embodied Cognition🧠 Mind-Body Connection✍️ Embodied Learning
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
by Guy Claxton • 1997
The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.
3.91
322
🧠 Cognitive Science🔮 Intuition Research🌊 Unconscious Processing
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind Summary
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind 89%
The mind's slowest mode generates creativity and wisdom. Speed is silencing it.
by Guy Claxton 1997
3.91
322 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science🔮 Intuition Research🌊 Unconscious Processing
The World Beyond Your Head
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2015
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
3.79
3k+
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head 89%
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015
3.79
3k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition
Phenomenology
by Dan Zahavi • 2008
Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.
4.15
303
🗺️ Continental Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Phenomenological Method
Phenomenology Summary
Phenomenology 89%
Consciousness is an openness, not a container. An introduction to phenomenology.
by Dan Zahavi 2008
4.15
303 ratings
🗺️ Continental Philosophy🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Phenomenological Method
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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1k+
🧠 Cognitive Science💭 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Analogical Reasoning
Surfaces and Essences Summary
Surfaces and Essences 89%
Analogy isn't a language trick. It's the hidden engine of every thought, category, and insight.
by Douglas R. Hofstadter 2011
3.83
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science💭 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Analogical Reasoning
Acts of Meaning
by Jerome Bruner • 1990
The cognitive revolution was supposed to study meaning. It gave us a machine instead.
4.06
346
🧠 Cultural Psychology📖 Narrative Psychology🗣️ Folk Psychology
Acts of Meaning Summary
Acts of Meaning 89%
The cognitive revolution was supposed to study meaning. It gave us a machine instead.
by Jerome Bruner 1990
4.06
346 ratings
🧠 Cultural Psychology📖 Narrative Psychology🗣️ Folk Psychology
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.
3.95
210
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🐙 Animal Intelligence
The Book of Minds Summary
The Book of Minds 89%
Intelligence is not a yes-or-no question. It is a landscape, and humans occupy a single coordinate.
by Philip Ball 2022
3.95
210 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind🔬 Cognitive Science🐙 Animal Intelligence
Deviate
by Beau Lotto • 2017
Your brain evolved for survival, not truth. That bias is the engine of creativity.
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2k+
👁️ Perception Science🧠 Neuroplasticity🎨 Creativity Science
Deviate Summary
Deviate 89%
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
The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett • 2008
Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.
3.84
2k+
🔨 Philosophy Of Work🏺 Material Culture🔧 Skilled Labor
The Craftsman Summary
The Craftsman 89%
Making things well is a universal human drive. Modern work is designed to suppress it.
by Richard Sennett 2008
3.84
2k+ ratings
🔨 Philosophy Of Work🏺 Material Culture🔧 Skilled Labor
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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10k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 89%
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
Thinking Big
by Clive Gamble • 2014
Logic does not come from language. It is built by the hands, long before the first word is spoken.
3.67
155
🔬 Developmental Psychology🧠 Cognitive Development🏗️ Constructivism
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big 89%
Logic does not come from language. It is built by the hands, long before the first word is spoken.
by Clive Gamble 2014
3.67
155 ratings
🔬 Developmental Psychology🧠 Cognitive Development🏗️ Constructivism
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
The Brain Summary
The Brain 89%
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
The Atomic Human
by Neil D. Lawrence • 2024
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
3.41
197
🤖 Artificial Intelligence🧠 Cognitive Science🫂 What Makes Us Human
The Atomic Human Summary
The Atomic Human 89%
Bleeding, forgetting, doubting: these aren't bugs in the human system. They are the system.
by Neil D. Lawrence 2024
3.41
197 ratings
🤖 Artificial Intelligence🧠 Cognitive Science🫂 What Makes Us Human
The Hand
by Frank R. Wilson • 1998
The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.
3.82
217
🧬 Human Evolution🦴 Paleoanthropology🧠 Embodied Cognition
The Hand Summary
The Hand 89%
The hand is not the brain's tool. It is the brain's architect.
by Frank R. Wilson 1998
3.82
217 ratings
🧬 Human Evolution🦴 Paleoanthropology🧠 Embodied Cognition
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
Introduction to Phenomenology
by Robert Sokolowski • 1999
Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.
4.03
541
🌀 Phenomenology🧠 Consciousness Studies📜 Continental Philosophy
Introduction to Phenomenology Summary
Introduction to Phenomenology 89%
Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.
by Robert Sokolowski 1999
4.03
541 ratings
🌀 Phenomenology🧠 Consciousness Studies📜 Continental Philosophy
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
by Andy Hunt • 2008
Your brain runs two processors. The intuitive one does the real work. Wake it up.
4.12
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Science↔️ Dual-Process Theory🪤 Cognitive Biases
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Summary
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning 89%
Your brain runs two processors. The intuitive one does the real work. Wake it up.
by Andy Hunt 2008
4.12
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science↔️ Dual-Process Theory🪤 Cognitive Biases
A Thousand Brains
by Jeff Hawkins • 2021
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
4.05
7k+
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition
A Thousand Brains Summary
A Thousand Brains 89%
Every cortical column in your brain learns a full model of the world. Then they vote.
by Jeff Hawkins 2021
4.05
7k+ ratings
🧠 Neural Architecture🗺️ Spatial Cognition🕸️ Distributed Cognition
Smarter Than You Think
by Clive Thompson • 2013
You plus a computer is smarter than either alone. The evidence is bigger than chess.
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2k+
🧠 Augmented Intelligence🐝 Collective Intelligence🧩 Extended Mind Thesis
Smarter Than You Think Summary
Smarter Than You Think 89%
You plus a computer is smarter than either alone. The evidence is bigger than chess.
by Clive Thompson 2013
3.94
2k+ ratings
🧠 Augmented Intelligence🐝 Collective Intelligence🧩 Extended Mind Thesis
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 Summary
The Tell-Tale Brain 89%
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
Livewired
by David Eagleman • 2014
Half a brain runs a full life because idle neural real estate gets claimed immediately.
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5k+
🧠 Neuroscience🧩 Neuroplasticity👁️ Sensory Perception
Livewired Summary
Livewired 89%
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
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 89%
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
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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3k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind
Self Comes to Mind Summary
Self Comes to Mind 89%
The self is a process built from body maps: three layers that turn mind into experience.
by António Damásio 2010
3.97
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind
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