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Brain, mind and consciousness

Psychology

Books on neuroscience, memory, emotion, language, intelligence and the problem of consciousness.

74 books on Brain, mind and consciousness, 1 of them tier 1, recommended by 46 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Patrick Collison.

74 books · 47 experts

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  1. BehaveRobert M. Sapolsky, 2017
  2. The Language InstinctSteven Pinker, 1994
  3. Why Zebras Don't Get UlcersRobert M. Sapolsky, 1994
  4. The Nurture AssumptionJudith Rich Harris, 1998
  5. The Seven Sins of MemoryDaniel L. Schacter, 2001

The best books on Brain, mind and consciousness 74

BehaveBehave
T1 Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky · 2017
Biology of human behaviour across timescales, from neurons to culture
Open Library
“…books I've recommended, highlighted to death, or forced on friends.”Andrew Wilkinson
Recommended byAndrew WilkinsonBill GatesBryan JohnsonJackie VullinghsKeith RaboisMarc AndreessenMichael MauboussinVinod Khosla
The Language InstinctThe Language Instinct
T2 The Language Instinct
Steven Pinker · 1994
Language as an evolved instinct; a Munger multidisciplinary reading
Open Library
“He gave me this book called The Language Instinct, written by Steven Pinker... And Pinker proves his point pretty well.”Charlie Munger
Recommended byCharlie MungerMohnish PabraiPatrick Collison
Why Zebras Don't Get UlcersWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
T2 Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Robert M. Sapolsky · 1994
Sapolsky on chronic stress and its effect on decision quality
Open Library
“it's a wonderful title and it's a wonderful book about the idea of stress”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael Mauboussin
The Nurture AssumptionThe Nurture Assumption
T2 The Nurture Assumption
Judith Rich Harris · 1998
Challenges the evidence that parenting shapes adult outcomes
Open Library
“the one thing that I found to be really interesting, and to some degree liberating, is the work of Judith Rich Harris”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael Mauboussin
The Seven Sins of MemoryThe Seven Sins of Memory
T2 The Seven Sins of Memory
Daniel L. Schacter · 2001
How memory fails, including the biases that distort recalled evidence
Open Library
Recommended byShane Parrish
The Storytelling AnimalThe Storytelling Animal
T3 The Storytelling Animal
Jonathan Gottschall · 2012
Open Library
The Mind of a Mnemonist
T4 The Mind of a Mnemonist
Aleksandr R. Luria · 1968
Open Library
Recommended byTim Ferriss
Attention and EffortAttention and Effort
T4 Attention and Effort
Daniel Kahneman · 1973
Open Library
The Origin of ConsciousnessThe Origin of Consciousness
T4 The Origin of Consciousness
Julian Jaynes · 1976
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick O'ShaughnessyAdam RobinsonBret VictorNaval RavikantSam Altman
The Ecological Approach to Visual PerceptionThe Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
T4 The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
James J. Gibson · 1979
Open Library
Recommended byBret Victor
Metaphors We Live ByMetaphors We Live By
T4 Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff · 1980
Open Library
Recommended byNat EliasonMatt MullenwegNick SzaboTristan Harris
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
T4 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks · 1980
Open Library
Recommended byEric Weinstein
The Society of MindThe Society of Mind
T4 The Society of Mind
Marvin Minsky · 1986
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Women, Fire, and Dangerous ThingsWomen, Fire, and Dangerous Things
T4 Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
George Lakoff · 1987
Open Library
Recommended byMatt Mullenweg
Consciousness ExplainedConsciousness Explained
T4 Consciousness Explained
Daniel C. Dennett · 1991
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
A History of the MindA History of the Mind
T4 A History of the Mind
Nicholas Humphrey · 1992
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the HDescartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
T4 Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Antonio R. Damasio · 1994
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: CompuFluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought
T4 Fluid Concepts And Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought
Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group · 1995
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
How the Mind WorksHow the Mind Works
T4 How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker · 1997
Open Library
“He references Pinker's cognitive-science synthesis as an influential read.”Josh Wolfe
Recommended byMohnish PabraiJosh Wolfe
Sex on the BrainSex on the Brain
T4 Sex on the Brain
Deborah Blum · 1997
Open Library
Recommended byRyan Holiday
Phantoms in the BrainPhantoms in the Brain
T4 Phantoms in the Brain
V.S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee · 1999
Open Library
Recommended byTom Bilyeu
The Scientist in the CribThe Scientist in the Crib
T4 The Scientist in the Crib
Alison Gopnik · 2000
Open Library
Recommended bySteve Jurvetson
Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the AdapStrangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
T4 Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
Timothy D. Wilson · 2002
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
T4 Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Joseph Ledoux · 2002
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
T4 The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker · 2002
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Emotional DesignEmotional Design
T4 Emotional Design
Don Norman · 2003
Open Library
Recommended byNir Eyal
Everything Bad is Good for YouEverything Bad is Good for You
T4 Everything Bad is Good for You
Steven Johnson · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byEv Williams
Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the NeuroscieMind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
T4 Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
Steven Johnson · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiEv Williams
The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in thThe Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
T4 The Robot's Rebellion: Finding Meaning in the Age of Darwin
Keith Stanovich · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of CWider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
T4 Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
Gerald M. Edelman · 2004
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
On IntelligenceOn Intelligence
T4 On Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins · 2005
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick CollisonEv WilliamsKeith Rabois
The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow SThe Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older
T4 The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older
Elkhonon Goldberg · 2005
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Female BrainThe Female Brain
T4 The Female Brain
Louann Brizendine · 2006
Open Library
Recommended byBrian Armstrong
The Naked BrainThe Naked Brain
T4 The Naked Brain
Richard Restak · 2006
Open Library
Recommended bySimon Sinek
Creativity and the BrainCreativity and the Brain
T4 Creativity and the Brain
Mario Tokoro · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byRay Dalio
The Brain That Changes ItselfThe Brain That Changes Itself
T4 The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byTom Bilyeu
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a MateriThe Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (Bradford Books)
T4 The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (Bradford Books)
Owen J Flanagan · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Spiritual BrainThe Spiritual Brain
T4 The Spiritual Brain
Mario Beauregard · 2007
Open Library
Recommended byRay Dalio
Brain RulesBrain Rules
T4 Brain Rules
John Medina · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiNat EliasonBill GatesJames Altucher
Mental ModelsMental Models
T4 Mental Models
Indi Young · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byDavid Kadavy
The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and InequalThe Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide
T4 The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide
Richard Lynn · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Welcome to Your BrainWelcome to Your Brain
T4 Welcome to Your Brain
Sandra Aamodt, Sam Wang · 2008
Open Library
Recommended byRay Dalio
Genius 101 (Psych 101)Genius 101 (Psych 101)
T4 Genius 101 (Psych 101)
Dean Keith Simonton · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Rapt: Attention and the Focused LifeRapt: Attention and the Focused Life
T4 Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life
Winifred Gallagher · 2009
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The ShallowsThe Shallows
T4 The Shallows
Nicholas Carr · 2010
Open Library
Recommended byNat EliasonIman Gadzhi
IncognitoIncognito
T4 Incognito
David Eagleman · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick O'ShaughnessyRay DalioTom Bilyeu
The Psychedelic Explorer's GuideThe Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
T4 The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide
James Fadiman · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byNat Eliason
Why We Believe in God(s)Why We Believe in God(s)
T4 Why We Believe in God(s)
J. Anderson Thomson · 2011
Open Library
Recommended byRay Dalio
Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the TwAre We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century
T4 Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century
James R. Flynn · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Consciousness: An IntroductionConsciousness: An Introduction
T4 Consciousness: An Introduction
Susan Blackmore · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byNassim Nicholas Taleb
SubliminalSubliminal
T4 Subliminal
Leonard Mlodinow · 2012
Open Library
Recommended byNir EyalRay Dalio
The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in theThe Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
T4 The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin · 2014
Open Library
Recommended byMohnish PabraiKeith RaboisSatya Nadella
Why Fonts MatterWhy Fonts Matter
T4 Why Fonts Matter
Sarah Hyndman · 2016
Open Library
Recommended byJeremiah Shoaf
DeviateDeviate
T4 Deviate
Beau Lotto · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byBryan Johnson
From Bacteria to Bach and BackFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back
T4 From Bacteria to Bach and Back
Daniel C. Dennett · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byRay DalioEsther DysonVinod Khosla
How Emotions Are MadeHow Emotions Are Made
T4 How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byEmmett Shear
How to Change Your MindHow to Change Your Mind
T4 How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan · 2018
Open Library
“Praised Pollan as "a gifted observer and clear writer"; recommended the author-narrated audiobook on the science of psychedelics.”Stewart Butterfield
Recommended byBill GatesBryan JohnsonJames CameronMichael MauboussinNaval RavikantPeter AttiaSophie BakalarStewart Butterfield+2 more
Mindful DesignMindful Design
T4 Mindful Design
Scott Riley · 2018
Open Library
Recommended byRyan Hoover
ConsciousConscious
T4 Conscious
Annaka Harris · 2019
Open Library
Recommended byMatt Mullenweg
The End of GenderThe End of Gender
T4 The End of Gender
Debra Soh · 2020
Open Library
Recommended byEric Weinstein
A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of IntelligeA Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
T4 A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins · 2021
Open Library
Recommended byBill Gates
DeterminedDetermined
T4 Determined
Robert M. Sapolsky · 2023
Open Library
Recommended byAndrew Wilkinson
Designing with the Mind in Mind
T4 Designing with the Mind in Mind
Jeff Johnson
unverified
Recommended byNir Eyal
From Bacteria to Back and Back: The Evolutio
T4 From Bacteria to Back and Back: The Evolution of Minds
unverified
Recommended byVinod Khosla
In Other WordsIn Other Words
T4 In Other Words
Ellen Bialystok
unverified
Recommended byTim Ferriss
Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on
T4 Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity 1st Edition
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Technological Nature: Adaptation and the Fut
T4 Technological Nature: Adaptation and the Future of Human Life
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Computer and the BrainThe Computer and the Brain
T4 The Computer and the Brain
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Emperor's New Mind - Concerning Computer
T4 The Emperor's New Mind - Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Lang
T4 The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Mind–Body Problem
T4 The Mind–Body Problem
Jonathan Westphal
unverified
Recommended byMario GabrielePatrick Collison
The Quest for Consciousness: A NeurobiologicThe Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
T4 The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Who's in Charge?
T4 Who's in Charge?
Michael S. Gazzaniga
unverified
Recommended byRay Dalio
Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human
T4 Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
unverified
Recommended byVinod Khosla

Experts 47

The people who wrote this page's books, and the people who recommend them.

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 18 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 12 books hereRay Daliorecommends 8 books hereVinod Khoslarecommends 5 books here
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Michael Mauboussinrecommends 4 books hereBill Gatesrecommends 4 books here
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Nat Eliasonrecommends 4 books hereBryan Johnsonrecommends 3 books hereEv Williamsrecommends 3 books hereKeith Raboisrecommends 3 books hereMatt Mullenwegrecommends 3 books here
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Nir Eyalrecommends 3 books here
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Tim Ferrissrecommends 3 books here
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Tom Bilyeurecommends 3 books here
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Andrew Wilkinsonrecommends 2 books hereBret Victorrecommends 2 books hereEric Weinsteinrecommends 2 books hereNaval Ravikantrecommends 2 books here
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Shane Parrishrecommends 1 book hereSimon Sinekrecommends 1 book here
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