26 Books like Behave

The Ten Types of Human

by Dexter Dias • 2018

Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science 🤝 Social Bonding

The Ten Types of Human 96%

Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.

by Dexter Dias 2018

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Behavioral Science 🤝 Social Bonding

Being Human

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 2012

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

4.35

806

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

Being Human 95%

From parasite mind control to the biology of metaphors: what science reveals about being human.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 2012

4.35

806 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Biology 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🩺 Status And Health

A Natural History of Human Emotions

by Stuart Walton • 2005

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

3.61

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary

A Natural History of Human Emotions 95%

Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.

by Stuart Walton 2005

3.61

23 ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ Cultural History 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Conscience

by Patricia S. Churchland • 2019

Our conscience grew out of the brain's drive to care, not from God or reason.

3.78

442

🧠 Moral Psychology 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

Conscience 95%

Our conscience grew out of the brain's drive to care, not from God or reason.

by Patricia S. Churchland 2019

3.78

442 ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology 🧪 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Ethics

Age of Empathy

by Frans de Waal • 2009

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

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🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition

Age of Empathy 95%

Empathy isn't a human invention. It's an animal legacy, and a primatologist has the evidence.

by Frans de Waal 2009

4.00

3k+ ratings

🐒 Primatology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🐘 Animal Cognition

Pleased to Meet Me

by Bill Sullivan • 2019

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

4.02

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🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome

Pleased to Meet Me 95%

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

by Bill Sullivan 2019

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🔬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome

The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker • 1994

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

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📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Language Instinct 95%

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

by Steven Pinker 1994

4.01

23k+ ratings

📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Born to Be Good

by Dacher Keltner • 2009

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

3.57

729

🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Born to Be Good 95%

Darwin argued sympathy, not self-interest, shaped human evolution. The biology now proves him right.

by Dacher Keltner 2009

3.57

729 ratings

🌞 Positive Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Nature Via Nurture

by Matt Ridley • 2003

Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.

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4k+

🧬 Epigenetics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌍 Human Universals

Nature Via Nurture 95%

Genes are not a script but a set of switches, and the environment does the flipping.

by Matt Ridley 2003

4.06

4k+ ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌍 Human Universals

On Human Nature

by Edward O. Wilson • 1978

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

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🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature

On Human Nature 95%

Evolution is our best mythology. The argument for anchoring ethics, art, and religion in biology.

by Edward O. Wilson 1978

4.14

4k+ ratings

🌿 Evolutionary Biology 🐝 Sociobiology 🧬 Human Nature

The Science of Evil

by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2011

Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.

3.77

7k+

🧠 Empathy Research 🧬 Social Neuroscience 👥 Theory Of Mind

The Science of Evil 94%

Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.

by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011

3.77

7k+ ratings

🧠 Empathy Research 🧬 Social Neuroscience 👥 Theory Of Mind

The Social Conquest of Earth

by Edward O. Wilson • 2012

Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.

4.02

4k+

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection

The Social Conquest of Earth 94%

Human virtue and human genocide come from the same evolutionary force, and it's not kin selection.

by Edward O. Wilson 2012

4.02

4k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 🏛️ Multilevel Selection

The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Steven Pinker • 2010

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

4.16

30k+

🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence

The Better Angels of Our Nature 94%

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

by Steven Pinker 2010

4.16

30k+ ratings

🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence

The Bonobo and the Atheist

by Frans de Waal • 2013

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

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6k+

🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy

The Bonobo and the Atheist 94%

Chimps console, capuchins reject unfair pay; morality was ancient before religion claimed it.

by Frans de Waal 2013

4.15

6k+ ratings

🐒 Primatology ⚖️ Origins Of Morality 🫂 Animal Empathy

FREEDOM

by Jeremy Griffith • 2016

Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.

4.10

607

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Human Origins ⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason

FREEDOM 94%

Moral instinct and conscious mind are at war. Understanding why ends the war.

by Jeremy Griffith 2016

4.10

607 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🦴 Human Origins ⚔️ Instinct Versus Reason

Innate

by Kevin J. Mitchell • 2018

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

4.14

691

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture

Innate 94%

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

by Kevin J. Mitchell 2018

4.14

691 ratings

🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌱 Nature Versus Nurture

Just Babies

by Paul Bloom • 2013

Three-month-olds know right from wrong. The rest of morality is deciding who counts.

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🧠 Moral Psychology 👶 Innate Morality 💞 Empathy Research

Just Babies 94%

Three-month-olds know right from wrong. The rest of morality is deciding who counts.

by Paul Bloom 2013

3.71

4k+ ratings

🧠 Moral Psychology 👶 Innate Morality 💞 Empathy Research

How We Became Human

by Tim Dean • 2021

Your sense of right and wrong evolved for the Stone Age. It's time for an upgrade.

3.90

114

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 📜 Cultural Evolution

How We Became Human 94%

Your sense of right and wrong evolved for the Stone Age. It's time for an upgrade.

by Tim Dean 2021

3.90

114 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 📜 Cultural Evolution

The Psychopath Inside

by James Fallon • 2013

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

3.50

6k+

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion

The Psychopath Inside 94%

A neuroscientist studied killers' brain scans and found one that matched his own.

by James Fallon 2013

3.50

6k+ ratings

🧠 Psychopathy Research 🔍 Forensic Psychology 💔 Empathy And Emotion

I, Mammal

by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2011

Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.

4.24

134

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👑 Social Dominance ⚗️ Brain Chemistry

I, Mammal 94%

Your brain is a mammal's, chasing status not happiness. You can stop the war inside.

by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2011

4.24

134 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👑 Social Dominance ⚗️ Brain Chemistry

Behind the Mirror

by Konrad Lorenz • 1973

Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.

4.01

163

🧬 Philosophy Of Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

Behind the Mirror 94%

Space, time, causality: not mental inventions but biological adaptations to a real world.

by Konrad Lorenz 1973

4.01

163 ratings

🧬 Philosophy Of Biology 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution

This View of Life

by David Sloan Wilson • 2019

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

3.96

372

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection

This View of Life 94%

Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.

by David Sloan Wilson 2019

3.96

372 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌍 Cultural Evolution 👥 Group Selection

The Human Story

by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2004

Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.

3.87

334

🦍 Human Evolution 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Theory Of Mind

The Human Story 94%

Gossip, laughter, gods: how the social brain made us human, and the number behind it.

by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2004

3.87

334 ratings

🦍 Human Evolution 🧠 Social Neuroscience 🤝 Theory Of Mind

The Moral Animal

by Robert Wright • 1994

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

4.08

12k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution

The Moral Animal 94%

Our noblest impulses and our ugliest desires share one source: millions of years of evolution.

by Robert Wright 1994

4.08

12k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 👤 Human Nature 🐒 Behavioral Evolution

The Science of Sin

by Jack Lewis • 2018

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

3.60

230

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control

The Science of Sin 94%

Lust, greed, and wrath are not moral failures. They're brain states, and that changes everything.

by Jack Lewis 2018

3.60

230 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🚦 Impulse Control

Blueprint

by Nicholas A. Christakis • 2019

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

3.95

2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology

Blueprint 94%

Goodness is our default setting. Evolution built us for love, friendship, and cooperation.

by Nicholas A. Christakis 2019

3.95

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌐 Human Universals 🏛️ Cultural Anthropology

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