33 Books like Subliminal

The Mind's Past

by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998

Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.

3.77

115

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Consciousness Studies ⚡ Unconscious Processing

The Mind's Past 97%

Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.

by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998

3.77

115 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Consciousness Studies ⚡ Unconscious Processing

A Mind of Its Own

by Cordelia Fine • 2005

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

3.86

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology

A Mind of Its Own 97%

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

by Cordelia Fine 2005

3.86

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology

You Are Not So Smart

by David McRaney • 2011

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

3.86

36k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion

You Are Not So Smart 97%

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

by David McRaney 2011

3.86

36k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion

Before You Know It

by John A. Bargh • 2017

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

4.02

2k+

🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory

Before You Know It 97%

Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.

by John A. Bargh 2017

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Mind 👥 Social Psychology ⚖️ Dual Process Theory

Brain Bugs

by Dean Buonomano • 2011

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

3.80

3k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws

Brain Bugs 96%

Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.

by Dean Buonomano 2011

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📝 Memory Flaws

Incognito

by David Eagleman • 2011

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

4.09

35k+

Incognito 96%

Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.

by David Eagleman 2011

4.09

35k+ ratings

I Think, Therefore I Lie

by Warren Archer • 2019

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

3.44

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

I Think, Therefore I Lie 96%

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

by Warren Archer 2019

3.44

9 ratings

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Useful Delusions

by Shankar Vedantam • 2021

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

3.84

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

Useful Delusions 96%

Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.

by Shankar Vedantam 2021

3.84

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

Sleights of Mind

by Stephen L. Macknik • 2010

Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.

3.94

3k+

🪞 Perceptual Illusions 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention And Awareness

Sleights of Mind 96%

Every magic trick exploits a specific neural shortcut. What sleight of hand reveals about the brain.

by Stephen L. Macknik 2010

3.94

3k+ ratings

🪞 Perceptual Illusions 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Attention And Awareness

The Language Instinct

by Steven Pinker • 1994

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

4.01

23k+

📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Language Instinct 96%

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

Why We Lie

by David Livingstone Smith • 2004

Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.

3.62

260

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception

Why We Lie 96%

Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.

by David Livingstone Smith 2004

3.62

260 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🎭 Self-Deception 🤥 Deception

Idiot Brain

by Dean Burnett • 2016

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

3.97

11k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Idiot Brain 95%

Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.

by Dean Burnett 2016

3.97

11k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Black and White Thinking

by Kevin Dutton • 2021

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

3.57

489

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking

Black and White Thinking 95%

Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.

by Kevin Dutton 2021

3.57

489 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏷️ Categorical Thinking

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

by Albert Rutherford • 2019

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

3.47

121

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 95%

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

by Albert Rutherford 2019

3.47

121 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy

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.

3.23

128

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy

The Brain and the Meaning of Life Summary

The Brain and the Meaning of Life 95%

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

by Paul Thagard 2010

3.23

128 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Mind Brain Identity 🔬 Neurophilosophy

Why We Believe What We Believe

by Andrew B. Newberg • 2006

Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.

4.01

331

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧱 Belief Formation

Why We Believe What We Believe 95%

Prayer dims the self, meditation sharpens focus: the neural signature of why you believe.

by Andrew B. Newberg 2006

4.01

331 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👁️ Perception And Reality 🧱 Belief Formation

NeuroLogic

by Eliezer J. Sternberg • 2016

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

4.26

848

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory

NeuroLogic 95%

Your brain constructs reality, rewrites memory, and confuses your inner voice for someone else's.

by Eliezer J. Sternberg 2016

4.26

848 ratings

🧠 Unconscious Processing 🔄 Dual Process Theory 💭 Reconstructive Memory

Psych

by Paul Bloom • 2023

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

4.14

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases

Psych 95%

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

by Paul Bloom 2023

4.14

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📜 History Of Psychology 🪤 Cognitive Biases

The Social Leap

by William Von Hippel • 2018

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

4.23

2k+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition

The Social Leap 95%

We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.

by William Von Hippel 2018

4.23

2k+ ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧬 Human Evolution 👥 Social Cognition

Everyday Survival

by Laurence Gonzales • 2008

Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.

3.59

840

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗺️ Mental Models 🔄 Automatic Behavior

Everyday Survival 95%

Smart people fail because the mind's shortcuts were built for a world that no longer exists.

by Laurence Gonzales 2008

3.59

840 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗺️ Mental Models 🔄 Automatic Behavior

Mindware

by Richard E. Nisbett • 2015

You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.

3.75

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 💰 Behavioral Economics

Mindware 95%

You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.

by Richard E. Nisbett 2015

3.75

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧩 Mental Models 💰 Behavioral Economics

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 95%

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

The Age of Magical Overthinking

by Amanda Montell • 2024

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

3.42

31k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

The Age of Magical Overthinking 95%

Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.

by Amanda Montell 2024

3.42

31k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🪞 Self-Deception

Kluge

by Gary F. Marcus • 2008

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

3.83

2k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch

Kluge 95%

Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.

by Gary F. Marcus 2008

3.83

2k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch

The Master and His Emissary

by Iain McGilchrist • 2009

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

4.36

4k+

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 🔮 Consciousness Studies 👁️ Embodied Cognition

The Master and His Emissary 95%

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 Invisible Gorilla

by Christopher Chabris • 2010

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

3.91

15k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Invisible Gorilla 94%

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

by Christopher Chabris 2010

3.91

15k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility

How We Decide

by Jonah Lehrer • 2009

When to stop thinking and start trusting your gut, and the neuroscience that explains why.

3.85

42k+

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔀 Dual Process Theory

How We Decide 94%

When to stop thinking and start trusting your gut, and the neuroscience that explains why.

by Jonah Lehrer 2009

3.85

42k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 🔀 Dual Process Theory

The Hidden Brain

by Shankar Vedantam • 2009

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology

The Hidden Brain 94%

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

by Shankar Vedantam 2009

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology

How We Know What Isn't So

by Thomas Gilovich • 1991

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

3.95

3k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

How We Know What Isn't So 94%

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

by Thomas Gilovich 1991

3.95

3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness

by Patrick House • 2022

Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.

3.47

774

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness Summary

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness 94%

Movement built consciousness. Nineteen scientific guesses at how the rest of your mind followed.

by Patrick House 2022

3.47

774 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience

Split-Second Persuasion

by Kevin Dutton • 2009

Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.

3.66

2k+

🌀 Social Influence 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Split-Second Persuasion 94%

Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.

by Kevin Dutton 2009

3.66

2k+ ratings

🌀 Social Influence 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Knowledge Illusion

by Steven Sloman • 2017

Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.

3.84

3k+

🎭 Cognitive Biases 🌐 Distributed Cognition 👥 Collective Intelligence

The Knowledge Illusion 94%

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

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

by David DiSalvo • 2011

Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.

3.83

4k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 94%

Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.

by David DiSalvo 2011

3.83

4k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📉 Behavioral Economics 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

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