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🧠 Split-Brain Research

Fascinating investigations into what happens when the brain's hemispheres are severed or studied in isolation, revealing startling truths about consciousness and identity. These books sit at the thrilling intersection of neuroscience and philosophy of mind.
The Consciousness Instinct
by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 2018
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
3.87
839
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain
The Consciousness Instinct Summary
The Consciousness Instinct 93%
Consciousness isn't one network but a modular biological instinct, and silicon won't replicate it.
by Michael S. Gazzaniga 2018
3.87
839 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind🧩 Modular Brain
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 92%
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
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
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 91%
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
Phantoms in the Brain
by V.S. Ramachandran • 1998
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
4.27
21k+
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders
Phantoms in the Brain Summary
Phantoms in the Brain 91%
A missing arm can still hurt. That paradox unlocks how your brain constructs reality.
by V.S. Ramachandran 1998
4.27
21k+ ratings
🧠 Neuropsychology🔄 Brain Plasticity🏥 Neurological Disorders
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 90%
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 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
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 90%
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 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
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment
by Chris Niebauer • 2014
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
4.18
61
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🔬 Neuroscience Of Self☯️ Nonduality
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment Summary
The Neurotic's Guide to Avoiding Enlightenment 90%
The self you're improving isn't real. Split-brain science on why effort undermines itself.
by Chris Niebauer 2014
4.18
61 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🔬 Neuroscience Of Self☯️ Nonduality
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 90%
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
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
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 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 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 90%
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
Gray Matters
by Theodore H. Schwartz • 2024
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
4.36
1k+
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 History Of Medicine🧬 Brain Science
Gray Matters Summary
Gray Matters 90%
Brain surgery went from coin-flip gamble to wiring minds to machines. A neurosurgeon traces the arc.
by Theodore H. Schwartz 2024
4.36
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neurosurgery🏥 History Of Medicine🧬 Brain Science
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
3.95
10k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 90%
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
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 90%
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
An Alchemy of Mind
by Diane Ackerman • 2004
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
3.96
1k+
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies
An Alchemy of Mind Summary
An Alchemy of Mind 90%
A poet's tour of the brain: how 100 billion neurons invent your reality.
by Diane Ackerman 2004
3.96
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science💭 Consciousness Studies
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
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
Incognito
by David Eagleman • 2011
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
4.09
35k+
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind
Incognito Summary
Incognito 90%
Your brain has already decided before you know it. Consciousness is just the press release.
by David Eagleman 2011
4.09
35k+ ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience🔬 Cognitive Science🌊 Unconscious Mind
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 90%
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
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 Empathic Brain
by Christian Keysers • 2009
We understand others not by reasoning, but by covertly simulating their actions and feelings.
3.71
112
🧠 Social Neuroscience🪞 Mirror Neurons👤 Embodied Simulation
The Empathic Brain Summary
The Empathic Brain 89%
We understand others not by reasoning, but by covertly simulating their actions and feelings.
by Christian Keysers 2009
3.71
112 ratings
🧠 Social Neuroscience🪞 Mirror Neurons👤 Embodied Simulation
The Brain
by Marco Magrini • 2017
Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.
4.12
705
🧠 Brain Science🔄 Neuroplasticity💪 Brain Health
The Brain Summary
The Brain 89%
Your brain rewires daily: the operating guide biology class never gave you.
by Marco Magrini 2017
4.12
705 ratings
🧠 Brain Science🔄 Neuroplasticity💪 Brain Health
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
Connections
by Karl Deisseroth • 2021
What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.
3.78
285
🧠 Clinical Neuroscience🐒 Evolutionary Psychology📋 Patient Case Studies
Connections Summary
Connections 89%
What mental illness reveals about the brain, from the psychiatrist who invented optogenetics.
by Karl Deisseroth 2021
3.78
285 ratings
🧠 Clinical Neuroscience🐒 Evolutionary Psychology📋 Patient Case Studies
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
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 89%
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
My Stroke of Insight
by Jill Bolte Taylor • 2006
A brain scientist's stroke switched off her inner critic and revealed a peaceful right-brain state.
3.92
33k+
🧠 Neuroscience🚑 Stroke Recovery🔄 Neuroplasticity
My Stroke of Insight Summary
My Stroke of Insight 89%
A brain scientist's stroke switched off her inner critic and revealed a peaceful right-brain state.
by Jill Bolte Taylor 2006
3.92
33k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience🚑 Stroke Recovery🔄 Neuroplasticity
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 89%
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
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
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 89%
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
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 89%
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
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 89%
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
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks • 1985
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
4.05
249k+
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 89%
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
by Oliver Sacks 1985
4.05
249k+ ratings
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy
The Ego Tunnel
by Thomas Metzinger • 2009
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
4.10
3k+
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🫥 Self Illusion
The Ego Tunnel Summary
The Ego Tunnel 89%
There is no self, only a model the brain generates and mistakes for a soul.
by Thomas Metzinger 2009
4.10
3k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🫥 Self Illusion
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 Brain That Changes Itself
by Norman Doidge • 2007
Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.
4.20
40k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity💪 Stroke Recovery🤕 Pain Science
The Brain That Changes Itself Summary
The Brain That Changes Itself 89%
Paralyzed arm moved after 45 years. Phantom pain vanished in a mirror. The brain rewires itself.
by Norman Doidge 2007
4.20
40k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity💪 Stroke Recovery🤕 Pain Science
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
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
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 Summary
NeuroLogic 89%
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
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
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 Summary
The Mind's Past 89%
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
The Neuroscience of Intelligence
by Richard J. Haier • 2015
Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.
4.23
453
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📊 IQ Research🧬 Behavioral Genetics
The Neuroscience of Intelligence Summary
The Neuroscience of Intelligence 89%
Intelligence is largely inherited and stubbornly hard to improve. The neuroscience is clear.
by Richard J. Haier 2015
4.23
453 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📊 IQ Research🧬 Behavioral Genetics
On the Move
by Oliver Sacks • 2015
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
4.03
22k+
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
On the Move Summary
On the Move 89%
Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.
by Oliver Sacks 2015
4.03
22k+ ratings
🧠 Clinical Neurology🩺 Medical Memoir🧬 Neurological Disorders
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 89%
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
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