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Your Labor Day Reading List
Take an end-of-summer tour into the science of the human brain with our favorite reads, from a tour of human consciousness to the biology of trauma.
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the
Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
By Annaka Harris
What is consciousness? And why would any collection of matter in the universe possess it? These are the big questions at the center of this book, which covers the relevant scientific literature and philosophies of the topic.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and the Body in the Healing of Trauma
By Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Psychiatrist and renowned PTSD researcher, Bessel van der Kolk, draws on his work with trauma survivors and research in neuroscience, developmental psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology, to examine the link between our bodies and our feelings.
Nobel Prize-winner Daniel Kahneman’s classic book, selected as a bestseller by The New York Times, explores the interplay between our two main modes of thought—one, fast and emotional, the other, slower and logical. It will change the way you think about decision making.
Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Working Together
By Thomas Malone
This book by the founding director of MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence explains how human achievement is a result of human “superminds,” or groups of people working together in collaborative institutions. And now computers and artificial intelligence are amplifying the effect by connecting us in new ways.
Proust and the Squid: The Story and
Science of the Reading Brain
By Maryanne Wolf
According to Tufts University cognitive neuroscientist and child development expert Maryanne Wolf, human beings weren’t born to read. We’ve adapted, our brains have transformed, as this unique skill evolved. Wolf chronicles the story and science of our reading brains.
It’s time to take Matter into your own hands and slow age-related brain loss associated with mild memory concerns. Matter was developed in exclusive partnership with the University of Oxford, a leading institution in the field of brain aging.
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