 | The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.99 Must reading for anyone willing to learn the truth about how the mind works. Abandon all preconceptions. Give up truthiness for truth.
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 | The Owner's Manual for the Brain: Everyday Applications from Mind-Brain Research 3rd Edition by Pierce J. Howard
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $2.00 A spectacular synthesis of all the latest brain research, targeted at the lay person.
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 | Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious by Prof. Timothy D. Wilson
Buy new: $14.76 / Used from: $10.50 A brilliant attempt to explain why it is so hard for us to understand what we want and who we are. A major source for "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell.
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 | No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality by Judith Rich Harris
Buy new: $23.04 / Used from: $3.41 Judith Harris is the Sherlock Holmes of psychological research. She sorts through what we really know about why we turn out the way we do. Must reading.
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 | Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior by Nancy L. Segal
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.08 Twin studies are at the heart of a revolution in the understanding of brain science. Riveting and a quick read, too.
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 | Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $2.50 Have trouble making decisions? This book will help you understand how we make up our minds and help you to do it better.
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 | Mood Genes: Hunting for Origins of Mania and Depression (Oxford Paperbacks) by Samuel H. Barondes
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $0.24 Short and to the point. Do you think parents mold their children? Look at the clear evidence of genes on our brain chemistry.
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 | An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.24 A classic memoir of bi-polar illness written by one of the foremost scholars on the subject.
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 | The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus
Buy used from: $3.49 The philosophy of Epictetus is the foundation of cognitive therapy, one of the few branches of psychology which works. A great comfort in times of trouble.
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