The Great Courses: The Learning Brain

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The books mentioned within The Great Courses course titled "The Learning Brain".
1
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
by Steven Pinker
5,972 members
60 reviews
4
2
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by Joshua Foer
4,296 members
134 reviews
3.8
3
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol S. Dweck
4,105 members
76 reviews
3.9
4
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker
2,815 members
101 reviews
4.2
5
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth
2,557 members
60 reviews
4
7
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown
1,095 members
20 reviews
4.1
8
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
by John J. Ratey
1,027 members
16 reviews
3.9
9
The Blue Zone
by Andrew Gross
901 members
28 reviews
½ 3.5
10
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric R. Kandel
885 members
18 reviews
4.2
11
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Anders Ericsson
810 members
11 reviews
4
12
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey
755 members
41 reviews
3.8
13
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
by Dan Buettner
622 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
14
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
by Daniel L. Schacter
539 members
5 reviews
3.8
15
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition
by John D. Bransford
520 members
4 reviews
4.1
18
Searching For Memory: The Brain, The Mind, And The Past
by Daniel L. Schacter
368 members
4 reviews
4
19
Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction
by J. Allan Hobson
283 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
21
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation
by Edward L. Deci
262 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
22
How to Study in College
by Walter Pauk
217 members
1 review
½ 3.5
24
The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory
by Torkel Klingberg
180 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
25
Your Memory: A User's Guide
by Alan Baddeley
169 members
1 review
3.8
26
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
by Marc Lewis
147 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
27
Memory: From Mind to Molecules
by Larry R. Squire
117 members
3.8
29
Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.
by Suzanne Corkin
106 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
30
Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found
by Lenore Terr
96 members
1 review
½ 3.5
31
Forever Today: A True Story of Lost Memory and Never-Ending Love
by Deborah Wearing
92 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
32
Eyewitness Testimony: With a new preface by the author
by Elizabeth F. Loftus
71 members
4
33
The End of Stress As We Know It
by Bruce McEwen
50 members
34
Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies
by Albert Bandura
46 members
5
36
The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment
by Carlton K. Erickson
35 members
½ 3.5
37
Working Memory, Thought, and Action (Oxford Psychology Series)
by Alan Baddeley
31 members
4
38
First Language Acquisition
by Eve V. Clark
31 members
½ 3.3
40
Diagnosing Learning Disorders: A Neuropsychological Framework
by Bruce F. Pennington
28 members
1 review
½ 3.3
41
Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis
by Richard Schmidt
25 members
5
42
Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach
by John R. Anderson
24 members
3
43
The Prefrontal Cortex, Fourth Edition
by Joaquin M. Fuster
23 members
1 review
½ 2.5
44
What If Everything You Knew About Education Was Wrong?
by David Didau
22 members
½ 4.5
46
Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers
by Susan Gathercole
19 members
1 review
½ 3.5
47
Cognition and categorization
by Eleanor Rosch
19 members
3
50
Elements of Episodic Memory
by Endel Tulving
16 members
51
Beyond the Cognitive Map: From Place Cells to Episodic Memory
by A. David Redish
12 members
4
53
Cognitive Skills and Their Acquisition
by John R. Anderson
10 members
4
55
The Neuroscience of Sleep
by Robert Stickgold
8 members
56
Cognitive Aging: A Primer
by Denise C. Park
7 members
57
Increasing intelligence
by Norbert Jau¿Łovec
6 members
58
Neural Basis of Semantic Memory
by John Hart
6 members
59
The Wiley handbook of cognitive control
by Tobias Egner
5 members
61
Language in children
by Eve V. Clark
1 member