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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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Deep Work

By Cal Newport ,

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The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
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The Extended Mind

By Annie Murphy Paul ,

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
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Make It Stick

By Peter Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel

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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us about the Mind
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The Scientist in the Crib

By Patricia K. Kuhl , Alison Gopnik , Andrew N. Meltzoff

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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
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The Scout Mindset

By Julia Galef ,

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The Origin of Concepts
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The Origin of Concepts

By Susan Carey ,

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Metaphor and Thought
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Metaphor and Thought

By Andrew Ortony (editor) ,

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Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
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Before You Know It

By John Bargh ,

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101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
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101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

By Brianna Wiest ,

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Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
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Mind and Nature

By Gregory Bateson , Gregory Bateson ,

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Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture
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Social Cognition

By Shelley E. Taylor , Susan T. Fiske ,

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Design for Cognitive Bias
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Design for Cognitive Bias

By David Dylan Thomas ,

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Education for Thinking
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Education for Thinking

By Deanna Kuhn ,

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Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do about It
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Science Denial

By Barbara Hofer , Gale Sinatra ,

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Need for Cognitive Change
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Need for Cognitive Change

By Swami Dayananda Saraswati ,

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Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
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Small Teaching

By James M. Lang ,

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From Coach to Awakener
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From Coach to Awakener

By Robert Dilts ,

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The Nature of Human Intelligence
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The Nature of Human Intelligence

By Robert J. Sternberg ,

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Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts: A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
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Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts

By Sally M. Winston , Martin N. Seif ,

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Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do
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Canine Confidential

By Marc Bekoff ,

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Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why
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Writing to Be Understood

By Anne Janzer ,

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Plato and the Nerd: The Creative Partnership of Humans and Technology
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Plato and the Nerd

By Edward Ashford Lee ,

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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: Overcoming Regrets, Mistakes, and Missed Opportunities
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Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

By Arthur Freeman ,

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On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction
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On the Origin of Stories

By Brian Boyd ,

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The Mind Is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain
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The Mind Is Flat

By Nick Chater ,

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My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson
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My Voice Will Go with You

By Sidney Rosen ,

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The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood
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The Ecology of Imagination in Childhood

By Edith Cobb ,

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Metacognition: Knowing About Knowing
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Metacognition

By Janet Metcalfe (editor) , Arthur P. Shimamura (editor) ,

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The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight
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The Invention of Tomorrow

By Thomas Suddendorf , Jonathan Redshaw , Adam Bulley

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The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
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The Dyslexic Advantage

By Brock L. Eide , Fernette F. Eide ,

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Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
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Connectome

By Sebastian Seung ,

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Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
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Minds Make Societies

By Pascal Boyer ,

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Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions
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Blunder

By Zachary Shore ,

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Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind
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Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain

By Stephen Grossberg ,

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The Border Between Seeing and Thinking
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The Border Between Seeing and Thinking

By Ned Block ,

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The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human
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The Four Realms of Existence

By Joseph E. LeDoux ,

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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
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Why We Remember

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The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Topographic Man
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The Gutenberg Galaxy

By Marshall McLuhan ,

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52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time
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52 Ways to Walk

By Annabel Abbs-Streets ,

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The Musical Mind: The Cognitive Psychology of Music
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The Musical Mind

By John A. Sloboda ,

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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
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Super Thinking

By Gabriel Weinberg , Lauren McCann ,

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