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24 alternatives to Consciousness and the Brain

Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Consciousness and the Brain launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Eye and Brain▲61

   The psychology of perception

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Connectome▲60

   How the brain's wiring makes us who we are

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

   A digest of four books about brains

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Wandering Mind▲71

   What the brain does when you're not looking

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Living Brain▲63

   The deep mysteries of the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Who's in Charge?▲62

   Free-will and the science of the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Distracted Mind▲72

   Ancient brains in a high-tech world

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   How the Mind Works▲71

   Tackles the workings of the human mind

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

    Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    This Is Your Brain on Music▲63

    Exploring the connection between music and the human brain

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Subliminal▲64

    How your unconscious mind rules your behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Brain ▲99

    Map, visualize & organize info the way the brain thinks

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Thinking, Fast and Slow▲119

    A book on how the mind works and how choices are made

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Seven Sins of Memory▲63

    How the Mind Forgets and Remembers

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction▲66

    Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Mind's I: Scientific Speculations about Thinking Machines▲5

    Artificial Intelligence, and the Nature of the Brain

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Lateral Thinking▲74

    Practical explanation of how creativity works

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →