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24 alternatives to Phantoms in the Brain

Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Phantoms in the Brain launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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

   A digest of four books about brains

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Wandering Mind▲71

   What the brain does when you're not looking

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

   Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Distracted Mind▲72

   Ancient brains in a high-tech world

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Living Brain▲63

   The deep mysteries of the human brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Eye and Brain▲61

   The psychology of perception

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   How the Mind Works▲71

   Tackles the workings of the human mind

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Who's in Charge?▲62

    Free-will and the science of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Mind's I: Scientific Speculations about Thinking Machines▲5

    Artificial Intelligence, and the Nature of the Brain

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Subliminal▲64

    How your unconscious mind rules your behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Age of Spiritual Machines▲57

    AI and achieving the singularity

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Suspicious Minds▲68

    Why we believe conspiracy theories

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Mozart’s Brain and the Fighter Pilot▲62

    How to go about improving our mental apparatus

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Connectome▲60

    How the brain's wiring makes us who we are

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Organized Mind▲65

    Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Signal and the Noise▲73

    Why so many predictions fail - but some don't

    2015 · 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 →