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24 alternatives to Who's in Charge?

Free-will and the science of the brain

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

1. 1
   Free Will▲59

   What is consciousness? Can science help us find an answer?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Branded Mind▲57

   What neuroscience really tells us about the brain

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Brain: The Story of You ▲81

   What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Organized Mind▲70

   Thinking straight in the age of information overload

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Organized Mind▲65

   Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

   2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Distracted Mind▲72

   Ancient brains in a high-tech world

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

   A digest of four books about brains

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Future of the Mind▲72

   The latest advancements in neuroscience and physics

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Wandering Mind▲71

   What the brain does when you're not looking

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Intelligence Paradox▲70

    Why the intelligent choice isn't always the smart one

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future▲63

    Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    How To Create A Mind▲67

    An explanation of how computers will reach consciousness

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Mind Club▲67

    Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63

    Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Subliminal▲64

    How your unconscious mind rules your behavior

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Brain▲12

    The story of you

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Origin of Consciousness▲61

    The breakdown of the bicameral mind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Tell-Tale Brain▲6

    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    How the Mind Works▲71

    Tackles the workings of the human mind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Living Brain▲63

    The deep mysteries of the human brain

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Organized Mind▲66

    Levitin's book on making systems that work for your brain

    2014 · daniellevitin.com · its alternatives →

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