Why love matters by Sue Gerhardt 2015
Eminently sensible and rather heartwarming. Gerhardt is an experienced psychotherapist who brings...
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Category: TSR BOOKS
Who we are and how we got here by David Reich 2018
Humans are really mixed up. The book is focussed on what DNA call tell us about human origins....
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The future of the brain, essays by the world’s leading neuroscientists, edited by Gary Marcus and Jeremy Freeman 2015
A useful high-level exploration of neuroscience today. This is an interesting read for someone...
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Hello world by Hannah Fry 2018
Accessible introduction to the use of algorithms in everyday life. Fry’s book walks its reader...
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Mirroring people by Marco Iacoboni 2008/9
Embedding mirror neurons firmly in our social interactions. Iacoboni has provided a thoroughgoing...
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The creativity code by Marcus du Sautoy 2019
An ode to the beauty of mathematics as well as a discussion of AI and creativity. The author does...
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In our own image by George Zarkadakis 2015
A comprehensive and accessible run-through of all matters AI-related. The book covers a lot of...
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Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness by B J Baars and N M Gage 2010
An immense and valuable introduction to neuroscience. At around 600 large pages with plenty of...
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Winnicott by Adam Phillips 1988/2007
Self development occurs post-natally; we are not born with it. A sympathetic and revealing account...
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Consciousness and the brain by Stanislas Dehaene 2014
A neuronal network take on the global workspace theory of consciousness. This is a great book...
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How pleasure works by Paul Bloom 2010
What we like and why we like it. Bloom’s book ostensibly has two purposes. The main one in...
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The strange order of things by Antonio Damasio 2018
Homeostasis is the key to consciousness. In his latest book, Damasio strongly reaffirms the theory...
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Affect regulation and the origin of the self by Allan N. Schore 1994/2016
Self regulation emerges during the first 18 months of life. Too many books on the topic of...
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The righteous mind by Jonathan Haidt 2012
Morally, we’re largely intuitive, with limited reasoning powers. The righteous mind is a difficult...
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The mind within the brain by A. David Redish 2013
Decision making partly explained. Redish’s book tackles the very important area of decision making...
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Complexity: a very short introduction by John H Holland 2014
A full theory of complex adaptive systems still eludes us. Many theories of consciousness state...
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Identity by Francis Fukuyama 2018
A different perspective on ‘self’. Fukuyama’s book is actually about the modern phenomenon of...
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Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari 2016
A fascinating but doom-laden account of our future. Harari is a no-holds-barred materialist. With...
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The kingdom of speech by Tom Wolfe 2016
Asks the right question. Not sure about the answer. Wolfe starts by nailing the key question. We...
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The consciousness instinct by Michael Gazzaniga 2018
Consciousness is what separates life from non-life. Gazzaniga commences with a wonderful summary...
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