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Brain

The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. Only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain; diffuse or localized nerve nets are present instead. The brain is located in the head, usually close to the primary sensory organs for such senses as vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell. The brain is the most complex organ in a vertebrate's body. ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Brain"

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything
Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age
The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD
The Brain at Rest: How the Art and Science of Doing Nothing Can Improve Your Life
Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents
Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change
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Brain Books

The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
The Brain: The Story of You
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
How the Mind Works
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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Lists

The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyThe Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
sparringmind.com's 50 Best Social Psychology Books
87 books — 257 voters
The Tell-Tale Brain by V.S. RamachandranThis Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. LevitinMy Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce CovilleLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodThe Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin
"Brain"
270 books — 7 voters

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. AnthonyShakespeare by Bill BrysonBorn Standing Up by Steve MartinMusicophilia by Oliver SacksWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2007
52 books — 10 voters
Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret ReyClifford Visits the Hospital (Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman BridwellPaddington Goes to Hospital by Michael BondGoing to the Hospital by Stephen CartwrightGet Well, Curious George by H.A. Rey
Children's Picture Books with Hospitals, Doctors and Medical Topics (Pediatric Health)
250 books — 9 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskySpillover by David QuammenBeat by Jared GarrettA Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
Viruses, the Brain, and Human Civilization
49 books — 40 voters
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesClean Sweep by Ilona AndrewsSweep in Peace by Ilona AndrewsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Sentient Houses
167 books — 68 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Brain”

Criss Jami
“ I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control. ”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
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Gail Carriger
“ How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the travesty of it all. ”
― Gail Carriger, Soulless
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Videos Tagged “Brain”

Eating disorder recovery is possible! A personal story presented at NAMI
Eating disorder recovery is possible! A personal story presented at NAMI
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Groups Tagged "Brain"

The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius(tm) The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius(tm)
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Popular Science Books for Laymen This is a group where we list and discuss books on topics of scientific interest written for lay…more
254 members, last active 6 years ago
Brain Science Podcast This is a discussion forum for fans of the Brain Science Podcast. The Brain Science Podcast is "…more
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Creator's Book Club A book club for writers, actors, and artists in Los Angeles. Low Key.
4 members, last active 12 years ago