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A list of books mentioned in Coursera/UChicago's Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life MOOC.

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1		Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M. by Suzanne Corkin 3.71 avg rating — 537 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks 4.04 avg rating — 256,149 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran 4.27 avg rating — 21,011 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby 3.97 avg rating — 79,771 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Deafness: A Personal Account by David Wright 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Missed Connections: Hard of Hearing in a Hearing World by Barbara Stenross 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness by Henry Kisor 3.56 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human by Michael Chorost 3.65 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen 3.91 avg rating — 1,480 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		My Lobotomy: A Memoir by Howard Dully 3.79 avg rating — 16,376 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor 3.92 avg rating — 33,622 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Forever Today: A True Story of Lost Memory and Never-Ending Love by Deborah Wearing 3.90 avg rating — 458 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		The Wisdom Of The Body by Walter Bradford Cannon 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See by Robert Kurson (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 4,176 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries About the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science by R. Douglas Fields 4.13 avg rating — 1,691 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World by Elkhonon Goldberg 4.15 avg rating — 193 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Top Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising Insights into How You Think by Stephen M. Kosslyn 3.13 avg rating — 297 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind by Eric R. Kandel 4.14 avg rating — 5,392 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

18 books · 3 voters · list created February 23rd, 2015 by Emily Horsman (votes) .

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