The Great Courses: The Learning Brain

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The books mentioned within The Great Courses course titled "The Learning Brain".
1
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
by Steven Pinker
6,512 members
63 reviews
4
2
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol S. Dweck
5,229 members
96 reviews
3.8
3
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
by Joshua Foer
4,936 members
146 reviews
3.8
4
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
by Matthew Walker
3,991 members
130 reviews
4.2
5
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth
3,320 members
61 reviews
4
6
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
by Peter C. Brown
1,386 members
27 reviews
4.1
8
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
by John J. Ratey
1,161 members
15 reviews
3.9
9
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind
by Eric R. Kandel
981 members
19 reviews
4.2
10
The Blue Zone
by Andrew Gross
981 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
11
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
by Anders Ericsson
972 members
15 reviews
4.1
12
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey
895 members
42 reviews
3.8
13
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
by Dan Buettner
721 members
31 reviews
½ 3.7
14
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
by Daniel L. Schacter
577 members
5 reviews
3.8
15
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition
by John D. Bransford
554 members
3 reviews
4.1
18
Searching For Memory: The Brain, The Mind, And The Past
by Daniel L. Schacter
372 members
4 reviews
4
19
Dreaming: A Very Short Introduction
by J. Allan Hobson
317 members
5 reviews
3.2
21
Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation
by Edward L. Deci
305 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
22
How to Study in College
by Walter Pauk
231 members
1 review
3.8
24
The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory
by Torkel Klingberg
198 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
25
Your Memory: A User's Guide
by Alan Baddeley
180 members
1 review
3.8
26
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
by Marc Lewis
175 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
27
Memory: From Mind to Molecules
by Larry R. Squire
127 members
1 review
3.8
29
Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.
by Suzanne Corkin
116 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
30
Unchained Memories: True Stories Of Traumatic Memories Lost And Found
by Lenore Terr
105 members
1 review
½ 3.5
31
Forever Today: A True Story of Lost Memory and Never-Ending Love
by Deborah Wearing
100 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
32
Eyewitness Testimony: With a new preface by the author
by Elizabeth F. Loftus
74 members
4
33
The End of Stress As We Know It
by Bruce McEwen
58 members
34
Self-Efficacy in Changing Societies
by Albert Bandura
50 members
5
35
Motor Learning and Performance
by Richard A. Schmidt
44 members
36
The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment
by Carlton K. Erickson
42 members
½ 3.5
37
First Language Acquisition
by Eve V. Clark
39 members
½ 3.3
38
Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention
by Jack M. Fletcher
33 members
½ 3.5
40
What if everything you knew about education was wrong?
by David Didau
28 members
½ 4.7
41
Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis
by Richard Schmidt
26 members
5
42
Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach
by John R. Anderson
26 members
3
43
The Prefrontal Cortex, Fourth Edition
by Joaquin Fuster
25 members
1 review
½ 2.5
44
Cognition and categorization
by Eleanor Rosch
24 members
½ 3.5
45
Categorization and Naming in Children: Problems of Induction
by Ellen M. Markman
23 members
½ 4.5
46
Working Memory and Learning: A Practical Guide for Teachers
by Susan Gathercole
21 members
½ 3.5
47
Major Issues in Cognitive Aging
by Timothy Salthouse
21 members
48
Working Memory, Thought, and Action
by Alan Baddeley
21 members
50
Elements of Episodic Memory
by Endel Tulving
18 members
51
Beyond the Cognitive Map: From Place Cells to Episodic Memory
by A. David Redish
12 members
4
53
Cognitive Skills and Their Acquisition
by John R. Anderson
11 members
4
55
The Neuroscience of Sleep
by Robert Stickgold
10 members
56
Cognitive Aging: A Primer
by Denise C. Park
7 members
57
Increasing intelligence
by Norbert Jau¿Łovec
6 members
58
Neural Basis of Semantic Memory
by John Hart
6 members
59
The Wiley Handbook of Cognitive Control
by Tobias Egner
5 members
61
Language in children
by Eve V. Clark
1 member