In his most extraordinary book, Oliver Sacks recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Sacks discuss several fascinating and bizarre instances seen while working as a neurologist. It's a fascinating and easy-to-read book that will make you realize how much may go wrong in our minds.

The book takes its title from one of these cases: the man who mistook his wife for a hat suffered from visual agnosia. This is a condition in which people are unable to comprehend visual information and, as a result, are unable to recognize objects or faces. From this to a case with a patient who couldn't recognize his leg, Sacks deals with the most unusual situations.

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In The Psychopath Test, Ronson describes his quest to determine whether it is true that many high-up CEOs and politicians are psychopaths. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power.

He tells the story of his visits to psychopaths, as well as to the psychologists and psychiatrists who study them. The book also looks at how psychopaths are diagnosed and explore The Psychopath Test developed by Bob Hare. Ronson offers intriguing insights into the minds of psychopaths, as well as some very interesting stories, making this book well worth a read.

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Phantoms in the Brain is a fascinating book that delves into numerous neurological problems such as phantom limbs. Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain.

A phantom limb is a condition in which amputees can feel their amputated limb even after it has been removed (and in some cases even feel pain in it which is very difficult to treat). The book covers the cause of this phenomenon, as well as a variety of other illnesses. The authors explain how these can help people understand the brain and give several fascinating stories of patients with these problems. Reading this will help you understand how the brain shapes your perceptions of the world and ourselves.

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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology uses popular myths as a vehicle for helping students and laypersons to distinguish science from pseudoscience. As the title says, debunks 50 common psychological myths. These are claims that are not scientifically factual but are nonetheless widely disseminated by the general public.

The writers' goal is to demonstrate that common sense can be deceiving. Instead of just accepting these assertions as genuine, 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology invites us to think critically and assess them. Bases on use common myths as a vehicle for exploring how to distinguish factual from fictional claims in popular psychology. This is a fascinating book that is well worth reading.

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Pinker discusses the idea that language is innate in humans throughout the book, a phenomenon he refers to as "the language instinct". Pinker presents the argument for language as a uniquely human ability: people evolved it to be able to communicate.

The book investigates numerous situations that support the hypothesis that language and grammar are embedded into people's brains (an idea that was first proposed by the linguist Noam Chomsky). This is an excellent introduction to language psychology and linguistics. It's chock-full of intriguing cases and concepts that will offer you a new perspective on how your brain operates.

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Ariely, a behavioral economist, challenges the generally held notion that humans make logical judgments in Predictably Irrational. Rather, he offers a case for the notion that humans act irrationally. For example, even if everyone is already full, everyone will eat another plate at an unlimited buffet.

The book investigates a variety of elements that influence these behaviors, including expectations, emotions, and social standards, among others. It reveals the unreasonable errors that everyone makes regularly — predictable blunders. Ariely also provides advice on how to break these habits. Reading this will make you question your assumptions about your behavior and help you stop repeating the same foolish mistakes.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow is an interesting summary of Kahneman's research over his career. In it, Kahneman investigates the relationship between two modes of cognition that he suggests everyone adopt. He provides practical and illuminating insights into how people make decisions in both professional and personal lives. And how everyone might utilize various ways to avoid the mental blunders that frequently bring us into difficulty.

System 1 is spontaneous, automatic, and intuitive, and it operates without people's conscious awareness. System 2, on the other hand, is purposeful, intelligent, and calculated. The book explains how the interplay of these systems influences how people think and act. Kahneman has produced an entertaining review of recent work in social and cognitive psychology that will most likely cause you to reconsider how you think.

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This isn't simply a psychology book; it's about science in general – specifically, bad science, as the title suggests. Bad Science urges readers to be mindful of society's lack of comprehension of scientific facts and statistics. For example, Goldacre investigates how science reporting in the media frequently produces wildly inaccurate descriptions of real study and data.

He also discusses how pharmaceutical firms manipulate data to their advantage, and how homeopathy dupes so many people into believing it is a treatment. This book is both amusing and easy to read, yet it will make you doubt everything you've ever been told is real.

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According to The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important truth, when people are concentrated on one thing, they tend to neglect everything else.

The title of the book refers to a previous study in this area: when participants are told to count how many times players pass the ball in a basketball game, they don't even notice a gorilla wandering through the game! In this fascinating book, Chabris and Simmons do a wonderful job of proving that people don't notice as much as people think they do.

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Cialdini's eye-opening work delves into the subjects of persuasion and influence. It teaches everyone how to be more persuasive as well as how to avoid being persuaded to do things everyone doesn't want to do. Influence is not only fascinating, but it will also help you become more conscious of the power of how you communicate with others - even in your regular life.

Cialdini organizes compliance techniques into six categories based on psychological principles that direct human behavior: reciprocation, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity. Cialdini says that six psychological factors motivate everyone to submit to the influence of others, which he goes over in-depth. Influence is not only fascinating, but it will also help you become more conscious of the power of how you communicate with others - even in your regular life.

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