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also read Descartes’ Error, by the neuroscientist Antonio Damasio.22 Damasio had noticed an unusual pattern of symptoms in patients who had suffered brain damage to a specific part of the brain—the ventromedial (i.e., bottom-middle) prefrontal cortex (abbreviated vmPFC; it’s the region just behind and above the bridge of the nose). Their emotionali
... See moreJonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
I highly recommend Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman.
Brian Miller • Three New People: Make the Most of Your Daily Interactions and Stop Missing Amazing Opportunities
Adam Appich, master of science, is there with several studies that show how legacy cognitive blindness will forever prevent people from acting in their own best interests.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
Stevenson, who is known for going into jails and prisons and spending hours upon hours sitting with defendants, hearing their stories, affirming their humanity, and offering them dignity.
Brad Stulberg • Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You
Ernest Becker attributes depression to “cognitively arrested alternatives.”
Marshall B. Rosenberg • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (Wellcome Collection)
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