Books like Thinking, Fast and Slow
12 books with a reading profile close to Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Deep; a demanding read.
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Also deep · analytical, academic
Philip Zimbardo provides a detailed account of the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, examining how systemic forces and situational variables overwhelm individual morality.
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A Macat Analysis of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow
analytical, academic
Jacqueline Allan analyzes Daniel Kahneman’s research on the dual-process model of the human mind, which distinguishes between System 1 and System 2.
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Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione
Also deep · analytical, academic
Jonathan Haidt argues that moral judgment arises from rapid, emotional intuitions rather than logical reasoning.
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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Also deep · analytical, academic
Robert Sapolsky explains human action by tracing its origins across different timescales, starting seconds before a behavior occurs and moving back through centuries.
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
analytical, academic
In this analysis of modern campus culture, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt identify three psychological fallacies—the Untruths—that have reshaped youth development: the belief that what doesn't kill you makes you weak…
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Altered Traits
by Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson
analytical, data driven
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson analyze the scientific data surrounding meditation to distinguish between temporary mental states and enduring neurological shifts.
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Handbook of Self-Regulation
by Monique Boekaerts, Paul R Pintrich
Also deep · academic, psychology
This handbook centralizes diverse research regarding how individuals monitor and control their cognition, emotions, and behaviors to achieve specific goals.
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Also deep · analytical, academic
Bessel van der Kolk explains how traumatic stress physically reconfigures the brain’s wiring, specifically impacting the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex.
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The Handbook of Individual Therapy
by Windy Dryden, Andrew Reeves
academic, psychology
The Handbook of Individual Therapy functions as a technical compendium of contemporary counselling and psychotherapy methods practiced in the United Kingdom.
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Gay, Straight, and In-between
by John Money
Also deep · academic, psychology
John Money argues that human psychosexuality is a product of both prenatal hormonal programming and postnatal social conditioning.
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