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Elizabeth Ricker's Book Recommendations

Elizabeth Ricker's Book Recommendations

Learn about the brain and how to optimize it

By Elizabeth Ricker

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Elizabeth R. Ricker is an award-winning author of “Smarter Tomorrow,” a Nautilus Book Award winner, and a neuroscience and technology expert with degrees from MIT and Harvard. She has lectured across the world and consults with Silicon Valley venture capital firms, startups, schools, and Fortune 500 companies. In this collection, she shares her go-to books on psychology, neuroscience, and creativity. You'll gain insights into the intricate workings of the brain, learn how neuroscience can help you understand the quirks of others better, and explore how lifestyle changes—from sports to sleep—affects your brain's growth and capabilities.

Elizabeth Ricker's Book Recommendations

Learn about the brain and how to optimize it

Livewired
Livewired
David Eagleman
The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
21 min4.7
The Brain that Changes Itself
The Brain that Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
22 min4.5
The Willpower Instinct
The Willpower Instinct
Kelly McGonigal
How Self-Control Works, Why it Matters and What You Can Do to Get More of It
23 min4.4
The How of Happiness
The How of Happiness
Sonja Lyubomirsky
A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
27 min4.5
Spark
Spark
John J. Ratey & Eric Hagerman
The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
12 min4.4
The Neuroscience of You
The Neuroscience of You
Chantel Prat
How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours
18 min4.6
The Book of Why
The Book of Why
Judea Pearl and Dana MacKenzie
The New Science of Cause and Effect
23 min4.3

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