When I read about “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” I thought at first, what a strange dictionary. Then I understood that the author, John Koenig, wants to “shine a light on the fundamental strangeness of being a human being.” I was expecting…

A young friend of mine was telling me enthusiastically about the book she was reading about sleep and about the importance of sleep in our day-to-day lives. It was a moment of personal realization when I recalled learning about the circadian rhythm…

I have read a lot of psychology books, but I have not written about them so far because: I did not understand all the concepts written by the author (it was the first reading). I needed to read them again and…

In my first year at Psychology College, I studied <<Introduction to Philosophy of the Mind>>. Even though I was a novice in the matter, I benefitted from the passionate teachers who taught it. Thus, I began my search for books about…

In 2021, I read Elliot Aronson’s book “The Social Animal” for the first time. I remember being impressed by the concepts, which were, at the same time, familiar to me from the American articles I had read over time. In June…

I always had a problem with intelligence because, in my first grade, the teacher said that only boys are intelligent. The girls are nerds who study all the time. And because of this, girls are sometimes better than boys. For me,…

The book “Idiot Brain: what your head is really up to,” written by the neuroscientist Dean Burnett, uses humor and layman’s terms for somebody who, like me, enjoys learning more about the brain. But everything Dean Burnett writes is backed up…

When I became interested in neuroscience, I bought the book written by Dr. Rahul Jandial, “Life Lessons from a brain surgeon.” I was surprised to learn that in the second year of Medical University, the students take an exam called Step…