Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2025-04-17
Books mentioned on (Major Discovery) No.1 Neuroscientist: Anxiety Is Just A Predictive Error In The Brain!
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Courage to Be Disliked
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga outlines Adlerian psychology principles to help readers overcome self-doubt, societal pressures, and the need for external validation.
Discussed“And I was reading that book, The Courage to be Disliked over Christmas.”
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Why Trust Science?
Discussed“Much later I read um I was reading a book by um Naomi Orescus the historian of science and she wrote a book called Why Trust Science?”
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Philosophy as a Way of Life
Discussed“And I'm just reading for the second time this book. It's called Open Socrates. Okay. And it's a really wonderful book and I've learned a lot about Socratic philosophy that I didn't know.”
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How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett's How Emotions Are Made is a groundbreaking popular science book that challenges traditional views of psychology by arguing that emotions are not universally hardwired into the brain, but are instead constructed by concepts and context.
Recommended“I highly recommend this book. how emotions are made.”
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Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett is an accessible and concise introduction to the human brain that explores neuroscience, emotions, and how the mind constructs reality.
Recommended“The secret life of the brain and also for something a little bit shorter but equally accessible. Um this book here, seven and a half lessons about the brain.”




