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Every book Heather Berlin recommended on podcasts
Heather A. Berlin is an American neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, and author who is noted for her work in science communication and science outreach. Her research focuses on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of impulsive and compulsive psychiatric disorders. She is also interested in the neural basis of consciousness, dynamic unconscious processes, and creativity. Her upcoming book, The Fine Art of Losing Control will be released May, 2027. On podcasts, she recommended Alison Gopnik's The Scientist in the Crib to explain how toddlers' actions function as scientific experimentation and physics learning, and suggested The Coddling of the American Mind to illustrate the psychological concept of protective parenting and adversity in small doses. She also referenced David Epstein's The Sports Gene to discuss the physiological and genetic levels of exceptional athletic ability. Furthermore, Berlin brought up Carol Dweck's work in Mindset to explain how mindsets affect basic physiology and performance, and mentioned The Bell Curve while discussing genetic predispositions and intelligence distributions.
Books recommended by Heather Berlin
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt examines how modern safetyism and social media culture are impacting the psychological resilience of younger generations.
Recommended“so in small doses so that the whole thing there's this actually a great book all the coddling of the American mind about how you know we're protecting our kids so much”
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The Scientist in the Crib
The Scientist in the Crib by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N.
Recommended“i'm going to recommend um a book called the scientist in the crib by a developmental psychologist alison gotnik which covers all this research”
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The Sports Gene
David Epstein's insightful exploration of athletic performance and human genetics has earned widespread praise and discussion among podcast hosts and guests.
Recommended“there is this book The Sports Gene that talks about sort of the exceptional athletic ability that we don't really think about when we see Olympic athletes”
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Mindset
Mindset by Carol S.
Discussed“what you're talking about is something a concept we call mindset right and there's a lot of studies that someone named um Carol dweck has has done a lot of work on this”
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The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve by Richard J.
Discussed“there was a a book written called the bellur for example about intelligence and it said okay you know we did this whole study and looked at populations”
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Books Heather Berlin wrote
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“There is also a book in the works, which is like a 'to be continued,' and I will talk more about it soon, but keep a lookout.”
“the working title is the fine art of losing control that's cool I like it”