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Here are the books, articles, and videos that have formed the foundations of Milan Kordestani's research into psychology and mental health.

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Dive deeper into the mind's mysteries: explore these curated books to expand your understanding of psychology.

Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type

Isabel Briggs Myers

On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth

Carl Rogers

Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

Karen Horney

Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (Revised) (Austen Riggs Monograph S Book 4)

Erik H. Erikson

Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

Alfred C. Kinsey

The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values

Thomas B. Roberts Ph.D.

The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity

Bobby Azarian

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (P.S.)

Aldous Huxley

Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences

William Richards

Moonshot Moments: Ushering in the Next Human Renaissance Through AI, Transhumanism, and Psychedelics

Milan Kordestani

The Psychedelic Renaissance: Reassessing the Role of Psychedelic Drugs in 21st Century Psychiatry and Society: Second Edition

Dr. Ben Sessa

Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self

Marc Wittmann

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Michael Pollan

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Paul Bloom

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Daniel Kahneman

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Susan R. Barry

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

Morgan Housel

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert B Cialdini PhD

The 48 Laws of Power

Robert Greene

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

Scholarly Depths: Peer-Reviewed Insights

Read the scientific research that is shaping the fields of psychology and neuroscience today, as well of some of Milan’s favorite classics

The Important Role of Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation in ADHD

Barkley

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Complex trauma in children and adolescents

Cook, et al.

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Psychedelics, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Employees’ Wellbeing

Smith

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Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression

Goodwin et al.

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Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression

Carhart-Harris et al.

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Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Cavarra et al.

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The Entropic Brain - Revisited

Carhart-Harris et al.

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The Entropic Brain

Carhart-Harris et al.

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Ayahuasca-Assisted Therapy for Addiction

Thomas et al.

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Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin

Carhart-Harris et al.

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Toward a Psychology of Human Agency

Bandura

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Risk and resilience ecological framework for assessment and goal formulation

Corcoran & Nichols

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The Reply of A Physiologist To Psychologists

Pavlov

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Conditioned Emotional Reactions

Watson and Rayner

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Heredity Environment, and The Question How

Anastasi

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The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two

Miller

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'Superstition' in the Pigeon

Skinner

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Forming impressions of personality

Asch

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A curated video feed for exploring the frontiers of the mind.

Unlock profound insights through our captivating library of expert interviews, documentaries, and TED Talks.

A library you’ll want to get lost in

Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type

On Becoming A Person: A Therapist's View on Psychotherapy, Humanistic Psychology, and the Path to Personal Growth

Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (Revised) (Austen Riggs Monograph S Book 4)

Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

Language and Thought of the Child: 5 (Jean Piaget : Selected Works, 5)

The Principles of Psychology, Vols. 1-2 (2 Volumes in 1)

Man and His Symbols

The Interpretation of Dreams: The Complete and Definitive Text

The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness

Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self

The Psychedelic Future of the Mind: How Entheogens Are Enhancing Cognition, Boosting Intelligence, and Raising Values

The Romance of Reality: How the Universe Organizes Itself to Create Life, Consciousness, and Cosmic Complexity

The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (P.S.)

Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences

Moonshot Moments: Ushering in the Next Human Renaissance Through AI, Transhumanism, and Psychedelics

The Psychedelic Renaissance: Reassessing the Role of Psychedelic Drugs in 21st Century Psychiatry and Society: Second Edition

Altered States of Consciousness: Experiences Out of Time and Self

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions

Outliers: The Story of Success

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion

The 48 Laws of Power

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Scholarly Depths: Peer-Reviewed Insights

The Important Role of Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation in ADHD

Complex trauma in children and adolescents

Psychedelics, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Employees’ Wellbeing

Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression

Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

The Entropic Brain - Revisited

The Entropic Brain

Ayahuasca-Assisted Therapy for Addiction

Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin

Toward a Psychology of Human Agency

Risk and resilience ecological framework for assessment and goal formulation

The Reply of A Physiologist To Psychologists

Conditioned Emotional Reactions

Heredity Environment, and The Question How

The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two

'Superstition' in the Pigeon

Forming impressions of personality

A curated video feed for exploring the frontiers of the mind.

The Battle Over Psychedelic Therapy’s Future

How monkeys mirror human irrationality

Psychedelics: The scientific renaissance of mind-altering drugs

Joe Rogan Experience #1829 - Bobby Azarian

Do schools kill creativity?

The Science of Psychedelics for Mental Health

How to Change Your Mind

Do Psychedelics Unlock a Deeper Truth?

100 Things Ryan Holiday Learned From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

Dopamine Expert: Doing This Once A Day Fixes Your Dopamine!

The Future of Psychedelic Medicine

Consciousness, Chaos, and Order

Play is more than fun

Q&A: The Science of Psychedelics

How Psilocybin Can Rewire Our Brain

The pattern behind self-deception

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

BEST Explanation of Addiction I’ve Ever Heard: Dr. Gabor Maté

The Brain on Psychedelics: Mapping the Science of Consciousness

The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

How Psilocybin Mushrooms Can Help Save the World with Paul Stamets