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发表于2024-12-22
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The brain, that "cobbled-together mess," is the subject of this lively mix of solid science and fascinating case histories. Linden, a neuroscientist from Johns Hopkins University, offers "the Reader's Digest version" of how the brain functions, followed quickly by the "real biology," before tackling the big questions: Why are people religious? How do we form memories? What makes sleep so vital to mental health? Which is more important, nature or nurture? Linden tackles these problems head on, debunking myths (people do, in fact, use more than 10 percent of their brains) and offering interesting trivia (Einstein's brain was a bit on the small side) along the way. Anti-evolutionary arguments are answered in a chapter titled "The Unintelligent Design of the Brain," in which Linden proposes that it's the brain's "weird agglomeration of ad hoc solutions" that makes humans unique. The book's greatest strength is Linden's knack for demystifying biology and neuroscience with vivid similes (he calls the brain, weighing two percent of total body weight and using 20 percent of its energy, the "Hummer H2 of the body"). Though packed with textbook-ready data, the book grips readers like a masterful teacher; those with little science experience may be surprised to find themselves interested in-and even chuckling over-the migration of neurons along radial glia, and anxious to find out what happens next.
戴维·J·林登(David J.Linden)是美国约翰·霍普金斯大学医学院教授、神经科学家,对小脑突触可塑性有专门的研究。
The brain is like an ice cream cone with new scoops piled on at each stage of our linage. It is a kludge from accidental design. The prefrontal cortex which is hub of cognitive thinking is of very limited functions, our memory is usually misattributed, biased and often twisted by emotions...所以不能完全相信自己的大脑,因为它经常”自欺欺人”
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评分好像是一本非常被推崇的关于brain的科普而又严谨的书。个人感觉,比我以前看的那两本要赞很多。书中对,感官的错觉(大部分时候),记忆的形成(微观基础和宏观行为),性与自我性别的认知,梦和宗教错觉(或者说是超自然的感觉)的脑构造基础,和最impressive的brain这个design的优劣讨论和进化论以及一次性设计的讨论,都非常的吸引人。非常易懂,好像这本书还拿了一个科普读物中的很大的奖, 很推荐。
评分这种书用audiobook简直太不合适了。图书馆的书到手,手工照书画了几幅图,仔细查了字典,清楚了许多许多。不过发现用中文学英文的术语是音译或者翻译的颇勉强,有些脱离了词根什么的,反而完全没办法记。应该在读其他脑科学的书之前先读这个入门的。sigh.
此刻,这本书放在我面前。纸张白色的背景下,黑色的字一行行结队排列着。书上说,在我的大脑中,有着上亿的神经元。这些神经元做梦也不会想到,它们在我脑中加班加点勤力集体劳动,所处理的正是关于它们自己的信息。这种感觉是如此的诡异,就如同一个法官签发了逮捕自己的命令...
评分总是在图书馆能发现稀奇古怪的书,比如这一本。 它很通俗的举了很多例子,读的一点也不乏味,让我想起了那些又臭又长的论文,讲了很久也不知道他们在讲什么。 难道通俗易懂的东西都死光光了么? 文字的苍白无力,怎能表达丰富的世界? 如果让我写那些无聊的东西。。。。我真的...
评分好多地方的翻译难以看懂,甚至有些地方说反了: “相反地,一些行为特征并不怎么受到环境的影响:饮食习惯非常依赖于早期早期经验(包括啮齿类和人类)……”,原文是“In contrast, other behavioral traits do not appear to be strongly influenced by genes:”,原文是gene...
评分林登从演化的角度来解释我们人类大脑是如何渐渐变成这么大一坨,并让人变成了自然界主宰的。 他使用的比喻非常有意思,把大脑的演化看成是一勺一勺叠放在冰淇淋蛋卷上的冰淇淋球,根据这个,我制作了一副图,可以形象地说明大脑的演化过程。 最里面的脑干部分,是我们包括人类...
评分总是在图书馆能发现稀奇古怪的书,比如这一本。 它很通俗的举了很多例子,读的一点也不乏味,让我想起了那些又臭又长的论文,讲了很久也不知道他们在讲什么。 难道通俗易懂的东西都死光光了么? 文字的苍白无力,怎能表达丰富的世界? 如果让我写那些无聊的东西。。。。我真的...
The Accidental Mind pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024