Social

出版者:Crown

作者:Matthew D. Lieberman

页数:384

出版时间:2013-10-8

价格:USD 26.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780307889096

具体描述

We are profoundly social creatures – more than we know.

In Social , renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food or shelter. Because of this, our brain uses its spare time to learn about the social world – other people and our relation to them. It is believed that we must commit 10,000 hours to master a skill. According to Lieberman, each of us has spent 10,000 hours learning to make sense of people and groups by the time we are ten .

Social argues that our need to reach out to and connect with others is a primary driver behind our behavior. We believe that pain and pleasure alone guide our actions. Yet, new research using fMRI – including a great deal of original research conducted by Lieberman and his UCLA lab -- shows that our brains react to social pain and pleasure in much the same way as they do to physical pain and pleasure. Fortunately, the brain has evolved sophisticated mechanisms for securing our place in the social world. We have a unique ability to read other people’s minds, to figure out their hopes, fears, and motivations, allowing us to effectively coordinate our lives with one another. And our most private sense of who we are is intimately linked to the important people and groups in our lives. This wiring often leads us to restrain our selfish impulses for the greater good. These mechanisms lead to behavior that might seem irrational, but is really just the result of our deep social wiring and necessary for our success as a species.

Based on the latest cutting edge research, the findings in Social have important real-world implications. Our schools and businesses, for example, attempt to minimalize social distractions. But this is exactly the wrong thing to do to encourage engagement and learning, and literally shuts down the social brain, leaving powerful neuro-cognitive resources untapped. The insights revealed in this pioneering book suggest ways to improve learning in schools, make the workplace more productive, and improve our overall well-being.

作者简介

Mathew D. Lieberman was trained at Harvard University and is a professor in the Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the founding editor of the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. In 2007, the American Psychological Association awarded him the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, an award given to one social psychologist every two years. He is one of the foremost authorities in the world on the study of Social Neuroscience.

读后感

其实这本书只读了一个开头，就深深震撼到我了：“我们的大脑天生就与他人相互连接”，也就是说大脑闲下来的时候并不是一片空白，而是在处理社交。这意味着人类要么是在主动思考，要么就是在处理社交。意味着人类分为两种：一种主动思考更多，一种处理社交更多。前者更多的身份...

昨天在家里看完了《社交天性》，这是一本新书，今年6月份出版的。书里介绍了大量的试验，更是利用了核磁共振扫描大脑工作区域之类的手段，借此来表达他的观点，人类天生就有社交冲动，并且有三大驱动力。 作者是马修·利伯曼，社会认知神经科学领域最重要的权威学者之一，他研...  

用户评价

让自己孤立着，比吸烟还要坏好多

语言平实， 作者偶尔会穿插自己生活中的事情举例， 作为非专业读者，这本书还是具有可读性的。虽然前半部分略显繁琐单调， 列举大量实验来来去去只为证明一个观点，our brains are designed to be social. 最后几章提出一些在教育和社会可实践的应用想法，有一定启发意义

too neuroscience for me

too neuroscience for me

too neuroscience for me