How We Learn

Benedict Carey is an award-winning science reporter who has been at The New York Times since 2004, and one of the newspaper’s most emailed reporters. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in math and from Northwestern University with a master’s in journalism, and has written about health and science for twenty-five years. He lives in New York City.

出版者:Random House Trade Paperbacks

作者:Benedict Carey

页数:272

出版时间:2015-6-9

价格:USD 16.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780812984293

图书标签:心理学如何学习思维训练学习Learning神经科学思维美国

In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, or nail that piano recital.

But what if almost everything we were told about learning is wrong? And what if there was a way to achieve more with less effort?

In How We Learn, award-winning science reporter Benedict Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly, efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting, sleeping, and daydreaming. Is a dedicated desk in a quiet room really the best way to study? Can altering your routine improve your recall? Are there times when distraction is good? Is repetition necessary? Carey’s search for answers to these questions yields a wealth of strategies that make learning more a part of our everyday lives—and less of a chore.

By road testing many of the counterintuitive techniques described in this book, Carey shows how we can flex the neural muscles that make deep learning possible. Along the way he reveals why teachers should give final exams on the first day of class, why it’s wise to interleave subjects and concepts when learning any new skill, and when it’s smarter to stay up late prepping for that presentation than to rise early for one last cram session. And if this requires some suspension of disbelief, that’s because the research defies what we’ve been told, throughout our lives, about how best to learn.

The brain is not like a muscle, at least not in any straightforward sense. It is something else altogether, sensitive to mood, to timing, to circadian rhythms, as well as to location and environment. It doesn’t take orders well, to put it mildly. If the brain is a learning machine, then it is an eccentric one. In How We Learn, Benedict Carey shows us how to exploit its quirks to our advantage.

读后感

因其薄而轻，这本书每次出差我都放在包里，在飞机上看一看，断续花了半年的时间才看完。本书是与学习相关的一系列脑科学研究成果的汇总，这些研究跨越了整个20世纪，涵盖了许多相当重要的发现，描述了一系列与普通人的直观感受不大相同的大脑学习机制。 与我们的感受不同，其...  

第一点，我们讲到了，遗忘与记忆的关系。书中提到的“记忆失用”理论认为，记忆包含储存和提取两大功能。所以，遗忘就像是一台“垃圾信息过滤器”，让你把注意力集中在重要的事情上。其次，遗忘还能帮你的大脑发挥一种类似肌肉锻炼的作用，在你回想起已经遗忘的记忆后，这些记...  

上个月看完的这本书。总的来说有点失望，没有什么新的发现。作者是纽约时报跑科学与健康这条线的记者，书中的内容也是他十来年关注这个领域的成果，介绍的主要是认知科学与心理学方面的研究发现。认知科学特别是脑科学怎么搞，我不大知道，但心理学的研究是怎么做出来的，我还...  

一本非常有用的书，值得推荐。 1.十几年来，首度动摇了我对“智商”这个概念的信任。我们的身边，聪明人比比皆是，这无可否认。如果把聪明定义成认知能力更强、记忆力更好（特别是知识提取能力更好），那么，这本书告诉你，它可能是天生的（书中主动回避了这个问题），但也极可...

先标记一下，今天凌晨刚刚读完，待消化一下慢慢点评 遗忘的三个作用 设立目标的积极意义 脑补是一种本能（标题党的心理学分析，可以与《后真相时代》一起看） 今后应该如何学习，如何教育小孩学习，特别是在与所接受过的教育理念及大众认识冲突之处 今后应该如何学习，如何教育...  

用户评价

有用

书里的建议比较简单，就是尽量在不同的环境下，分多次学习 (在同一个自习室连续学三个小时效果不如分三天每天在不同的地方学一小时)，另外保持充足的睡眠。但是书里有非常多的研究成果，如果对这些心理学研究感兴趣，推荐。如果只是想看建议，找个综述看看就好。

大脑运作方式新解～～

Ignorance, distraction, interruption, forgetfulness, restlessness & even quitting can work in our favor!It's a mind-blowing book with brilliant, insightful & inspiring ideas! It's like I've dug upon goldmine! A must-read for everyone!

大脑运作方式新解～～