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。
发表于2024-11-23
The Accidental Mind 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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 评分全书逻辑链如下: 成年人类大脑的功能强大。但同时神经细胞漏电严重、传导迟缓;大脑结构又非一次设计成功,而是逐步进化堆积。那么问题是,如此粗略的设计如何实现伟大的功能呢? 答案是神经细胞必须通过巨大数量来弥补低效率。因而成年人大约有1000亿神经元和500万亿突触。 ...
评分全书逻辑链如下: 成年人类大脑的功能强大。但同时神经细胞漏电严重、传导迟缓;大脑结构又非一次设计成功,而是逐步进化堆积。那么问题是,如此粗略的设计如何实现伟大的功能呢? 答案是神经细胞必须通过巨大数量来弥补低效率。因而成年人大约有1000亿神经元和500万亿突触。 ...
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...
图书标签: 神经科学 思维 心理学 脑科学 科普 psychology 认知科学 English
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.
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.
评分You brain is just a piece of shit
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评分还算是不错的脑科学科普书,充斥着大量高中生物知识,所以读的时候做了一些取舍。总之很容易读的一本友好的书。
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The Accidental Mind 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书