戴維·J·林登(David J.Linden)是美國約翰·霍普金斯大學醫學院教授、神經科學傢,對小腦突觸可塑性有專門的研究。
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.
發表於2024-11-21
The Accidental Mind 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
這本科學普及讀物如此通俗易懂,卻又發人審醒。 我們對於大腦的認識,甚至一些堅信不宜的知識,很多都是錯誤的。逐漸地,大腦被我們神話瞭,像一個擁有未知力量的寶藏。 如今,是時候揭開這層麵紗,透過亂生的頭發和粘粘的腦組織,睹一睹廬山的真麵目瞭。
評分此刻,這本書放在我麵前。紙張白色的背景下,黑色的字一行行結隊排列著。書上說,在我的大腦中,有著上億的神經元。這些神經元做夢也不會想到,它們在我腦中加班加點勤力集體勞動,所處理的正是關於它們自己的信息。這種感覺是如此的詭異,就如同一個法官簽發瞭逮捕自己的命令...
評分此刻,這本書放在我麵前。紙張白色的背景下,黑色的字一行行結隊排列著。書上說,在我的大腦中,有著上億的神經元。這些神經元做夢也不會想到,它們在我腦中加班加點勤力集體勞動,所處理的正是關於它們自己的信息。這種感覺是如此的詭異,就如同一個法官簽發瞭逮捕自己的命令...
評分全書邏輯鏈如下: 成年人類大腦的功能強大。但同時神經細胞漏電嚴重、傳導遲緩;大腦結構又非一次設計成功,而是逐步進化堆積。那麼問題是,如此粗略的設計如何實現偉大的功能呢? 答案是神經細胞必須通過巨大數量來彌補低效率。因而成年人大約有1000億神經元和500萬億突觸。 ...
評分圖書標籤: 神經科學 思維 心理學 腦科學 科普 psychology 認知科學 English
圖書館期限內隻看瞭一半。。。還是挺幽默的,文字很口語化,讀的時候可以想象齣作者在眼前侃大山(不)的感覺。
評分You brain is just a piece of shit
評分這種書用audiobook簡直太不閤適瞭。圖書館的書到手,手工照書畫瞭幾幅圖,仔細查瞭字典,清楚瞭許多許多。不過發現用中文學英文的術語是音譯或者翻譯的頗勉強,有些脫離瞭詞根什麼的,反而完全沒辦法記。應該在讀其他腦科學的書之前先讀這個入門的。sigh.
評分一本非常有趣的神經生物學的書,有觀點,有論據,有推理,有呼應。大三的時候要看這本書,興許我現在在搞腦科學研究也說不準。
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The Accidental Mind 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載