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2024-12-22
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林登從演化的角度來解釋我們人類大腦是如何漸漸變成這麼大一坨,並讓人變成瞭自然界主宰的。 他使用的比喻非常有意思,把大腦的演化看成是一勺一勺疊放在冰淇淋蛋捲上的冰淇淋球,根據這個,我製作瞭一副圖,可以形象地說明大腦的演化過程。 最裏麵的腦乾部分,是我們包括人類...
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1 早期腦發育中,丘腦視覺軸突部分突入聽覺皮層,後期消失。但在失聰人群中反而繼續生長。 2 齣生後第一年後急速産生的1000E個神經元相繼死去,有刺激的留下,沒有則死去。 3 5歲以前雙語教學,小孩能完美發音。12歲之後,第一語言窗戶關閉。 4 視覺觀察是和電視一樣靠掃描産生...
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
好像是一本非常被推崇的關於brain的科普而又嚴謹的書。個人感覺,比我以前看的那兩本要贊很多。書中對,感官的錯覺(大部分時候),記憶的形成(微觀基礎和宏觀行為),性與自我性彆的認知,夢和宗教錯覺(或者說是超自然的感覺)的腦構造基礎,和最impressive的brain這個design的優劣討論和進化論以及一次性設計的討論,都非常的吸引人。非常易懂,好像這本書還拿瞭一個科普讀物中的很大的奬, 很推薦。
評分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腦,因為它經常”自欺欺人”
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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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