What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In "Braintrust", neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the 'neurobiological platform of bonding' that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. ...(展开全部)

帕特里夏·S.丘奇兰德，加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校荣休哲学教授，以及索尔克研究所(Salk Institute)的兼职教授，其在神经哲学与心智哲学方面贡献卓著。她的书包括《脑智》(Brain-Wise)、《神经哲学》(Neurophilosophy)等。1991年，她荣获麦克·阿瑟奖。

What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. Th...(展开全部)

Neuroscientists once believed your brain was essentially "locked down" by adulthood. No new cells. No major changes. If you grew up depressed, angry, sad, aggressive, or nasty, you'd be that way for life. And, as you grew older, there'd be nowhere to go but down, as disease, age, or injury wiped out precious, irreplaceable brain cells. But over the past five, ten, twenty years,...(展开全部)

This exciting book by three pioneers in the new field of cognitive science discusses important discoveries about how much babies and young children know and learn, and how much parents naturally teach them.It argues that evolution designed us both to teach and learn, and that the drive to learn is our most important instinct. It also reveals as fascinating insights about our a...(展开全部)

● 医生、记者兼作家。耶鲁大学及加州大学旧金山医学院的双料高材生。33岁成为加州大学锡安山医院最年轻有为的神经科主任。 ● 擅长把尖端神经科学、实验数据和趣闻轶事相结合，提出极具挑战性、开创性的观点。 ● 常常受邀为《纽约时报》《旧金山纪事报》和《沙龙网络杂志》撰写文章，还经常被邀请做有关大脑、思维、神经科学与科学哲学方面的演讲。著有《人类思维中最致命的错误》以及三本深受评论界好评的小说。目前居住在旧金山湾区。

Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people--at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm- shattering book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us , the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, ...(展开全部)

Is science ever enough to explain why we feel the way we feel? In this engaging account, renowned neuroscientist Giovanni Frazzetto blends cutting-edge scientific research with personal stories to reveal how our brains generate our emotions. He demonstrates that while modern science has expanded our knowledge, investigating art, literature, and philosophy is equally crucial to ...(展开全部)

How an antisemitic legend gave voice to widespread fears surrounding the expansion of private credit in Western capitalism The Promise and Peril of Credit takes an incisive look at pivotal episodes in the West’s centuries-long struggle to define the place of private finance in the social and political order. It does so through the lens of a persistent legend about Jews and mone...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·彭尼贝克 (James W. Pennebaker) 得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校心理学系主任。主要研究领域有：身体症状的心理学，表达性书写的力量如何帮助人们应对生活中的剧变，最近则是人们在日常生活中使用的词汇如何透露了他们的人格和心理状态。 他著有《书写的疗愈力量》《语言风格的秘密：语言如何透露人们的情感、性格和社会关系》等多部著作，已被翻译为多国语言。