Fascinating science blends with engaging prose in this highly entertaining exploration of how memory works-- and how to make it work better. In this extraordinary book, scientist Rebecca Rupp explains how and why memory works the way it does. What are the chemical processes that occur in the brain when we remember--and how do they account for the "absentminded" or "steel trap"...(展开全部)

為什麼有人可以記得一萬五千個電話號碼，有人卻過目即忘？女人的記性真的比較好？老人家一定健忘嗎？為什麼我們留不住嬰兒時期的記憶？記性能夠訓練嗎？記憶是像貨物一樣，堆積在大腦深處嗎？「洗腦」又是怎麼回事？ 要了解妳的記憶力，妳犯不著記住長篇大論；這首記憶之歌的每個小節只有三到五頁的篇幅，以各種簡短有趣的軼事、詩歌、引文串連，慢慢帶領讀者認識記憶的中樞--大腦，讓妳從「頭」了解記憶的奧秘！ 記憶不只是一份個人歷史清單；不能「過目不忘」，可並不代表妳的記憶能力有問題喔！除了對個別事件的記憶（稱為「陳述記憶」）以外，記得「怎麼做一件事」（稱為「程序記憶」）也是記憶能力的一環；有些奇異的病患會在轉眼間忘記一分鐘前發生的事，卻能藉由練習慢慢學會新的技能。神奇嗎？還有更多妳想像不到的。記憶能力也和大腦其他的功能（如語言能力）緊密相關，如果一個人的記憶能力有缺損，他不...(展开全部)

杰里米•迪安(Jeremy Dean) 伦敦大学学院（University College London）心理学博士，知名网站PsyBlog创始人。PsyBlog在全球拥有七十万大众用户，每个月的平均点击量达一百万人次，被许多知名媒体采访报道，包括BBC、《纽约时报》《卫报》《伦敦时报》等。 刘勇军 自由译者，出版过二十余部社科和小说译作，如《人才管理大师》《卧底中情局》《加菲猫妙想故事》等。

How long does it take to form a new habit? Say you want to start going to the gym regularly, eat more fruit, or practice a musical instrument. How long should it take before you stop having to force it and start doing it automatically? The surprising answers are found in Making Habits, Breaking Habits, a popular examination of one of the most powerful and under-appreciated proc...(展开全部)

Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world’s top memory researchers reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing. "Why We Remember offers a radically new and engaging explanation of how and why we ...(展开全部)

A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the classic procedural meets Scandinavian atmosphere in this rich, character-driven mystery, awarded Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, that heralds the American debut of a supremely skilled international writer. It’s been more than twenty years since Olof Hagström left home. Returning to...(展开全部)

For over two decades, weight loss surgeon Dr Andrew Jenkinson has treated thousands of people who have become trapped in the endless cycle of dieting. Why We Eat (Too Much), combines case studies from his practice and the new science of metabolism to illuminate how our appetite really works. Debunking the great myths of the body, and systematically explaining why dieting is cou...(展开全部)

Drop something in front of a two-year-old, and she's likely to pick it up for you. This is not a learned behavior, psychologist Michael Tomasello argues. Through observations of young children in experiments he himself has designed, Tomasello shows that children are naturally—and uniquely—cooperative. Put through similar experiments, for example, apes demonstrate the ability to...(展开全部)

These essays by one of anthropology's most original theorists consider such fundamental questions as: Is cognition language-based? How reliable a guide to memory are people's narratives about themselves? What connects the "social recalling" studied by anthropologists to the "autobiographical memory" studied by psychologists? Now gathered in accessible form for the first time an...(展开全部)

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-brain.” The skin cells, removed from his body, did not die but were instead transformed into nerve cells that independently arranged themselves into a dense network and communicated with each other, exchanging the raw signals of thought. This was life—but whos...(展开全部)