Why is a forgery worth so much less than an original work of art? What's so funny about someone slipping on a banana peel? Why, as Freud once asked, is a man willing to kiss a woman passionately, but not use her toothbrush? And how many times should you baptize a two-headed twin? "Descartes' Baby" answers such questions, questions we may have never thought to ask about such uni...(展开全部)

Paul Bloom is Professor of Psychology at Yale University. His book How Children Learn the Meaning of Words won the Award for Excellence from the Association of American Publishers. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

All humans see the world in two fundamentally different ways: even babies have a rich understanding of both the physical and social worlds. They expect objects to obey principles of physics, and they're startled when things disappear or defy gravity. Yet they can also read emotions and respond with anger, sympathy, and joy. In Descartes' Baby , Bloom draws on a wealth of sc...(展开全部)

One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pin...(展开全部)

Following his highly praised and bestselling book Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters, Matt Ridley has written a brilliant and profound book about the roots of human behavior. Nature via Nurture explores the complex and endlessly intriguing question of what makes us who we are. </p> In February 2001 it was announced that the human genome contains not 100...(展开全部)

罗伯特 S. 费尔德曼 （Robert S. Feldman） 马萨诸塞大学安姆斯特分校心理学教授，同时也是社会和行为科学学院院长。他是学院优秀教师奖获得者，所教授的心理学课程学生人数从15名到近500名。在其职业生涯中，除了马萨诸塞大学以外，费尔德曼还在霍利约克山学院、卫斯理大学、弗吉尼亚联邦大学讲授本科生和研究生课程。 费尔德曼在马萨诸塞大学开创了“少数民族指导项目”，他也是Hewlett Teaching研究员和马萨诸塞大学资深在线教学研究员。同时，他开创了马萨诸塞大学的远程学习课程，并且指导了“大学成功启动计划”。 他是一位活跃的心理学推进者，是行为与脑科学协会联合会的董事会成员，以及行为与脑科学协会联合会基金会会长。 费尔德曼也是美国心理学会（APA）和心理科学协会（APS）会员。他本科以优异的成绩从卫斯理大学毕业（获得了“杰出毕业生”奖）...(展开全部)

"A profound intriguing and compelling guide to the intricacies of the human brain." -Oliver Sacks In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases-from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions, ...(展开全部)

Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain.V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking...(展开全部)

罗伯特·普罗明（Robert Plomin） 英国伦敦国王学院行为遗传学教授, 曾任行为遗传学协会董事、编委。他还被选为英国医学科学院院士，英国科学院院士。