Over the past two decades scientists have made remarkable breakthroughs in understanding how memories are stored and retrieved, and with this knowledge they are beginning to understand the mysteries of the human mind. How can we perform tasks such as playing the piano or typing in such a way that we do not need to consciously direct each movement every step of the way? Why can ...(展开全部)

作者是哈佛大学心理学教授兼系主任，记忆研究领域内世界闻名的杰出科学家之一。

For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The Idea of the Brain, scientist and historian Matthew Cobb traces how our conception of the brain has evolved over the centuries. Although it might seem to be a story of...(展开全部)

A powerful examination of what we think we know about the brain and why — despite technological advances — the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery. For thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, despite the astonishing discoveries of science, we still have only the vaguest idea of how the brain works. In The ...(展开全部)

First published in 1958, John von Neumann's classic work "The Computer and the Brain" explored the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. Von Neumann showed that the brain operates both digitally and analogically, but also has its own unique statistical language. And more than fifty years after its inception the "von Neumann architecture" - an organiza...(展开全部)

托马斯·福克斯，海德堡大学哲学系卡尔·雅斯贝尔斯教席（KarlJaspers-Professur）教授，海德堡大学医院普通精神病科主治医生，“德国现象学人论、精神病学与心理治疗协会”（Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Anthropologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie [DGAP]）主席。研究重点为精神病理学、心理治疗、神经科学的哲学基础，并致力于在此框架内重新沟通自然科学和人文科学。 译者简介：王旭，德国吕讷堡大学（Leuphana Universität Lüneburg）博士，中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所助理研究员，研究方向为宗教现象学、德语身体现象学、跨文化哲学。出版专著 Hope as Atmosphere. An Existentialpheno...(展开全部)

拉马钱德兰博士是美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校脑和认知研究中心教授兼主任，也是拉霍亚（La Jolla）索尔克生物学研究所副教授。他被《新闻周刊》（Newsweek）提名为21世纪中最值得关注的100名重要人物之一，2011年《时代（Time）》杂志在其“时代100精英（Time 100）”中把他列为“世界上最有影响力的人物”之一。他获得过许多奖项，其中包括荷兰的阿里恩斯-卡珀斯（Ariens-Kappers）奖章、澳大利亚国立大学金质奖章，牛津万灵学院（All Souls College, Oxford）董事，并受到许多媒体的专访。他和他的家人居住在加利福尼亚州的德尔马（Del Mar）。 布莱克斯利（Sandra Blakeslee）是《纽约时报》的获奖科学作家。她和沃勒斯坦（Judith Wallerstein）博士合著的《第二次机会（Secon...(展开全部)

拉马钱德兰博士是美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校脑和认知研究中心教授兼主任，也是拉霍亚（La Jolla）索尔克生物学研究所副教授。他被《新闻周刊》（Newsweek）提名为21世纪中最值得关注的100名重要人物之一，2011年《时代（Time）》杂志在其“时代100精英（Time 100）”中把他列为“世界上最有影响力的人物”之一。他获得过许多奖项，其中包括荷兰的阿里恩斯-卡珀斯（Ariens-Kappers）奖章、澳大利亚国立大学金质奖章，牛津万灵学院（All Souls College, Oxford）董事，并受到许多媒体的专访。他和他的家人居住在加利福尼亚州的德尔马（Del Mar）。 布莱克斯利（Sandra Blakeslee）是《纽约时报》的获奖科学作家。她和沃勒斯坦（Judith Wallerstein）博士合著的《第二次机会（Secon...(展开全部)

""Time Maps" extends beyond all of the old cliches about linear, circular, and spiral patterns of historical process and provides us with models of the actual legends used to map history. It is a brilliant and elegant exercise in model building that provides new insights into some of the old questions about philosophy of history, historical narrative, and what is called straigh...(展开全部)