“A fascinating introduction” (Steven Pinker) to the science of decision-making One of the leading thinkers in the computational neuroscience revolution offers a brilliant new perspective on the mind’s decision-making process. Why do we make the choices we make? How can science explain free will? If our brains are like slow computers originally programmed for survival with g...(展开全部)

The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: why are the Danes the happie st people in the world, despite having the highest taxes? If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders really feral? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastical oil wealth? And why do all of them hat...(展开全部)

In Reframe Your Brain, Scott Adams, the contrarian genius behind Dilbert and author of the most influential personal success book of all time—How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big—gives you the complete operating system for lasting happiness. Are you familiar with this old saying? “All publicity is good publicity.” That’s a classic reframe. The quote shifts your th...(展开全部)

"Entertaining…[A] grand tour around modern cognitive science and psychology." —Wall Street Journal The brain is an absolute marvel—the seat of our consciousness, the pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human experience. But it’s also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not names, miss thing...(展开全部)

BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--"brain pr...(展开全部)

BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--"brain pr...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介 作者迪安·博内特（Dean Burnett）博士是一名神经科学家，供职于英国卡迪夫大学的心理医学和临床神经科学研究所。他还是一名单口喜剧演员，在《卫报》开设的科学博客——Brain Flapping（大脑夸夸其谈）——在过去的两年里已经收获了超过1,600万的阅读量，并且广受各界人士的赞誉。 ◎ 译者简介 译者朱机，神经生物学博士，科学松鼠会成员，上海科普作协会员。

◎ 作者简介 作者迪安·博内特（Dean Burnett）博士是一名神经科学家，供职于英国卡迪夫大学的心理医学和临床神经科学研究所。他还是一名单口喜剧演员，在《卫报》开设的科学博客——Brain Flapping（大脑夸夸其谈）——在过去的两年里已经收获了超过1,600万的阅读量，并且广受各界人士的赞誉。 ◎ 译者简介 译者朱机，神经生物学博士，科学松鼠会成员，上海科普作协会员。

How children think is one of the most enduring mysteries-and difficulties-encountered by parents. In an effort to raise our children smarter, happier, stronger, and better, parents will try almost anything, from vitamins to toys to DVDs. But how can we tell marketing from real science? And what really goes through your kid's growing mind-as an infant, in school, and during adol...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between musicits performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy itand the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals: How composers produce som...(展开全部)