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 us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Synesthesia becomes a window into the brain mechanisms that make some of us more creative than others. And autism—for which Ramachandran opens a new direction for treatment—gives us a glimpse of the aspect of being human that we understand least: self-awareness. Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in neurology with a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions. Tracing the strange links between neurology and behavior, this book unveils a wealth of clues into the deepest mysteries of the human brain. 15 black-and-white illustrations

《我即我脑:从子宫中孕育,于阿尔茨海默综合症中消亡》主要内容：看上去健康的婴儿会有问题吗？同性恋和恋童癖由谁决定？抑郁与大笑、贪吃与厌食来自何处？谁掌控了弹钢琴和性高潮？老了如何可以不痴呆？什么是让你健康长寿的秘诀？上瘾、精神分裂症、攻击、死亡或是进化，一切都由大脑说了算！荷兰最有趣、最具独创性的大脑研究者斯瓦伯，带你开始一次万花筒式的探索，解读大脑与你千丝万缕的联系！

《意识探秘:意识的神经生物学研究》内容简介：意识是科学上至今还未解决的超级秘密之一。什么是意识？意识是怎样产生的？意识有什么益处？只有人才有意识吗？为什么我们有那么多的动作并不需要意识参与其中？回答这些问题，将使我们对人之所以为人有全新的认识。《意识探秘:意识的神经生物学研究》是作者与克里克对上述这些问题长期合作研究的结果。《意识探秘:意识的神经生物学研究》探讨了动物和人主观心智的生物学基础，探讨并提出了一种意识研究的框架——用实验方法找出表达意识的神经相关物。全书以视知觉研究为切入点，结合注意、记忆、自动行为、失认症和“裂脑人”等病理现象的研究，总结了意识研究的科学基础，概括指出了我们知识的不足之处和今后研究的方向。《意识探秘:意识的神经生物学研究》反映了继克里克《惊人的假说》之后，他们合作研究的新进展。《意识探秘:意识的神经生物学研究》的语言风格亦以洗练生动见长。

长期以来，“意识”一直是一个古老而难解的谜，一个科学界悬而未决的重大问题，也曾一度被科学研究所遗忘和抛弃。但是，今天“人的意识”已经成为心理学和认知神经科学中发展非常迅速的一个领域，相关的研究成果吸引了越来越多的关注。 本书综述了意识研究领域中几乎所有的重要理论和观点，从东西方的传统哲学到到近代神经科学、量子理论，一览无余，具有开创性的意义。

在线阅读本书 An astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable. In this revolutionary look at the brain, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge, M.D., provides an introduction to both the brilliant scientists championing neuroplasticity and the people whose lives theyve transformed. From stroke patients learning to speak again to the remarkable case of a woman born with half a brain that rewired itself to work as a whole, The Brain That Changes Itself will permanently alter the way we look at our brains, human nature, and human potential.

我们欣赏梵高的《星空》，陶醉于贝多芬的《命运交响曲》，面对白雪覆盖的山峰，敬畏之情油然而生，所有这些体验都离不开意识。然而，意识具有主观性，属于个人经验，很难准确把握。长久以来，哲学家们都声称，意识太神秘了，科学无法洞悉意识。 神经科学家丹尼尔•博尔在《贪婪的大脑：为何人类会无止境地寻求意义》一书中提出了一种新的意识运作模式，他的观点与传统的哲学观点完全不同。博尔认为，意识是大脑的产物，随着知识积累，意识也在发展。意识实际上是一个思想工厂，是经过精心选择的、致力于创新的精神空间。意识的主要任务是发现深层结构。 博尔的意识运作模式解释了我们的大脑为何会贪婪地探寻信息，尤其是那些具有模式的信息。比如，当生理需求得到满足后，我们会玩填字游戏和数独游戏。从生物学角度看，玩这些游戏只是在浪费时间；但在博尔看来，这种探寻结构的行为有重大的进化意义。正是这种对结构模式的探寻，引导人类发现了火，学会耕种。 本书将认知与创造力相联系，为解开意识这一科学谜团提供了一种独特的见解。

在你的头脑里，有一种比最新高科技电脑还要高效的神奇节力装置，它可以帮助你免于应付周遭世界各种日常事务之烦劳，使你可以集中精力关注那些对你来说重要的事情：结交朋友和影响他人。当然，这个融入社会世界的“你”同时也是你的脑的一个建构物。正是你的脑，才使你能与你身边的人分享你的精神世界。 《心智的构建：脑如何创造我们的精神世界》通过大量详实的实验数据与案例，通俗简明、科学有趣地阐述了我们了解世界的方式——一种被作者称作自然式学习的方式，丰富了我们关于学习是怎样发生的理解。全书隐含着许多有关学习的生物学解释和新观点，为我们打开了一扇从神经科学视角理解学习的新窗口，是一本难得的了解我们脑如何构建精神世界的出色入门书，同时对于想了解脑、心智、行为与外部世界交互机理的读者来说，也是一本必读书。

In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award

Taking a highly interdisciplinary approach, the authors balance cognitive theory, with neuroscientific and neuropsychological evidence to reveal what we currently know about how the human mind works and to encourage students to think like cognitive neuroscientists. The text has been reorganized to move more seamlessly from micro to macro level topics, and its underlying pedagogy strengthened in order to make it an even more effective teaching tool. Maintaining its commitment to highlight the most cutting-edge trends in the field, the third edition includes the first ever standalone chapter of its kind on social neuroscience.

《人脑之谜》是一名实验神经生物学家从脑的结构、脑的发育、神经细胞活动的基本过程以及脑的正常、异常活动等几个侧面，对脑作比较全面的介绍。作者以丰富、翔实的材料为依据，从引述浅显的事实或引证在脑科学发展史上有重要意义的典型病例起步，以生动的笔触带领读者作一场引人入胜的科学之旅——探索脑的奥秘。

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines. The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness. In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

《神经生物学：从神经元到脑（原书第5版）》是神经生物学领域内的一本世界级名著，内容涵盖了神经生物学的许多重要方面，系统介绍了神经生物学的基本概念、神经系统的功能及其细胞和分子机制。作者应用许多生动的实例，通过严密的逻辑组织起来，以展示神经生物学的发展脉络。

诺贝尔奖获得者坎德尔领衔主编，多位神经科学泰斗级人物共同编著 国际上最权威神经科学教科书，被称为“神经科学圣经” 全面更新至第5版  国际著名神经生物学家蒲慕明、  北京市神经再生及修复研究重点实验室主任徐群渊  北京大学心理学系主任周晓林 隆重推荐 随书赠送光盘，包含书中全部近千张彩图

左脑右脑谁说了算？是你在决定还是你的大脑在替你决定？人该为自己的罪行负责吗？ 开创认知神经科学的著名思想家加扎尼加被誉为脑科学界的斯蒂芬•霍金。他在这本书里用“睿智而不夸张”的语言从脑科学的角度阐释自由意志问题，讲述了人类大脑的作用机制、意识的来源、社会意识的进化以及自由意志观念对于整个社会的影响。他告诉我们，人的思维是大脑整体运作的结果，既有从上而下也有从下而上的机制。本书还涉及物理学、社会学中那些会决定“我”的部分。 这是一本可以改变你的世界观的书。

如果意识——你所认为的自己——只是冰山露出水面的一角，那水下的部分又是什么？在这本才华横溢而又极富争议的《隐藏的自我：大脑的秘密生活》中，著名神经学家大卫伊格曼通过深入探索潜意识大脑，揭示了许多惊人的谜题：为什么在你意识到前方有危险之前，你的脚已经踩上了刹车々为什么谎言重复千遍就会成为真理？酒后吐真言是否可信？为什么有些人更容易发生婚外恋？为什么我们无法保守秘密？存在真正的自我吗？尤利西斯和次贷危机有何关系。

本书是美国约翰·霍普金斯大学神经科学系教授林登博士向公众普及脑科学知识的富于趣味性的读物。作者认为人脑是在长期进化过程中自然形成的组织系统而不是刻意设计的产物，因此将脑比作可以叠加新成分的甜筒冰淇淋。以这一思路为主线，作者介绍了大脑的构成、基本发育、感觉和感情等，进而描述脑如何支配学习、记忆和个性，如何决定性行为和性倾向，以及脑在睡眠和梦中的活动机制，还尝试性地阐述了脑功能与宗教的关系。书中穿插了不少趣事并有近50幅插图。

A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexander's own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander's eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexander's recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Alexander's story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.

本书是国际流行的神经科学本科教材,美国的布朗大学、明尼苏达大学等著名高校以此为教材。该书体系新颖,全书只分四大部分,但包括了神经科学的方方面面, 这样的安排有助于学生抓住神经科学的精髓。全书附有3类专栏:“发现之路”(pathofdiscovery)邀请一些在神经科学研究领域做出重大发现的科学家介绍其发现的科研历程,有助于培养学生的科学理想和献身科学的精神;“趣味话题”(ofspecialinterest)深入介绍一些知识,有助于培养学生的科学兴趣;“脑的食粮”(brainfood)介绍一些与神经科学研究有关的实验方法和手段,让学生了解先进的神经科学研究方法,建立动手意识。作者MarkF.Bear是美国BrownUniversity神经科学教授。本书内容的第一篇为神经生物学基础,包括神经科学导论,神经元和神经胶质细胞,静息态的神经元膜,动作电位,突触传递,神经递质系统,神经系统的基本结构;第二篇为感觉和运动系统,包括化学感官,眼,中枢视觉系统,听觉和前庭系统,躯体感觉系统,运动的脊髓控制,运动的脑控制;第三篇为大脑和行为,包括脑和行为的化学调控,动机,性与脑,情绪的脑机制,脑的节律,语言和注意,精神疾病;第四篇为脑的变化,包括大脑连接,记忆系统,学习和记忆的分子机制。书后附有词汇、参考读物和索引。

欢迎翻开第三版!每当像认知神经科学这样的新领域出现时，人们对它的前途并不总是信心满满，甚至怀疑它会不会昙花一现。对新领域的新鲜热情就像看着一只第一次站立起来的小鹿一样，她能行吗?这崭新的生命能否发育长大?这新的生命中能放射出真正的意义吗？10年后的今天，认知神经科学已经空前繁荣。我们可以从诸多方面体察这种进步：领先的大学已经着手实施创新举措，旨在发展专门的认知神经科学研究方向，以便为研究者提供这一领域研究所需的工具和跨学科研究的机会；新杂志每年都在创办，以适应认?神经科学新分支中文献数量的指数型增长；由于与会者人数激增，认知神经科学学会的年会年年爆满：从第一次会议时的400人陡增至2008年第十五次会议时的1800多人。

From Publishers Weekly When, as a medical student in the 1950s, Kandel said he wanted to locate the ego and id in the brain, his mentor told him he was overreaching, that the brain had to be studied "cell by cell." After his initial dismay, Kandel took on the challenge and in 2000 was awarded a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research showing how memory is encoded in the brain's neuronal circuits. Kandel's journey into the brain spans five decades, beginning in the era of early research into the role of electrical currents flowing through neurons and ending in the age of genetic engineering. It took him from early studies of reflexes in the lowly squid to the founding of a bioengineering firm whose work could some day develop treatments for Alzheimer's and on to a rudimentary understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying mental illness. Kandel's life also took him on another journey: from Vienna, which his Jewish family fled after the Anschluss, to New York City and, decades later, on visits back to Vienna, where he boldly confronted Austria's unwillingness to look at its collusion in the Final Solution. For anyone considering a career in science, the early part of this intellectual autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of a scientist's formation: learning to trust his instincts on what research to pursue and how to pose a researchable question and formulate an experiment. Much of the science discussion is too dense for the average reader. But for anyone interested in the relationship between the mind and the brain, this is an important account of a creative and highly fruitful career. 50 b&w illus. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Scientific American Kandel, who received the Nobel Prize in 2000, traces advances in understanding learning and memory. His own groundbreaking findings showed that learning produces changes in behavior by modifying the strength of connections between nerve cells. He conveys his immense grasp of the science beautifully, but it is his personal recollections that make the book especially compelling. He begins with his searing childhood memories of the German annexation of Austria and his family’s escape to the U.S. when he was nine. And he ends with a conference he organized in Vienna to examine the strange reluctance of Austria (unlike Germany) to acknowledge its role in the Holocaust. One comes away in awe of the scientific advances—and of a life well and fully lived. Editors of Scientific American --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.