You: The Owner’s Manual for the brain: an expert, comprehensive, and lively guide that makes sense of all the latest scientific findings about how your brain really works.
We are using our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea how they work. Much of what we think we know comes from folklore: that we only use 10 percent of our...
You: The Owner’s Manual for the brain: an expert, comprehensive, and lively guide that makes sense of all the latest scientific findings about how your brain really works.
We are using our brains at practically every moment of our lives, and yet few of us have the first idea how they work. Much of what we think we know comes from folklore: that we only use 10 percent of our brain, or that drinking kills brain cells. These and other brain myths are wrong, as demonstrated by the work of neuroscientists who have spent decades studying this complex organ. However, most of what scientists have learned is not known to the world outside their laboratories.
In this readable, lively book, Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang dispel common myths about the brain and provide a comprehensive, useful overview of how it really works. In its pages, you’ll discover how to cope with jet lag, how your brain affects your religion, and how men’s and women’s brains differ. With witty, accessible prose decorated by charts, trivia, quizzes, and illustrations, this book is great for quick reference or extended reading.
Both practical and fun, Welcome to Your Brain is perfect whether you want to impress your friends or simply use your brain better.
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The prairie vole, a small brown burrowing rodent, stays with the same mate for life (which is unusual, since only 3 to 5 percent of mammals are monogamous).
Indeed, love may be the original addiction.
Less attractive women with high levels of solicitation behavior were more likely to be approached by men than more attractive women with low levels of solicitation behavior. (查看原文)
Jet lag is not simply annoying; in repeated doses, it can be dangerous to your brain's health. People who frequently cross many time zones can experience brain damage and memory problems. In one study, flight attendants with five years of service who repeatedly took less than five days between long trips were compared to flight attendants who had two weeks or more between trips. Both groups flew the same number of miles overall. The shorter interval group had less volume in the temporal lobe - a part of the brain involved in learning and memory. This group also had problems on memory test.
The brain damage probably resulted from stress hormones, which are released during jet lag and are known to damage the temporal lobe and memory. Like repeated jet travel, frequent drastic changes in wor... (查看原文)
0 有用 庄常飞 2012-07-13 09:31:00
不错的科普，但显浅了，而且故事性差，所谓的趣味也没有写出来
0 有用 emery 2009-04-04 14:26:35
很有趣的书。 不像电脑有很强的逻辑性，人脑，更像是中餐馆：嘈杂凌乱，人们似乎漫无目的，而最终每样事都能做得很好。/ 呵呵， 恰当的比喻。
0 有用 落。 2012-10-11 03:47:11
informational and intriguing. but I question methods of some research in the book. Research in this field is more susceptible to biases.