"The nervous system is made up of a large number of interacting elements. To understand how such a complex system functions requires the construction and analysis of computational models at many different levels. This book provides a step-by-step account of how to model the neuron and neural circuitry to understand the nervous system at all levels, from ion channels to networks. Starting with a simple model of the neuron as an electrical circuit, gradually more details are added to include the effects of neuronal morphology, synapses, ion channels and intracellular signaling. The principle of abstraction is explained through chapters on simplifying models, and how simplified models can be used in networks. This theme is continued in a final chapter on modeling the development of the nervous system. Requiring an elementary background in neuroscience and some high school mathematics, this textbook is an ideal basis for a course on computational neuroscience." (Amazon)
"This is a wonderful, clear and compelling text on mathematically-minded computational modelling in neuroscience. It is beautifully aimed at those engaged in capturing quantitatively, and thus simulating, complex neural phenomena at multiple spatial and temporal scales, from intracellular calcium dynamics and stochastic ion channels, through compartmental modelling, all the way to aspects of development. It takes particular care to define the processes, potential outputs and even some pitfalls of modelling; and can be recommended for containing the key lessons and pointers for people seeking to build their own computational models. By eschewing issues of coding and information processing, it largely hews to concrete biological data, and it nicely avoids sacrificing depth for breadth. It is very suitably pitched as a Master's level text, and its two appendices, on mathematical methods and software resources, will rapidly become dog-eared."
Peter Dayan, University College London

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وكيف يتم خزن الذاكرة ؟
يجيب على هذه الأسئلة في هذا الكتاب عالمان اضطلعا ببعض البحوث الأساسية في هذا الحقل
وهو الكتاب الأول في بابه الذي يقدم إلى عامة القراء فير ذوي الاختصاص ، نظرة شاملة تتضمن آخر البحوث المتعلقة في هذا الموضوع ، من الجزيء والخلية إلى نظم العقل والإدراك

二十世纪神经科学发展史宏大画卷
诺奖科学家的成长经历和科研历程
令人信服地展示了何为一流科学、如何创造一流科学
出版十几年来引领无数学子走进科学殿堂
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☆ 从第一人称的视角，展现伟大科学家的研究路径、问题意识与情志襟怀
作者以清晰易读的文笔，从研究者本人的角度 向读者介绍了最好的科学研究是如何一步步展开的，从确定题目，到提出假说，寻找实验对象和方法，结识最合适的合作者，直到最后将自己的研究成果公之于众并使之进入商业领域的整个过程，为科学爱好者和有志于科学事业的学生提供了行动的指引。
☆ 同时这也是一部二十世纪神经科学发展史
坎德尔的职业生涯，恰逢现代科学史上最为激动人心的一个时期。在他进入医学院后不久，沃森和克里克发现了DNA的分子结构，给整个生物学界带来了革命性的巨变。神经科学——对记忆、情感、判断等心智活动的生物学机制的研究——在此时作为一个全新的学科浮现出来，而坎德尔就全程见证并参与了这个新学科从无到有的整个经过。
☆ 本书面向的读者群体较为多元，值得推荐给那些渴望从名人传记中汲取人生经验的普通读者、有志于从事学术研究的专业读者、想了解神经科学和心理学的读者，以及对“二战”奥地利犹太难民史感兴趣的读者。此外，本书译者还认为它是一本“赴美留学指南”，它如实地反映了美国高等院校及科研机构的文化氛围，能给那些打算赴美留学的学子及其家长提供绝佳的参考。
◎ 内容简介
本书是美籍犹太裔神经科学家、诺贝尔奖得主埃里克·坎德尔的自传，在书中他不仅表达了个人对其生活和历史的感受和思考，也以亲历者的身份叙述了神经科学这个学科从无到有的发展史——人们如何开始用生物科学的方法研究学习和记忆，在过去的一个世纪里这个领域得到了哪些发展，科学界又对未来怀有哪些愿景和期待。通过阅读这本书，读者不仅可以了解神经科学这一学科的动向，更能窥见最顶尖科学家进行科学探索的思考路径，以及一个伟大科学家的素质和襟怀。本书已被翻译成德语、法语、俄语、意大利语、西班牙语、波斯语等十多个语种，先后荣获2006年度《洛杉矶时报》图书奖和2007年度美国国家学院知识传播奖。
◎ 名人推荐
☆ 恐怕没人能像坎德尔那样在细胞和分子的层面上推动人类记忆机制的研究。他破译大脑记忆密码的激情影响了一代又一代的年轻科学家。在这本书中，我们可以看到一位伟大科学家如何进行思考，并带动了科学的发展。
——蒲慕明，中国科学院院士、神经科学研究所所长，美国科学院院士
☆ 埃里克·坎德尔的这本书别人写不出来。他通过毕生的视角透视科学，跌宕起伏、硕果累累。我们受到了坎德尔持久的激情和坚定的决心指引。我向所有那些正在寻找有关大脑和记忆知识的个人观点，以及那些正在考虑开启科学生涯的读者推荐此书。
——安东尼奥·达马西奥，美国科学院院士，著名神经科学家
☆ 埃里克·坎德尔写出了一部绝佳作品，从头至尾行云流水、一气呵成，展现了神经科学在令人惊叹的20世纪后半叶的壮丽图卷。坎德尔把个人经历与科学研究融为一体，他带来的巨大影响和广泛交流，使得科学成为全世界最重要的共同事业。
——奥利弗·萨克斯，美国人文与科学院院士，著名科普畅销书作家
☆《追寻记忆的痕迹》动人地讲述了埃里克·坎德尔站在脑科学前沿领域的大胆人生，他以分子生物学方法革新了我们对感受到的信息如何存储的认识。
——詹姆斯·沃森，DNA双螺旋结构的发现者之一，诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主
☆ 我向所有对一位重要科学家的人生和工作，或者对我们这个时代的科学进程感兴趣的读者推荐此书。……坎德尔优雅地做出的这些研究，会极大地诱惑有天赋的学生将他开启的这些令人难忘的工作向前推进。
——霍华德·加德纳，美国心理学会威廉·詹姆斯奖得主，著名认知心理学家
☆《追寻记忆的痕迹》融自传、科学史和基础生物学于一炉，是一部无出其右的才华横溢之作。它令人信服地展示了何谓一流科学，以及如何创造一流科学。
——E. O.威尔逊，美国科学院院士，被誉为“社会生物学之父”

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除宇宙外，大脑是目前人类的头号未解之谜，宛若科学领域闪耀的王冠，而王冠上璀璨的明珠，要属人的意识，它令人着迷又深不可测。意识吸引了全世界科学领域的巨擘的目光，而脑科学家斯坦尼斯拉斯·迪昂从这些人里脱颖而出，他让意识探索从空想走向实践。如诺贝尔生理学或医学奖获得者埃里克· 坎德尔所说，迪昂开创的一系列意识实验，彻底改变了脑科学领域。
在《脑与意识》中，迪昂集结了意识与思维近20年来的前沿研究成果，用丰富、富有创新性的实验，将深奥难懂的脑科学知识，以大众看得懂的方式娓娓道来，发现了人类主观意识的客观标志，原来意识是“可见的”，掀起了脑科学的新篇章。
从我们感觉不到无意识讲到人人可察觉的主观思想，从意识的功能讲到意识的测量方法，从与植物人沟通讲到创造有意识的AI。本书对意识与思维背后的脑活动进行了重新定义、检验和阐释，探讨了意识在临床医疗和未来科技方面的潜在用途和进展，为读者打开了新思路。迪昂与同事提出的突破性理论“全脑神经工作空间”书中也进行了详细解释。
让我们跟随迪昂一同踏上旅程，探索人类思想、情感与意志背后那复杂而令人兴奋的真相。
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●电子化、智能化将是人类未来的生活基础和主流，这意味着脑科学，尤其是意识问题，将成为人类研究的核心。本书的新探索、新方法、新范式、新观点无疑会为将来脑科学发展开辟新疆土。
●斯坦尼斯拉斯·迪昂的研究跨越神经科学、教育学、心理学、生物学，作为全世界极具影响力的认知神经科学家、欧洲神经科学领军人、“神经科学领域的诺贝尔奖”大脑奖得主，迪昂已超其导师、认知神经科学的创始人之一迈克尔·波斯纳，确立了自己在脑科学领域的大神级地位。
●这本书适合所有奋战在一线的医疗技术人员、医生和人工智能技术专家，它可以帮助医疗人士对病人的意识情况做出诊断，让人工智能专家找到如何让AI拥有人类思维这一问题的答案。本书也适合任何与脑科学直接或间接相关的学科专业人士。对神经科学、实验心理学、教育学初学者来说，它是了解大脑很好的入门书籍，为读者提供了清晰可操作的意识实验范式，对这些学科的专家而言，本书呈现了一幅完整的现代意识研究拼图。对于乐于探索前沿知识的读者，他们可以从这些设计新奇、令人拍案叫绝的实验中锻炼科学思维与逻辑推理。
●诺贝尔生理学或医学奖得主埃里克·坎德尔、世界领军神经科学家克里斯·弗里思、加州理工学院的生物学和工程学教授克里斯托弗·科赫、《华盛顿邮报》等盛赞。中科院院士、核物理学家、浙江大学教授唐孝威倾情作序，北京大学校务委员会委员周晓林、复旦大学生命科学学院退休教授顾凡及、浙江大学哲学系教授李恒威、果壳网CEO姬十三、苇草智酷创始合伙人段永朝盛赞推荐！
●湛庐文化出品

Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities. It takes a fresh look at the co-evolution of structure and function in the mammalian brain, illustrating how self-emerged oscillatory timing is the brains fundamental organiser of neuronal information. The small world-like connectivity of the cerebral cortex allows for global computation on multiple spatial and temporal scales. The perpetual interactions among the multiple network oscillators keep cortical systems in a highly sensitive metastable state and provide energy-efficient synchronising mechanisms via weak links. In a sequence of cycles, Gyorgy Buzsaki guides the reader from the physics of oscillations through neuronal assembly organisation to complex cognitive processing and memory storage. His clear, fluid writing accessible to any reader with some scientific knowledge is supplemented by extensive footnotes and references that make it just as gratifying and instructive a read for the specialist. The coherent view of a single author who has been at the forefront of research in this exciting field, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in our rapidly evolving understanding of the brain.

A concise and engaging overview of neuroplasticity for the general reader, describing how our brains change continuously in response to our actions and experiences.

神经科学在自然探索、临床治疗、智能技术以至社会生活等方面都具有重要意义，因而受到了越来越多的关注。本书全面阐述了目前神经科学在大脑的演化来源、发育过程、神经元网络功能运作、脑疾病与衰老、神经药物和神经调控技术等方面的理解，结合神经科学发展的历史，深入分析和探讨了神经科学和一般的生物学研究中若干基本的哲学问题，特别是深入讨论了神经药物和神经调控技术将会对社会生活和伦理造成的种种影响以及科学家和一般民众所应持有的态度。作为近十年来欧美出版的神经科学普及读物中最为深刻的一种，本书可以给高年级大学生、研究生以及其他领域的科研工作者作为神经科学的入门读物，也是对神经科学感兴趣的其他读者的恰当选择。

《神经系统发育(原著第3版)(导读版•英文版)》由三位知名学者主笔，以现在和既往的重要实验与观察结果为例，对业已建立的和正在演变的神经发育原理进行广泛和基础的讨论。
《神经系统发育(原著第3版)(导读版•英文版)》按照个体发生的顺序组织内容。从出现神经原基开始，随后每一章节按神经发育事件出现的顺序组织：神经系统的模式建成和生长，神经元命运决定，轴突导向和靶点寻找，神经元存活与死亡，突触形成与发育的可塑性。在结构部分基本完成后，最后一章讨论了行为的出现。
新版的《神经系统发育》反映了通过新的分子遗传学和细胞生物学方法的应用取得的最新成果。丰富的彩色照片和原始绘图，辅以简明的叙述，使《神经系统发育(原著第3版)(导读版•英文版)》非常适合这一有趣领域的初涉者，包括高年级本科生、研究生和研究人员。

It is widely recognized that the neural basis of brain function can be fully understood only by integrating many disciplines at many levels. Studies os synaptic organization are bringing about a quiet revolution in achieving this goal, as documented by this unique book over the past 30 years. In this fifth edition, the results of the mouse and human genome projects are incorporated for the first time. Molecular biologists interested in functional genomics and proteomics of the brain will find answers here to the critical questions: what are the cell and circuit functions of gene products? Also for the first time, the reader is oriented to supporting neuroscience databases. Among the new advances covered are 2-photon confocal laser microscopy of dendrites and dendritic spines, biochemical analyses, and dual patch and multielectrode recordings, applied together with an increasing range of behavioural and gene-targeting methods. Leading experts in the best understood brain regions bring together the molecular, anatomical, functional, and behavioural data in authoritative integrated accounts.The chapters are organized in the same format, covering the neural elements, synaptic connections, basic circuits, physiology, neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, membrane properties, dendritic properties, and with a final section on how the circuits mediate specific behaviours. The uniform framework for each chapter enables the authors to higlight the principles that are common to all regions, as well as the adaptations unique to each, thus serving as a model for understanding the neural basis of behaviour.

Burgeoning advancements in brain science are opening up new perspectives on how we acquire knowledge. Indeed, it is now possible to explore consciousness—the very center of human concern—by scientific means. In this illuminating book, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman offers a new theory of knowledge based on striking scientific findings about how the brain works. And he addresses the related compelling question: Does the latest research imply that all knowledge can be reduced to scientific description?
Edelman’s brain-based approach to knowledge has rich implications for our understanding of creativity, of the normal and abnormal functioning of the brain, and of the connections among the different ways we have of knowing. While the gulf between science and the humanities and their respective views of the world has seemed enormous in the past, the author shows that their differences can be dissolved by considering their origins in brain functions. He foresees a day when brain-based devices will be conscious, and he reflects on this and other fascinating ideas about how we come to know the world and ourselves.

神经元（神经细胞）是构成神经系统的基石，对神经元各个方面的深入、彻底的理解对于我们从各个层次对神经系统进行分析都是十分必要的。本书论述神经细胞的形态学、生物化学、生物物理学基础知识，这些知识正迎合了相关专业的大学生、研究生、科研人员的需要。
2000年诺贝尔生理医学奖获得者Eric R.Kandel盛赞此书：“凭着对神经生理学的独到的、富有创见的阐述，这本书填补了一个亟需填补的空白。
行文清晰，尤其是插图经过了精心设计，图示精美。
每一章的编写才均为该令域的权威和学科带头人。
被专家誉为“神经科学家书架上的必备书”。

《神经科学的历史发展和思考》系统地回顾人类认识脑和神经功能的历史，介绍推动脑研究的著名学者的贡献，着重勾画当代脑科学的成长历程。作者通过对历史脉络的梳理，阐述对于神经科学发展的认识和思考，启迪读者在了解过去的基础上把握神经科学的现状与未来，由此摸索揭秘大脑“黑匣子”的方法和途径。
《神经科学的历史发展和思考》主要由中国科学院院士、神经生理学家陈宜张教授撰写，中国科学院院士杨雄里、吴建屏、段树民以及中科院动物研究所的郭郛研究员参与撰写了部分内容。

神经信息学与计算神经科学(精)》编著者唐孝威。
本书以介绍当今神经信息学与计算神经科学的前沿为目的，以“神经信息学与计算神经科学的前沿问题”第367次香山科学会议内容为基础，由国内外生物、数学、物理、计算机、电子、通信与自动控制等学科领域的40多位专家共同撰写。希望通过本书的出版，推动我国在这个领域的研究。本书也可以作为其他研究方向的学者、研究生等进入这个领域的参考书。

从8个令人惊奇的问题开始，带你理解迷一样的人类行为，以全新的眼光看待我们自身。
跟着作者不断解谜，如侦探小说般神经的逻辑，彻底明白我们日常的心理与行为的机制。
【人类竟是如此神奇】听声辨位、梦中杀人、左右互搏、多重人格、心灵操控……这样小说般的情节都是真的！本书展现了很多人类超乎自己想象的行为。每章都从一个惊奇问题开始，带领读者不断解谜，充满阅读推理作品的快感。
【神经科学一本通】覆盖神经科学的各领域和多种方法，习惯、记忆、梦境、疏忽、幻觉等等日常心理机制都得到了解释，在快乐阅读中了解人脑和人类行为的方方面面，以全新的眼光看待人类自身。
【帮你生活更轻松】经常回到家才想起路上该买的东西没买？是否知道要减肥的话不能一边吃东西一边看电视？怎么抵御商家在不知不觉中对自己的剁手诱惑？还有躺在床上就能健身这种好事？假笑识破率还能提高？……理解了这些心理和行为的机制，就能更有意识地在生活中躲开陷阱，抄到近路！
《神经的逻辑》令人大开眼界，它既轻松有趣，又是极富启发性的研究，也解释了我们为什么会做那些最为奇怪的事。斯滕伯格撬开了我们的心灵，解释了脑的运作方式，对一系列诸如感知、习惯、催眠、语言、学习等话题都给出了真知灼见。就如何面对人类大脑的无意识逻辑这一问题，本书为读者提供了专业性的指导。读罢掩卷，我对“我这个人到底是谁”有了更多的体悟。
——列奥纳德· 莫洛迪诺夫，《大设计》第二作者斯滕伯格对脑的怪行背后隐秘逻辑的解释，是神经科学界一支全新的声音。
——承现峻，《连接组》作者本书每章读起来都像侦探小说，每一页都闪耀着作者对神经病学的热情。它同时还非常适合哲学家和心理学家，正能治疗他们的“神经元嫉妒症”。
——V. S. 拉马钱德兰，《讲故事的脑》作者如果你想知道人们为什么用不理性的方式思考和行动，想为此找出合理回答，那本书就该是你的第一本书。
——迈克尔· 舍默，怀疑论者学会创始人我们解释事情时通常有一些叙事套路，而本书却是对这些叙事套路背后真正的神经回路进行丰富详尽的研究。作者破解、打开了脑中的“黑箱”，检查其中并行的有意识和无意识两套系统，探究从做梦、自动模式行为到记忆、幻觉、创伤等一系列问题。
——《自然》杂志
从最怪异的梦和幻觉，到精神分裂症与多重人格，脑是各式各样怪念怪行的肇事者。从外部看，这些现象常显得“疯狂”，但其实它们都有逻辑可循，这套逻辑使我们能创造经验、保全自我。
无论是哈欠会传染、虚假记忆、不饿却进食、色情片盛行、感同身受等常见的行为、心理状况和情感，还是清醒梦、濒死体验、盲人看到的景色、梦游杀人等惊奇案例，《神经的逻辑》都为我们娓娓道来。以这些现象为契机，斯滕伯格博士深入脑和神经系统的内部，揭示并解读脑与神经中理性的有意识系统和幽深的无意识系统，解释两套系统怎样造就了我们或平常或怪异的行为。弄清楚脑与神经系统的运作模式和逻辑，不仅可以改变我们对心理疾病和超自然体验的看法，也会让我们更加了解自身的隐秘之处，做出更正确的决策。

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A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities
On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain--the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side--swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.
In My Stroke of Insight , Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. It would take eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of her knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.
Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains , we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. A fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind, My Stroke of Insight is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time. Questions for Jill Bolte Taylor Amazon.com: Your first reaction when you realized what was happening to your body was one you would expect: "Oh my gosh, I'm having a stroke!" Your second, though, was a little more surprising: "Wow, this is so cool!" What could be cool about a stroke? Taylor: I grew up to study the brain because I have a brother who is only 18 months older than I am. He was very different in the way he perceived experiences and then chose to behave. As a result, I became fascinated with the human brain and how it creates our perception of reality. He was eventually diagnosed with the brain disorder schizophrenia, and I dedicated my career to the postmortem investigation of the human brain in an attempt to understand, at a biological level, what are the differences between my brain and my brothers brain. On the morning of the stroke, I realized that my brain was no longer functioning like a "normal" brain and this insight into my brother's reality excited me. I was fascinated to intimately understand what it might be like on the inside for someone who would not be diagnosed as normal. Through the eyes of a curious scientist, this was an absolutely rare and fascinating experience for me to witness the breakdown of my own mind. Amazon.com: What did you learn about the brain from your stroke and your recovery that your scientific training hadn't prepared you for? Taylor: My scientific training did not teach me anything about the human spirit and the value of compassion. I had been trained as a scientist, not as a clinician. I can only hope that we are teaching our future physicians about compassion in medicine, and I know that some medical schools, including the Indiana University School of Medicine, have created a curriculum with this intention. My training as a scientist, however, did provide me with a roadmap to how the body and brain work. And although I lost my left cognitive mind that thinks in language, I retained my right hemisphere that thinks in pictures. As a result, although I could not communicate with the external world, I had an intuitive understanding about what I needed to do in order to create an environment in which the cells in my brain could be happy and healthy enough that they could regain their function. In addition, because of my training, I had an innate trust in the ability of my brain to be able to recover itself and my mother and I respected the organ by listening to it. For example, when I was tired, I allowed my brain to sleep, and when I was fresh and capable of focusing my attention, we gave me age-appropriate toys and tools with which to work. Amazon.com: Your stroke affected functions in your left brain, leaving you to what you call the "la-la land" of your right hemisphere. What was it like to live in your right brain, and then to rebuild your left? Taylor: When the cells in my left brain became nonfunctional because they were swimming in a pool of blood, they lost their ability to inhibit the cells in my right hemisphere. In my right brain, I shifted into the consciousness of the present moment. I was in the right here, right now awareness, with no memories of my past and no perception of the future. The beauty of La-la land (my right hemisphere experience of the present moment) was that everything was an explosion of magnificent stimulation and I dwelled in a space of euphoria. This is great way to exist if you don't have to communicate with the external world or care whether or not you have the capacity to learn. I found that in order for me to be able to learn anything, however, I had to take information from the last moment and apply it to the present moment. When my left hemisphere was completely nonfunctional early on, it was impossible for me to learn, which was okay with me, but I am sure it was frustrating for those around me. A simple example of this was trying to put on my shoes and socks. I eventually became physically capable of putting my shoes and socks on, but I had no ability to understand why I would have to put my socks on before my shoes. To me they were simply independent actions that were not related and I did not have the cognitive ability to figure out the appropriate sequencing of the events. Over time, I regained the ability to weave moments back together to create an expanse of time, and with this ability came the ability to learn methodically again. Life in La-la land will always be just a thought away, but I am truly grateful for the ability to think with linearity once again. Amazon.com: What can we learn about our brains and ourselves from your experience, even if we haven't lived through the kind of brain trauma you have? Taylor: I learned that I have much more say about what goes on between my ears than I was ever taught and I believe that this is true for all of us. I used to understand that I had the ability to stop thinking about one thing by consciously choosing to preoccupy my mind with thinking about something else. But I had no idea that it only took 90 seconds for me to have an emotional circuit triggered, flush a physiological response through my body and then flush completely out of me. We can all learn that we can take full responsibility for what thoughts we are thinking and what emotional circuitry we are feeling. Knowing this and acting on this can lead us into feeling a wonderful sense of well-being and peacefulness. Amazon.com: You are the "Singin' Scientist" for Harvard's Brain Bank (just as you were before your stroke). Could you tell us about the Brain Bank (in song or not)? Taylor: There is a long-term shortage of brain tissue donated for research into the severe mental illnesses. Most people dont realize that when you sign the back of your license as an organ donor, the brain is not included. If you would like to donate your brain for research, you must contact a brain bank directly. There is also a shortage of "normal control" tissue for research. The bottom line reality is that if there were more tissue available for research, then more scientists would be dedicating their careers to the study of the severe mental illnesses and we would have more answers about what is going on with these disorders. The numbers of mentally ill individuals in our society are staggering. The most serious and disabling conditions affect about 6 percent--or one in 17--adults and 9-13 percent of children in the United States. Half of all lifetime conditions of mental illness start by age 14 years, and three-fourths by age 24 years. For more information about brain donation to the Harvard brain bank, please call 1-800-BRAINBANK or visit them at: www.brainbank.mclean.org If you would like to hear me sing the brain bank jingle, please visit www.drjilltaylor.com!

A fascinating history--. Literate and authoritative--.Marvelously exciting. -- The New York Times Book Review
Jonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Beak of the Finch , brings his brilliant reporting skills to the story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientist whose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes has helped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNA and behavior both animal and human.
How much of our fate is decided before we are born? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weiner brings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute of Technology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process of finding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Part biography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love, Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer's studies are changing our world view--and even our lives.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become the most popular method for imaging brain function. Handbook of Functional MRI Data Analysis provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the methods used for fMRI data analysis. Using minimal jargon, this book explains the concepts behind processing fMRI data, focusing on the techniques that are most commonly used in the field. This book provides background about the methods employed by common data analysis packages including FSL, SPM and AFNI. Some of the newest cutting-edge techniques, including pattern classification analysis, connectivity modeling and resting state network analysis, are also discussed. Readers of this book, whether newcomers to the field or experienced researchers, will obtain a deep and effective knowledge of how to employ fMRI analysis to ask scientific questions and become more sophisticated users of fMRI analysis software.

A pioneering researcher and one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Such experiences inevitably leave traces on minds, emotions, and even on biology. Sadly, trauma sufferers frequently pass on their stress to their partners and children.
Renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he transforms our understanding of traumatic stress, revealing how it literally rearranges the brain's wiring-specifically areas dedicated to pleasure, engagement, control, and trust. He shows how these areas can be reactivated through innovative treatments including neurofeedback, mindfulness techniques, play, yoga, and other therapies. Based on Dr. van der Kolk's own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score offers proven alternatives to drugs and talk therapy-and a way to reclaim lives.

认知神经科学中的事件相关电位(ERP)技术使得科学家们能够观察到反映各种认知过程的人类脑活动。在《事件相关电位基础》一书中，Steven LuckX寸认知神经科学领域以及相关领域，包捂晴绪神经科学领域和实验精神病理学领域中的实用ERP实验问题，提供了最可充分理解的指导。本书可用作教学与实验的指南。对于那些虽然自己不进行ERP研究，但却需要理解和评价文献中ERP成分的研究者，本书也可用作参考。这本书总结了ERP理论与实践的积累，由此提供了怎样设计、进行，乃至解释ERP实验的详尽指导。这本书还介绍了所需要的理论背景，用以理解一个实验为什么会以某种方式完成。Luck集中地讨论了全世界很多先进ERP实验室所用的那些最基本的技术，这些技术反映了电生理记录的长期发展历史，并为更先进的方法提供了良好的基础。