David Eagleman Books

From the renowned neuroscientist and New York Times bestselling author of Incognito comes the companion volume to the international PBS series about how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life. "An ideal introduction to how biology generates the mind.... Clear, engaging and thought-provoking." —Nature Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change what it means to be human? In the course of his investigations, Eagleman guides us through the world of extreme sports, criminal justice, facial expressions, genocide, brain surgery, gut feelings, robotics, and the search for immortality. Strap in for a whistle-stop tour into the inner cosmos. In the infinitely dense tangle of billions of brain cells and their trillions of connections, something emerges that you might not have expected to see in there: you. Color illustrations throughout.

In this collection that offers a mixture of dark humor, witty quips, and unsettling observations about the human psyche, Eagleman offers 40 short tales that explore the afterlife.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Why does your foot hit the brake pedal before you are conscious of danger ahead?* *Why is it so difficult to keep a secret?* *How is it possible to get angry at yourself: who, exactly, is mad at whom?* In this sparkling and provocative book, renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain. Taking in brain damage, plane spotting, dating, drugs, beauty, infidelity, synaesthesia, criminal law, artificial intelligence and visual illusions, INCOGNITO is a thrilling subsurface exploration of the mind and all its contradictions.

An exhilarating tour of the most complex technology in the universe: the human brainYour brain is remarkable. Sealed inside the black box of your skull, its only connection to the outside world is the signals that travel through your nerves. From these inputs you gain sight, hearing, touch, taste and more. Change the inputs - for example replacing a loss of hearing with vibrations on your wrist calibrated to the sounds around you - and your brain finds a way to interpret this new input. Your brain can change, rewire and heal, constantly adapting to make sense of the world around you.Covering decades of research and brand new discoveries from Eagleman's own laboratory, Livewired surfs the leading edge of neuroscience and demonstrates the mind-blowing ways in which the brain works.

A remarkable account of the brain's plasticity, from the internationally bestselling author.

La 4e de couverture indique : "he brain is typically portrayed as an organ with a map of regions dedicated to specific tasks. But, says acclaimed neuroscientist and bestselling author David Eagleman, that textbook model is wrong. The brain is a dynamic system; the connections between its cells are constantly blossoming, dying and reconfiguring. Drawing on up-to-the-minute research, Eagleman takes us on a fascinating journey into brain plasticity to discover how a child can function with one half of his brain removed and how a blind mountain climber can use an electrode grid on his tongue to 'see'. He proves how the brain optimizes its circuitry based on the tasks relevant to goals and survival and how this knowledge opens the door to dazzling new technologies. The magic of our brains lies in the way they unceasingly re-weave themselves to form an electric, living fabric. Eagleman gets to the heart of who we are and how the brain plasticity revolution is lighting up the path of the future by analysing how our most vital organ works in a way that has never been done before."

Wie entsteht das Neue? Durch Biegen, Brechen und Verbinden! Wir Menschen wollen ständig Neues erschaffen - was aber macht unser Gehirn dabei so besonders? Warum erfinden Krokodile keine Speedboats? Der Neurowissenschaftler David Eagleman und der Komponist Anthony Brandt schildern, wie in unseren Köpfen Innovation entsteht. Sie erzählen Geschichten neuer Ideen von Picasso bis zur Raumfahrt und zeigen uns, dass wir die Herausforderungen der Zukunft nur meistern können, wenn wir die kreative Software unseres Gehirns verstehen lernen. Ein faszinierendes Duett von Naturwissenschaft und Kunst: Der weltbekannte Hirnforscher David Eagleman und sein Freund, der Komponist Anthony Brandt, widmen sich in ihrem Buch der Frage, wie das Neue entsteht. Dabei blicken sie auf die kreative Software des Gehirns: Wie funktioniert sie? Was machen wir damit? Wohin führt sie uns? Es erweist sich, dass der kreative Prozess vor allem von drei Fähigkeiten des Gehirns abhängt: Biegung, Brechung und Verbindung. An vielen Beispielen, von der Raumfahrt über die Wirtschaft und die Kunst bis zum Sport, demonstrieren die Autoren, wie unser Denken die Welt immer wieder neu erschafft.

Kniha shrnuje neurovědeckou literaturu a bádání do několika klíčových bodů, přičemž nabízí nové hypotézy a pohled do budoucnosti. Lidský druh ovládl svět díky samosíťovacímu triku, který nám poskytla příroda. Základní myšlenka samosíťování (livewiring) spočívá v tom, že mozek není třeba složitě programovat; místo toho mu nastavíme základní prvky a necháme ho, aby se sám rozvíjel a reagoval na okolí. Kniha shrnuje desetiletí výzkumu tohoto fenoménu a přináší nové poznatky z Eaglemanovy laboratoře, od synestezie a snění až po neurotechnologická zařízení, která mění naše smysly. Je první, která se zabývá tím, jak mozek toto samosíťování provádí a jaké to má důsledky pro náš život a budoucnost. Odpovídá na otázky, které dosud nebyly vědecky zodpovězeny, jako například proč lidé v osmdesátých letech viděli stránky knih jako načervenalé, nebo jak může nevidomý člověk "vidět" jazykem. Kniha tak přináší fascinující pohled na fungování mozku a jeho schopnost přizpůsobit se a měnit se.