Spectacular Images from Neuroscience, and What They Reveal about Our Neuronal Selves
232 pages
9 hours of reading
Featuring stunning brain scan imagery, this coffee table book combines visual art with insightful essays by a renowned cognitive neuroscientist. It explores the intricacies of the human brain, offering a unique blend of science and aesthetics that invites readers to reflect on cognitive processes and the mysteries of the mind.
“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and ‘learning’ is such a word. It seems so ordinary, everyone does it. Actually it’s more of a black box, which Dehaene cracks open to reveal the awesome secrets within.”--The New York Times Book Review An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain's remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency? In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain’s learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.
Odkrywcze spojrzenie na badania nad fenomenalnymi zdolnościami mózgu do nauki
a także nad potencjałem imitujących je programów komputerowych. Ludzki mózg
jest rewelacyjnym urządzeniem. Posiada nadzwyczajną zdolność do
przeprogramowywania się, która stanowi niewyczerpane źródło inspiracji dla
dzisiejszych twórców sztucznej inteligencji. Jak się uczymy? Jakie wrodzone
biologiczne fundamenty leżą u podstaw naszych zdolności do przyswajania
informacji? Dlaczego w ogóle ewolucja wymyśliła proces nauki? Sięgając do
najnowszych odkryć z zakresu informatyki, neurobiologii, psychologii
poznawczej i pedagogiki, Stanislas Dehaene prezentuje, jak naprawdę przebiega
proces nauki oraz w jaki sposób można maksymalnie wykorzystać a nawet wzmocnić
algorytmy mózgu do uczenia się: w szkołach i na uniwersytetach oraz na co
dzień, niezależnie od wieku. Autor uczy nas, jak się uczyć dzięki prostym
rozwiązaniom dotyczącym zabawy, ciekawości, kontekstu społecznego,
koncentracji a także snu. Nader treściwa książka dla pedagogów, rodziców i
innych zainteresowanych tym, jak najefektywniej wspomagać dążenie do wiedzy
Publishers Weekly
An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain's remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene decodes the brain's biological mechanisms, delving into the neuronal, synaptic, and molecular processes taking place. He explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood and that we can enhance our learning and memory at any age. We can all learn to learn by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback, and consolidation. The exciting advancements in artificial intelligence of the last twenty years reveal just as much about our remarkable abilities as they do about the potential of machines. How We Learn finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms, in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life.
'Absorbing, mind-enlarging, studded with insights ... This could have significant real-world results' Sunday Times Humanity's greatest feat is our incredible ability to learn. Even in their first year, infants acquire language, visual and social knowledge at a rate that surpasses the best supercomputers. But how, exactly, do our brains learn? In How We Learn, leading neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene delves into the psychological, neuronal, synaptic and molecular mechanisms of learning. Drawing on case studies of children who learned despite huge difficulty and trauma, he explains why youth is such a sensitive period, during which brain plasticity is maximal, but also assures us that our abilities continue into adulthood. We can all enhance our learning and memory at any age and 'learn to learn' by taking maximal advantage of the four pillars of the brain's learning algorithm: attention, active engagement, error feedback and consolidation. The human brain is an extraordinary machine. Its ability to process information and adapt to circumstances by reprogramming itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. How We Learn finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, cognitive psychology and education to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain's learning algorithms - and even improve them - in our schools and universities as well as in everyday life.
WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, testing, and explaining the brain events behind a conscious state. We can now pin down the neurons that fire when a person reports becoming aware of a piece of information and understand the crucial role unconscious computations play in how we make decisions. The emerging theory enables a test of consciousness in animals, babies, and those with severe brain injuries. A joyous exploration of the mind and its thrilling complexities, Consciousness and the Brain will excite anyone interested in cutting-edge science and technology and the vast philosophical, personal, and ethical implications of finally quantifying consciousness.
"A breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining, testing, and explaining the brain events behind a conscious state. We can now pin down the neurons that fire when a person reports becoming aware of a piece of information and understand the crucial role unconscious computations play in how we make decisions. The emerging theory enables a test of consciousness in animals, babies, and those with severe brain injuries. A joyous exploration of the mind and its thrilling complexities, Consciousness and the Brain will excite anyone interested in cutting-edge science and technology and the vast philosophical, personal, and ethical implications of finally quantifying consciousness"-- Provided by publisher
Wie entstehen bewusste Gedanken? Welches Bewusstsein haben Koma-Patienten? Oder Säuglinge? Haben wir einen freien Willen? Wie weit sind wir von künstlichen Intelligenzen entfernt, die sich ihres eigenen Wissens bewusst sind? Stanislas Dehaenes Theorie des Bewusstseins ist ein Meilenstein der Gehirnforschung. Noch immer müssen viele Einzelheiten endgültig bewiesen werden, aber die Wissenschaft vom Bewusstsein liefert inzwischen mehr als bloße Hypothesen. Stanislas Dehaene gibt einen aufregenden Überblick über die Fortschritte der Gehirnforschung und entwickelt eine neue, empirische Theorie wie wir wahrnehmen, fühlen, denken. Ein Schlüsselwerk über die vielfältigen Prozesse der Informationsverarbeitung, die unser Gehirn, ein in der Evolution entstandenes Netzwerk aus Milliarden Neuronen, vollbringt. Obwohl wir alle den gleichen Gesamtbestand an Neuronen haben, ist ihre jeweilige Organisation das Ergebnis einer andauernden Entwicklung, die jedes Gehirn anders formt, woraus schließlich unsere jeweils einzigartige Persönlichkeit hervorgeht.
Fifteen of the foremost scientists in this field presented testable theoretical models of consciousness and discussed how our understanding of the role that consciousness plays in our cognitive processes is being refined with some surprising results.