A leading neuroscientist draws on physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and other disciplines to explain the inner workings of the human brain and explore the role of neuroscience in daily life.
Mariano Sigman Bücher
Mariano Sigman ist ein Wissenschaftler, dessen Arbeit über die akademische Welt hinausgeht und Neurowissenschaften in praktische Anwendungen integriert. Er erforscht, wie unser Gehirn Informationen verarbeitet, und nutzt diese Erkenntnisse, um Innovationen in Medizin, Bildung und Kunst voranzutreiben. Seine Forschung hat tiefgreifende Auswirkungen auf unser Verständnis von Entscheidungsfindung, Lernen und Wahrnehmung. Sigmans Bemühungen um Wissenschaftskommunikation machen komplexe neurowissenschaftliche Konzepte einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich und bereichern unser Verständnis des menschlichen Geistes und seines Platzes in der Kultur.
The Secret Life of the Mind
How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind. Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international bestseller, award-winning neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explores the complex answers to these and many other age-old questions. Over the course of his 20-year career investigating the inner workings of the human brain, Dr. Sigman has cultivated a remarkable interdisciplinary vision. He draws on research in physics, linguistics, psychology, education, and beyond to explain why people who speak more than one language are less prone to dementia; how infants can recognize by sight objects they've previously only touched; how babies, even before they utter their first word, have an innate sense of right and wrong; and how we can "read" the thoughts of vegetative patients by decoding patterns in their brain activity. Building on the author's awe-inspiring TED talk, the cutting-edge research presented in The Secret Life of the Mind revolutionizes how we understand the role that neuroscience plays in our lives, unlocking the mysterious cerebral processes that control the ways in which we learn, reason, feel, think, and dream.
Discover the transformative power of words and conversations in this profound and inspiring international bestseller, written by renowned neuroscientist Mariano Sigman.
From one of the world's leading neuroscientists comes a deeply engaging trip into the depths of the human mind. In The Secret Life of the Mind, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman offers a grand yet concise survey of everything you ever wanted to know about how the mind works. From research showing that, even as infants, we are able to form notions of mathematics, language, and morality, to how years and years of formal and informal education can fundamentally change our brains and how we experience the world, The Secret Life of the Mind is an accessible and fascinating overview of neuroscience that will help readers begin to understand even the smallest things that make us who we are. Personal, surprising, and delightfully illuminating, The Secret Life of the Mind is an intimate look into our most intimate selves.
"¿Es mejor confiar en la razón o en las corazonadas cuando tomamos decisiones?; ¿Es posible leer la mente de alguien?; ¿Qué es y cómo nos gobierna el inconsciente?; ¿Qué hace que confiemos (o no) en los otros?; ¿Por qué creemos que aprender un nuevo idioma es mucho más difícil para un adulto que para un niño?; ¿Es cierto que nuestro cerebro es plástico y que nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender? Mariano Sigman responde estas y muchas otras preguntas de la mano de la neurociencia y de la psicología experimental, y conduce un viaje a lo más íntimo del cerebro humano en el que recorre todos los recovecos de nuestra mente para entender qué define nuestra identidad, cómo forjamos ideas en nuestros primeros días de vida, cómo soñamos e imaginamos, por qué sentimos ciertas emociones, cómo aprendemos, y cómo olvidamos. Ciencia aplicada a la vida cotidiana para entender(nos) mejor." --Contratapa.
In this mind-bending international bestseller by Mariano Sigman, one of the world's leading neuroscientists reveals his life's work exploring the intricacies of the human brain. Building on his awe-inspiring TED talk and drawing on examples in science and the arts, The Secret Life of the Mind offers an accessible guide to how the human brain works and its impact on our everyday life. This informative, lucid book is essential reading for anyone curious about how we perceive, reason and communicate.
