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"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.
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.
'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.
"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological
in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work."
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.
The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget
what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white
paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing
when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to
serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting
investigation, Stanislas Dehaene explores every aspect of this
human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A
world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of
spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process
languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and
its wondrous capacity to adapt.
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.
Wir sind umgeben von Zahlen. Ob auf Kreditkarten gestanzt oder auf
Munzen gepragt, ob auf Schecks gedruckt oder in den Spalten
computerisierter Tabellen aufgelistet, uberall beherrschen Zahlen
unser Leben. Sie sind auch der Kern unserer Technologie. Ohne
Zahlen koennten wir weder Raketen starten, die das Sonnensystem
erkunden, noch Brucken bauen, Guter austauschen oder Rech- nungen
bezahlen. In gewissem Sinn sind Zahlen also kulturelle Erfindungen,
die sich ihrer Bedeutung nach nur mit der Landwirtschaft oder mit
dem Rad vergleichen lassen. Aber sie koennten sogar noch tiefere
Wurzeln haben. Tausende von Jahren vor Christus benutzten
babylonische Wissenschaftler Zahlzeichen, um erstaun- lich
genaueastronomische Tabellen zu berechnen. Zehntausende von Jahren
zuvor hatten Menschen der Steinzeit die ersten geschriebenen
Zahlenreihen geschaffen, indem sie Knochen einkerbten oder Punkte
auf Hoehlenwande malten. Und, wie ich spater uberzeugend
darzustellen hoffe, schon vor weiteren Millionen von Jahren, lange
bevor es Menschen gab, nahmen Tiere aller Arten Zahlen zur Kenntnis
und stellten mit ihnen einfache Kopfrechnungen an. Sind Zahlen also
fast so alt wie das Leben selbst? Sind sie in der Struktur unseres
Gehirns verankert? Besitzen wir einen Zahlensinn, eine spezielle
Intuition, die uns hilft, Zahlen und Mathematik mit Sinn zu
erfullen? Ich wurde vor funfzehn Jahren, wahrend meiner Ausbildung
zum Mathema- tiker, fasziniert von den abstrakten Objekten, mit
denen ich umzugehen lernte, vor allem von den einfachsten von
ihnen- den Zahlen.
The study of mathematical cognition and the ways in which the
ideas of space, time and number are encoded in brain circuitry has
become a fundamental issue for neuroscience. How such encoding
differs across cultures and educational level is of further
interest in education and neuropsychology. This rapidly expanding
field of research is overdue for an interdisciplinary volume such
as this, which deals with the neurological and psychological
foundations of human numeric capacity. A uniquely integrative work,
this volume provides a much needed compilation of primary source
material to researchers from basic neuroscience, psychology,
developmental science, neuroimaging, neuropsychology and
theoretical biology.
* The first comprehensive and authoritative volume dealing with
neurological and psychological foundations of mathematical
cognition
* Uniquely integrative volume at the frontier of a rapidly
expanding interdisciplinary field
* Features outstanding and truly international scholarship, with
chapters written by leading experts in a variety of fields
The Number Sense is an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Describing experiments that show that human infants have a rudimentary number sense, Stanislas Dehaene suggests that this sense is as basic as our perception of color, and that it is wired into the brain. Dehaene shows that it was the invention of symbolic systems of numerals that started us on the climb to higher mathematics. A fascinating look at the crossroads where numbers and neurons intersect, The Number Sense offers an intriguing tour of how the structure of the brain shapes our mathematical abilities, and how our mathematics opens up a window on the human mind.
Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical
calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have
been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world.
Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating
look at this recent research, in an enlightening exploration of the
mathematical mind. Dehaene begins with the eye-opening discovery
that animals--including rats, pigeons, raccoons, and
chimpanzees--can perform simple mathematical calculations, and that
human infants also have a rudimentary number sense. Dehaene
suggests that this rudimentary number sense is as basic to the way
the brain understands the world as our perception of color or of
objects in space, and, like these other abilities, our number sense
is wired into the brain. These are but a few of the wealth of
fascinating observations contained here. We also discover, for
example, that because Chinese names for numbers are so short,
Chinese people can remember up to nine or ten digits at a
time--English-speaking people can only remember seven. The book
also explores the unique abilities of idiot savants and
mathematical geniuses, and we meet people whose minute brain
lesions render their mathematical ability useless. This new and
completely updated edition includes all of the most recent
scientific data on how numbers are encoded by single neurons, and
which brain areas activate when we perform calculations. Perhaps
most important, The NumberSense reaches many provocative
conclusions that will intrigue anyone interested in learning,
mathematics, or the mind.
"A delight."
--Ian Stewart, New Scientist
"Read The Number Sense for its rich insights into matters as
varying as the cuneiform depiction of numbers, why Jean Piaget's
theory of stages in infant learning is wrong, and to discover the
brain regions involved in the number sense."
--The New York Times Book Review
"Dehaene weaves the latest technical research into a remarkably
lucid and engrossing investigation. Even readers normally
indifferent to mathematics will find themselves marveling at the
wonder of minds making numbers."
--Booklist
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