Why do you lose arguments with people who know MUCH LESS than you? Why can you recognise that woman, from that thing... but can't remember her name?And why, after your last break-up, did you find yourself in the foetal position on the sofa for days, moving only to wipe the snot and tears haphazardly from your face?Here's why: the idiot brain. For something supposedly so brilliant and evolutionarily advanced, the human brain is pretty messy, fallible and disorganised. For example, did you know that your memory is egotistical? That conspiracy theories and superstitions are the inevitable effects of a healthy brain? Or that alcohol can actually improve your memory?** In The Idiot Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett tours our mysterious and mischievous grey (and white) matter. Along the way he explains the human brain's imperfections in all their glory and how these influence everything we say, do...
A: 流体智力是使用信息、处理信息和应用信息的能力,而晶体智力是存储在记忆中并用于解决问题的知识。
A: “邓宁-克鲁格效应”是一种认知偏差,能力较差的人往往会高估自己的能力,而能力较强的人则会低估自己的能力。
A: 大脑深受他人影响,这体现在从众、旁观者效应和群体思维等现象中。社会学习和社会线索深刻地影响着我们的行为和信仰。
本书的目标读者是对神经科学、心理学以及人类行为感兴趣的普通读者。它适合那些希望以轻松幽默的方式了解大脑工作原理及其局限性的人,无需具备专业的科学背景。
本书创作于神经科学和心理学领域知识快速发展的时代,反映了人们对大脑功能和局限性日益增长的兴趣。它挑战了传统上对大脑的理想化观点,并探讨了其不完美之处如何影响人类的体验。