Most Popular Books by David J. Linden

David J. Linden is the author of The Accidental Mind (2012), Touch (2015), The Compass of Pleasure (2012), Unique (2020), El cerebro accidental (2012).

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The Accidental Mind

release date: Oct 01, 2012
The Accidental Mind
You''ve probably seen it before: a human brain dramatically lit from the side, the camera circling it like a helicopter shot of Stonehenge, and a modulated baritone voice exalting the brain''s elegant design in reverent tones. To which this book says: Pure nonsense. In a work at once deeply learned and wonderfully accessible, the neuroscientist David Linden counters the widespread assumption that the brain is a paragon of design--and in its place gives us a compelling explanation of how the brain''s serendipitous evolution has resulted in nothing short of our humanity. A guide to the strange and often illogical world of neural function, The Accidental Mind shows how the brain is not an optimized, general-purpose problem-solving machine, but rather a weird agglomeration of ad-hoc solutions that have been piled on through millions of years of evolutionary history. Moreover, Linden tells us how the constraints of evolved brain design have ultimately led to almost every transcendent human foible: our long childhoods, our extensive memory capacity, our search for love and long-term relationships, our need to create compelling narrative, and, ultimately, the universal cultural impulse to create both religious and scientific explanations. With forays into evolutionary biology, this analysis of mental function answers some of our most common questions about how we''ve come to be who we are.

Touch

release date: Jan 29, 2015
Touch
Touch by David J. Linden - The astonishing secrets of our senses, and how to harness them to change your personal and professional life Why can''t we tickle ourselves? Why do footballers who hug score more goals? Why does holding a hot coffee make us feel more positively about people? Touch is the sense that makes us human. It defines our experiences, shapes our sense of self, and bonds us together. It is the first sense to start working in utero. If you are deprived of the sense of sight or hearing from birth, you will still be able to live a rich and fruitful life. But depriving a baby of the sense of social touch has dramatic consequences: if they are not regularly touched and cared for, they will develop higher lifelong levels of stress, their personality will be more fearful, and they will be less likely to explore the world. In Touch, renowned neuroscientist David J. Linden shows how this overlooked sense actually shapes all our lives. Blending surprising stories and cutting-edge research on pleasure and pain, he takes us on a mesmerizing journey into our senses. From why brushing fingers with a waiter will make you leave a larger tip to why choosing a warm drink in a job interview improves your chances, Touch is full of astonishing discoveries. Reading it will change how you see - and touch - the world. It will be enjoyed by readers of Quiet by Susan Cain, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin. David J. Linden is a professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the USA. The award-winning author of The Accidental Mind and The Compass of Pleasure, he served for many years as the chief editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his two children.

The Compass of Pleasure

release date: Apr 24, 2012
The Compass of Pleasure
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a "hugely entertaining" (NPR.org) look at vice and virtue through cutting-edge science As he did in his award-winning book The Accidental Mind, David J. Linden—highly regarded neuroscientist, professor, and writer—weaves empirical science with entertaining anecdotes to explain how the gamut of behaviors that give us a buzz actually operates. The Compass of Pleasure makes clear why drugs like nicotine and heroin are addictive while LSD is not, how fast food restaurants ensure that diners will eat more, why some people cannot resist the appeal of a new sexual encounter, and much more. Provocative and illuminating, this is a radically new and thorough look at the desires that define us.

Unique

release date: Jan 01, 2020
Unique
"As a scientist, David Linden had devoted his career to understanding the brain processes and behaviors that are common to us all. That is, until a few years ago, when he found himself on OKCupid. Looking through that vast catalog of human difference, he got to thinking, where does it all come from? Why does one person have perfect pitch, a taste for hoppy beer, and an aversion to bathroom selfies? That is, what makes you, you, and me, me? In Unique, David Linden tells a riveting and accessible story of human individuality. Exploring topics that touch all of our lives-among them sexuality, gender identity, food preferences, biological rhythms, mood, personality, memory, and intelligence-Linden shows that human individuality is not simply a matter of nature versus nurture. Rather, it is a product of the complex, and often counterintuitive, interplay between our genetic blueprints and our experiences. Experience isn''t just the how your parents reared you, but the diseases you have had, the foods you have eaten, the bacteria that reside in your body, the weather during your early development, and the technology you''ve been exposed to. Drawing all those factors together, Linden argues that human individuality is key to how we live as individuals and groups and explores how questions of individuality are informing social discussions of morality, public policy, religion, healthcare, education, and law. Like Carl Zimmer''s She Has Her Mother''s Laugh and Robert Sapolsky''s Behave, Unique unveils a new vista on the intricacies of human existence. But, for all its brilliance and insight, this is no weighty academic tome. Told with Linden''s unusual combination of authority and openness, seriousness of purpose and a great sense of humor, Unique sets a new standard for what popular science can be"--

El cerebro accidental

release date: Jan 24, 2012
El cerebro accidental
En El cerebro accidental el neurocientífico David Linden rebate la creencia, tan popular hoy en día, según la cual el cerebro humano es la máxima expresión del diseño inteligente. Así, de manera muy convincente, nos explica cómo la afortunada evolución del cerebro ha dado origen a lo más genuino de nuestra condición humana. Y también nos muestra cómo en realidad el cerebro no es una máquina polivalente de resolución de problemas, sino más bien una extraña y curiosa aglomeración de soluciones ad hoc que se han ido depositando unas sobre otras a lo largo de millones de años de historia evolutiva. Por otra parte, Linden expone cómo las limitaciones del cerebro evolucionado han generado las principales predisposiciones y flaquezas del ser humano: una infancia prolongada; una amplia capacidad de memoria; la búsqueda del amor y de relaciones duraderas a largo plazo; la necesidad de crear relatos convincentes y también el impulso cultural de carácter universal que nos ha llevado a crear explicaciones religiosas y científicas. Con algunas incursiones en el ámbito de la biología evolutiva, este análisis de las funciones mentales nos ayuda a responder algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes sobre cómo hemos llegado a ser lo que somos. Un texto extraordinario que consigue explicarnos cómo funciona nuestro cerebro desde un punto de vista biológico, y que ha sido considerado por la Independent Publishers Association como segundo mejor libro de divulgación científica entre todas las obras publicadas en 2008 de esta especialidad.

Tous addicts !

release date: Jun 13, 2013
Tous addicts !
Sur un ton humoristique, cette étude montre comment la recherche du plaisir peut conduire à l''addiction. Illustrée d''exemples vécus et d''études de cas, elle permet de reconnaître les symptômes addictifs, du mensonge à la négociation.

La brújula del placer

release date: Nov 10, 2011
La brújula del placer
La historia de la humanidad se puede contemplar como una crónica del deseo. Desde Adán y Eva hasta Bernie Madoff, pasando por Anna Karenina y Cleopatra, la búsqueda del placer, sea cual sea la forma que adopte, es un impulso cuyo inmenso poder puede alterar el devenir de naciones y personas. Filósofos de todos los tiempos han intentado analizar y entender esta realidad básica de nuestra experiencia, pero su estudio empírico solo ha sido posible gracias a los recientes avances de la neurociencia. En La brújula del placer, David J. Linden nos explica los estudios que han desvelado cómo nuestros vicios, y también nuestras virtudes, activan los circuitos cerebrales del placer. Como hiciera en su aclamado libro, El cerebro accidental, Linden combina la ciencia más avanzada con amenas anécdotas para explicar cómo actúan y como pueden convertirse en compulsivas todo un abanico de conductas que nos hacen sentir placer: • ¿Por qué sustancias como la nicotina y la heroína son adictivas, pero el LSD no lo es? • ¿Cómo consiguen las cadenas de comida rápida que sus clientes consuman más? • ¿Por qué ha sido tan infructuosa la búsqueda de inhibidores inocuos del apetito? • ¿Por qué hay personas fieles a su pareja y otras no pueden resistir la tentación de tener aventuras sexuales? • ¿Qué atractivo tienen conductas de riesgo como apostar en juegos de azar? • ¿Qué nos dice la investigación actual sobre la posibilidad de controlar el placer a voluntad en un futuro? Decía Voltaire que el placer es el objeto, el deber y el fin de todo ser racional, y en La brújula del placer David Linden nos ofrece un análisis claro, provocativo y ameno de los impulsos más básicos de nuestro ser racional.

Das Gehirn - ein Unfall der Natur

release date: Jan 01, 2011

La bussola del piacere. Ovvero perché junk food, sesso, sudore, marijuana, vodka e gioco d'azzardo ci fanno sentire bene

release date: Jan 01, 2017

La mente casuale. Come l'evoluzione del cervello ci ha dato l'amore, la memoria, i sogni e Dio

release date: Jan 01, 2009

High

release date: Jan 01, 2012
High
Was hat ein kostliches Essen mit einem Dauerlauf zu tun? Oder eine groSSzugige Spende mit dem Nervenkitzel beim Roulette? Ist es fur unser Wohlbefinden herzlich egal, ob es durch Liebe oder Arbeit zustande kommt? Wie entstehen eigentlich die guten, die "Hochgefuhle"? Anhand vieler anschaulicher Beispiele klart uns der renommierte amerikanische Neurowissenschaftler David J. LInden daruber auf, was in unserem Gehirn geschieht, wenn wir Freude, Vergnugen und Lust empfinden. DAbei macht er eine erstaunliche Entdeckung: So verschieden kann die Lust am Essen von der Freude, die wir etwa beim Sport oder sogar beim Lernen verspuren, gar nicht sein. DEnn alle diese Tatigkeiten senden neurale Signale aus, die in derselben Hirnregion zusammenlaufen, im sogenannten Belohnungszentrum. ES vermittelt uns sogar das Hochgefuhl, das wir etwa bei Meditation erleben oder auch, wenn wir fur einen guten Zweck tief in die Tasche greifen. Doch dieses Wohlfuhlzentrum, das uns mit Vergnugen, SpaSS und guten Gefuhlen versorgt, hat auch eine dunkle Seite. DEnn kunstliche Stimulantia wie Nikotin, Alkohol oder Drogen nutzen die Vorgange im Belohnungszentrum ebenfalls. NEueste Forschungsergebnisse sprechen dafur, dass hier die Suchte mit all ihren schlimmen Auswirkungen entstehen. WIr mogen es bedauern, aber unser Gehirn scheint zwischen Tugend und Laster erst einmal keinen Unterschied zu machen. DIe Lust ist unser Kompass, egal welchen Pfad wir wahlen. DOch hat diese Erkenntnis auch einen positiven Aspekt: Sie kann uns durchaus helfen, Abhangigkeiten nicht nur besser zu verstehen, sondern sie auch wirksamer zu therapieren.

Dokunmanin Büyüsü

release date: Feb 01, 2023

个性的起源

release date: Jan 01, 2022
个性的起源
本书内容包括:家族遗传,你经验过吗,我忘记了要忘记你,性别自我,你喜欢的是谁,我们与熊猫不一祥,美梦由此构成,种族纷争.

寻找爽点

release date: Jan 01, 2018

触感引擎

release date: Jan 01, 2018

Genot als kompas

release date: Jan 01, 2011

Busola plăcerii

release date: Jan 01, 2014
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