The Deep History of Ourselves：The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains

作者 Joseph LeDoux
出版社 Viking
出版时间 2019年8月
ISBN 9780735223837

内容简介

AleadingneuroscientistoffersahistoryoftheevolutionofthebrainfromunicellularorganismstothecomplexityofanimalsandhumanbeingstodayRenownedneuroscientistJosephLeDouxdigsintothenaturalhistoryoflifeonearthtoprovideanewperspectiveonthesimilaritiesbetweenusandourancestorsindeeptime.Thispage-turningsurveyofthewholeofterrestrialevolutionshedsnewlightonhownervoussystemsevolvedinanimals,howthebraindeveloped,andwhatitmeanstobehuman.InTheDeepHistoryofOurselves,LeDouxarguesthatthekeytounderstandinghumanbehaviorliesinviewingevolutionthroughtheprismofthefirstlivingorganisms.Bytrackingthechainoftheevolutionarytimelineheshowshoweventheearliestsingle-cellorganismshadtosolvethesameproblemsweandourcellshavetosolveeachday.Alongtheway,LeDouxexploresourplaceinnature,howtheevolutionofnervoussystemsenhancedtheabilityoforganismstosurviveandthrive,andhowtheemergenceofwhatwehumansunderstandasconsciousnessmadeourgreatestandmosthorrendousachievementsasaspeciespossible.

作者简介

JosephLeDouxistheHenryandLucyMosesProfessorofScience,andProfessorofNeuralScience,Psychology,Psychiatry,andChildandAdolescentPsychiatryatNewYorkUniversity.HedirectstheEmotionalBrainInstituteatNYUandatTheNathanKlineInstituteforPsychiatricResearch,andisDeputyDirectoroftheMaxPlanck-NYUCenterforLanguage,Music,andEmotion,andamemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.LeDoux'sbooksincludeAnxious,SynapticSelf,andTheEmotionalBrain,andheisasingerandsongwriterinthefolkrockbandtheAmygdaloids,andintheacousticduoSoWeAre.HeliveswithhiswifeNancyPrincenthalinBrooklyn,NewYork.

— END —