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有朝一日，會有人寫一部大腦的使用說明書，來解釋大腦的功能。說明書將一一交代新生兒是如何構成大腦，以及每個部分的具體功能，至於大腦如何出色地再現外部世界、同時又怎樣關注外部

This original and timely collection is one of the first books to study neural development using computational and mathematical modeling. Modeling provides precise and exact ways of expression, which allow us to go beyond the insights that intuitive or com

Not consciousness, but knowledge of consciousness: that is what this book communicates in a fascinating way. Consciousness is the thread that links the disappearing gorilla with the octopus suffering from a stomach ache, and the person under anaesthetic w

會讀書、考試拿高分的人，不見得頭腦好；不懂得物理原理，不會計算拋物線，卻能把球丟到特定位置的運動好手比較聰明？ 博學多聞不等於頭腦好；發現自己喜歡的東西，會非常徹底鑽研的人才是頭腦好？ 年紀愈大愈善於用腦，超過三十歲大腦會更靈活；腦細胞不會死掉，反而不斷增加？ 活用大腦不是為了「無限地增強記憶力」、「盡快解決問題」，而是為了過快樂有趣的生活？ 大腦操縱記憶的部位「海馬體」，人腦中最具可塑性的地方就是這裡。

In this challenging, exhilarating leap by a disciplined and original mind, Nobel Prize-winner Edelman (medicine, 1972) throws a neurobiological line between two ships--mind and matter--in the stormiest of scientific seas. In his defense of the biological component of mind, Edelman ( The Remembered Pres ent ) disposes of cognitive and behavioral theories of consciousness. To take up the slack, he extends current developments in brain neuroscience well into speculation. He is far too modest in stating that his goal is "to dispel the notion that the mind can be understood in the absence of biology," for the book is a near-kinetic series of critiques and proposals to connect physics and psychology. The "Harmonies" section draws on other disciplines--philosophy, linguistics and psychiatry, among others--to entwine these tendrils of thought into a "unified theory" of mind. Illustrations not seen by PW . Natural Science Book Club selection. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

智慧究竟是什麼？二十多年來人工智慧和神經網路等想要模擬人類智慧的嘗試失敗，正是因為他們沒有先了解什麼是智慧。霍金斯提出一個強有力的理論，解釋人類大腦是怎樣運作以及為什麼他

在二十一世紀的某一天，人類將開始學習如何與具有七情六慾的電腦相處。以前人們眼中冰冷的機器，將隨著進化的巨輪演變成人性化的獨立自主個體。人類創造電腦，而電腦最後卻可能控制人