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2018-10-16 发行日期
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本书是《天生我材》一书的英文版，是一本介绍人类大脑先天差异的科普读物。

内容简介

本书用通俗易懂的语言介绍了人类大脑先天差异的客观存在及其产生的原因，有望帮助我们正确认识“先天”与“后天”因素对人类心理的影响，也帮助我们更好地认识自身和看待他人。

作为人类，我们共享着同一套指导人类大脑构筑的遗传程序，但遗传变异的存在导致这套程序的细节在每个个体之间都存在着差异。

此外，由于无可避免的随机噪声，这套程序指导每个个体发育的过程也是独一无二、不可复制的。相比于遗传变异，发育过程中的变异往往被人忽视。

但是，正是遗传变异与发育变异这两者的组合，导致了我们大脑构筑的先天差异，并影响到人类个性的方方面面。

目录

  • COPYRIGHT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter 1 ON HUMAN NATURE
  • BEING HUMAN
  • THE WORD MADE FLESH
  • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
  • BECOMING A PERSON
  • A LOOK AHEAD
  • Chapter 2 VARIATIONS ON A THEME
  • TWIN AND ADOPTION STUDIES
  • MEASURING PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAITS
  • COMPARING TRAITS ACROSS PEOPLE
  • VARIATION ACROSS THE POPULATION
  • VARIATION IN BRAIN STRUCTURE
  • VARIATION IN BRAIN FUNCTION
  • HERITABILITY—WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT DOESN’T MEAN
  • NONGENETIC EFFECTS
  • Chapter 3 THE DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
  • THE STUFF THAT GENES ARE MADE OF
  • TURNING GENES ON AND OFF
  • VARIATION—THE KEY CONCEPT IN GENETICS
  • THE FATE OF NEW MUTATIONS
  • OUR GENETIC HERITAGE
  • INTERPRETING THE EFFECTS OF GENETIC VARIATION
  • COMPLEXITY OF GENETIC EFFECTS
  • HOW DOES GENETIC VARIATION INFLUENCE TRAITS?
  • Chapter 4 YOU CAN’T BAKE THE SAME CAKE TWICE
  • THE MISSING THIRD COMPONENT OF VARIANCE
  • GROWING A HUMAN
  • PATTERNING THE BRAIN
  • WIRING ITSELF UP
  • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
  • NOISY CELLS AND NOISY GENES
  • THE PROBABILISTIC NATURE OF NEURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS
  • A ROLLING STONE
  • ROBUSTNESS
  • VARIATION IN VARIABILITY
  • THE END OF THE BEGINNING
  • Chapter 5 THE NATURE OF NURTURE
  • BRAIN PLASTICITY
  • THE IMPACT OF EARLY EXPERIENCE
  • WHY DON’T WE SEE EFFECTS OF UPBRINGING?
  • THE SELF-ORGANIZING BRAIN
  • A SELF-TERMINATING PROCESS
  • HABITS OF MIND, HABITS OF BRAIN
  • CHOOSING OUR ENVIRONMENTS
  • AMPLIFICATION BY CULTURE
  • CLOSING OFF OF POTENTIAL
  • Chapter 6 I, HUMAN
  • SOURCES OF VARIANCE IN PERSONALITY TRAITS
  • SEARCHING FOR GENES AND CIRCUITS
  • I, ROBOT
  • I, HUMAN
  • VARIATION IN NEUROMODULATORY MACHINERY
  • IMPULSIVITY
  • SEROTONIN AND IMPULSIVITY
  • GENETICS OF IMPULSIVITY AND THE SEROTONIN PATHWAY
  • A NOTE ON COMMON VARIANTS AND GENE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
  • THE CENTRAL ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter 7 DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?
  • PERCEPTION AS ACTIVE INFERENCE
  • THE UMWELT
  • PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES IN HUMANS
  • FROM PERCEPTS TO CONCEPTS
  • SYNESTHESIA
  • THE EMERGENCE OF THE PHENOTYPE
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE BRAIN?
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 8 THE CLEVER APE
  • THE ESSENCE OF INTELLIGENCE
  • MEASURING INTELLIGENCE
  • IQ ACROSS THE POPULATION
  • TWIN AND ADOPTION STUDIES OF INTELLIGENCE
  • IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
  • THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF INTELLIGENCE
  • FINDING THE GENES
  • GENES FOR BUILDING A BRAIN
  • CORRELATES OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE BRAIN
  • IS INTELLIGENCE A GENERAL FITNESS INDICATOR?
  • GENIUS
  • Chapter 9 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS
  • SEXUAL SELECTION—MAKING THE SEXES DIFFERENT
  • WIRING MALE AND FEMALE BRAINS
  • SEX DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN BRAINS
  • SEXUAL PREFERENCE AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
  • AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE
  • PERSONALITY TRAITS AND INTERESTS
  • COGNITIVE TRAITS
  • PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  • ROLE OF CULTURE
  • SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
  • Chapter 10 THE EXCEPTIONS
  • THINGS THAT DON’T CAUSE PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  • NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ARE GENETIC
  • THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
  • FINDING THE CULPRITS
  • POINT MUTATIONS
  • A SPECTRUM OF GENETIC EFFECTS
  • PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • SEX AS A RISK FACTOR
  • THE TYPES OF GENES RESPONSIBLE
  • ON THE VALIDITY OF PSYCHIATRIC CATEGORIES
  • WHY DO NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS PERSIST?
  • EMERGENCE OF SPECIFIC PATHOLOGICAL STATES
  • CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
  • Chapter 11 IMPLICATIONS
  • WHAT GENES ARE FOR
  • GENETIC PREDICTION AND SELECTION—THE NEW EUGENICS?
  • A NOTE ON RACE AND GROUP DIFFERENCES
  • DETERMINISM
  • SELF-HELP
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • CHAPTER 1
  • CHAPTER 2
  • CHAPTER 3
  • CHAPTER 4
  • CHAPTER 5
  • CHAPTER 7
  • CHAPTER 8
  • CHAPTER 9
  • CHAPTER 10
  • INDEX
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