EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF FEELINGS
Book ID/图书代码： 06040005B02146
English Summary/英文概要： We cannot help but be fascinated by the emotions that we see in ourselves and others: an absorbing book exploring the extraordinary feelings which make us human from a rising star of science on popularization on radio and in print. Why do we feel better after a good cry? What might the length of your earlobes have to do with jealousy? In the last decade there has been an explosion of research on the emotions in an attempt to answer exactly these sorts of questions. Claudia Hammond takes nine universal emotions in turn and looks at the science behind them, combining the latest theories and discoveries from neuroscientists and psychologists with everyday human experience. In a highly entertaining and thought-provoking journey through the science of feelings, Emotional Rollercoaster asks how the brain and body interact to produce emotions, and what, if anything, we can do to harness them. The possibilities are far-reaching, from finding the perfume that make lovers fall at your feet to learning to cheat a lie detector. With the help of scientists, artists, therapists, philosophers and even the faithful prairie vole, Claudia Hammond examines the physiological and sociological origins of emotions. The journey, via airport departures, a laboratory in Philadelphia dedicated to inducing disgust and a hair-raising bungee jump in New Zealand, offers answers to the questions affecting all of us who ride the emotional rollercoaster every day.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 为什么好好哭了一场之后，你就感觉好多了呢？
耳垂的长度和嫉妒心理有和相干呢？
你可以嗅出别人的恐惧感吗？
整个九十年代，冒出了一大批针对情感的研究，旨在解答此类情感问题的症结。Claudia Hammond对全球普遍流行的九种感情逐一讨论，并从科学的角度来分析九种感情，把人类日常生活中的实际经验与神经学家以及心理学家最新理论成果、科研发现结合研究。
《情感云霄车》既幽默又激人深思，探讨了大脑与身体是如何协调一致产生各种不同的情感，以及我们究竟怎样做才能驾御自己的情感。这样的办法是无限的，譬如说，可以寻找一种让你俘获无数崇拜者的香水，也可以学会如何欺骗测谎器。在科学家、艺术家、理疗家哲学家甚至还有忠诚的草原田鼠的协助下，Claudia Hammond对情感的生理以及社会学的源头做了深刻的分析。我们是不是注定就摆脱不了感情用事的大脑操纵和摆布呢，或者说我们的情感中是不是有什么合理性和规律可寻呢？在《情感云霄车》中，读者从机场出口出发，拜访了位于费城的一家专门研究如何引起恶心再去感受一下新西兰的令人毛骨悚然的蹦极跳。可以说走过这趟过山车之后，每一位日常生活中经历情感困惑的人都可以豁然开朗了。
Awards/获奖情况：The R4 series Emotional Rollercoaster was described as "a wonderful series" by the Observer, "spellbinding" by the Irish Times and "a fascinating kaleidoscope of voices, observations and ideas" by the Sunday Express.
’treats emotions as rational, material processes. Hammond’s style is accessible and anecdotal, and her refusal to romanticise emotions is bracing.’---Financial Times
About the Author/作者介绍： Claudia Hammond was born in 1971 and has a degree in applied psychology and a Msc in health psychology (after winning an Economic and Social Research Council studentship competition). She regularly presents her own distinctive series on Radio 4 including "Brain Waves", "Raging Hormones", "The ABC of Vitamins" and "Sense the Difference". She lectures part-time in psychology for the Open University and her research in health psychology has been published. She is a frequent contributor to the Guardian and Independent.
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