DETHRONEMENT: THE UNCONSCIOUS BRAIN BEHIND THE I

Book ID/图书代码： 03540008B25023

English Summary/英文概要： If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—is just the tip of the iceberg in the brain, what is all the rest doing? The answer: all the things that really constitute you. Renowned brain scientist David Eagleman plumbs the depths of the subconscious brain with humuor and awe. Why can your foot move to the brake pedal before you are consciously aware of a car pulling out? What do Odysseus and Christmas accounts have in common? How many yous exist inside of you, and what does that mean for the concept of your “true colours”? How is your brain like a conflicted democracy that sometimes enters civil war?

Eagleman’s subsurface exploration highlights how our unified perception of the outside world is a construction of the brain, fragile and changeable. Way stops include Mel Gibson’s arrest, monogamy, plane spotters, how neuroscientists win at tennis, why people whose name begins with J are more likely to marry other people whose name begins with J, and why strippers make more money at certain times of month, even while no one is consciously aware of their fertility level. These stories serve as a lattice for lessons from strokes and brain trauma, drugs and hormones, behaviour and perception. The final understanding is that the conscious mind rests on top of millions of years of experience that is written in vast, inaccessible circuitry. Although we typically take credit for our thoughts and insights, the real credit may belong to the deep evolutionary algorithms upon which we float. By shining a light below the surface of awareness and illuminating the rich, multifaceted nature of our minds, Eagleman shows how modern brain science exposes a richer view of ourselves.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： ㄧ個人的內心中到底存在多少個「本我」？如果本我超過一個，那哪個才是「真我」?

《死後四十種生活》作者暌違已久力作
當大腦進入「內戰」狀態時─想像你的大腦像是一個內部充滿衝突與矛盾的民主國家，那會是怎麼樣的ㄧ個圖像？
為甚麼名字以J開頭的人比較容易娶到/嫁給同樣名字也是以J開頭的人？
為什麼脫衣舞孃在每個月某些特定時候收入較豐厚？
這本書是讀者深入潛意識洞穴底層的探照燈，為我們照亮結構繁複精密卻又無比迷人的大腦深處，也為我們展現到目前為止，現代科學對人類大腦的發現與理解。

如果你的清楚意識─也就是你認知到的本我，只是整個大腦的的冰山一角，那麼大腦其他部位的作用是？
答案是：所有以外的其他部分同時也決定了你是為你。
知名腦神經科學家，暢銷作《死後四十種生活》作者David Eagleman暌違已久力作，再度以其幽默獨特的冷靜筆調帶領我們探索大腦潛意識的黑暗洞穴。
如：
在你還沒清楚「意識」到要將車子駛離路邊之前，為什麼你的腳就已經自動往煞車板踩？
又；
ㄧ個人的內心中到底存在多少個「本我」？如果本我超過一個，那哪個才是「真我」─your “true colours”？
又譬如；
當大腦進入「內戰」狀態時─想像你的大腦像是一個內部充滿衝突與矛盾的民主國家，那會是怎麼樣的ㄧ個圖像？
Eagleman這本書帶領讀者深入潛意識洞穴底層，為我們照亮結構繁複精密卻又無比迷人的大腦深處，也為我們展現到目前為止，現代科學對人類大腦的發現與理解。(RH & KC)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 大衛．伊葛門 David Eagleman，任職於美國貝勒醫學院(Baylor College of Medicine)，貝勒醫學院是全美最佳的醫學院之ㄧ，也是全世界最大的醫學機構。
David Eagleman負責Synesthesia(共同感覺)中心，是神經醫學界知名學者。曾跟隨諾貝爾生理醫學獎得主Francis Crick做研究。目前主持一間神經科學實驗室，研究時間知覺（time perception）、共同感覺（synesthesia），以及神經科學如何影響法律體系。工作餘暇他利用晚上撰寫小說。
作者網站：http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/

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