哪些神经科学新发现即将改变世界 – The Future of the Brain: Essays by the World’s Leading Neuroscientists by Gary F. Marcus

一场改天换地的科研突破，正在悄然来临。数千年来，人类一直在试图破解自己的大脑，却因种种局限而步履维艰。现今，随着技术的飞速发展，脑科研先驱者们不仅开发出能够深度探索大脑之谜的工具与方法，而且已经取得了令人振奋的关键进展。

通过《哪些神经科学新发现即将改变世界》，你便可以一睹大脑的研究走到了多远。书中，33位杰出科学家记录了他们对历史级难题的挑战，比如绘制大脑图谱、全脑神经成像、全脑模拟等，这些技术获得了哪些全新进展？神经技术如何应用于抑郁症等疾病的治疗？大脑计划、人类大脑工程等雄心勃勃的研究项目究竟在做些什么？在取得惊人成果的同时，他们也陈述了自己乐观又谨慎的预想与反思，指明了我们需要跨越的困难和前进的方向。

《哪些神经科学新发现即将改变世界》是展现未来技术突破口的重要依据，也是展望21世纪人类社会和科学前景的一扇窗口。普通读者和专业人士都将从中获得面向明天的知识与领悟。

An unprecedented look at the quest to unravel the mysteries of the human brain, The Future of the Brain takes readers to the absolute frontiers of science. Original essays by leading researchers such as Christof Koch, George Church, Olaf Sporns, and May-Britt and Edvard Moser describe the spectacular technological advances that will enable us to map the more than eighty-five billion neurons in the brain, as well as the challenges that lie ahead in understanding the anticipated deluge of data and the prospects for building working simulations of the human brain. A must-read for anyone trying to understand ambitious new research programs such as the Obama administration’s BRAIN Initiative and the European Union’s Human Brain Project, The Future of the Brain sheds light on the breathtaking implications of brain science for medicine, psychiatry, and even human consciousness itself.

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