Cordelia Fine Knihy

Cesta za tajemstvím lidského mozku je fascinující výpravou do tajů neurofyziologie a myšlenkového světa, který ji obklopuje. Záhada lidského mozku zaměstnávala myslitele a vědce již odnepaměti: Jak vlastně funguje? Co je mysl? Pracuje mozek podobně jako počítač? Co nám vypovídají duševní poruchy o tom, jací doopravdy jsme? Co je paměť? Jak máme měřit inteligenci? Encyklopedie Britannica podává ve svém průvodci ucelený přehled nejrůznějších přístupů ke zkoumání mozku včetně nejnovějších poznatků z oblasti výzkumu kmenových buněk a neuronové plasticity. V rozsáhlé předmluvě nabízí spisovatelka a psycholožka Cordelia Fine svůj pohled na současnou debatu na poli neurologických věd a nové výzkumy přesné úlohy, jakou hraje mozek v lidském chování.

Are men from Mars and women really from Venus?Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That’s why, we’re told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry room – different brains are just suited to different things.Not so, argues cognitive neuroscientist Cordelia Fine.Whether you’ve found yourself frustrated by the gender straitjacket that still constrains us, or failed to notice it, Fine’s sparkling yet vehement attack on ‘neurosexism’ will be essential reading.

Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, Dr. Fine illustrates the brain's tendency to self-delusion, whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making.

Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures: Women are more cautious and parenting-focused, while men seek status to attract more mates. In each succeeding generation, sex hormones and male and female brains are thought to continue to reinforce these unbreachable distinctions, making for entrenched inequalities in modern society. In Testosterone Rex , psychologist Cordelia Fine wittily explains why past and present sex roles are only serving suggestions for the future, revealing a much more dynamic situation through an entertaining and well-documented exploration of the latest research that draws on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy. She uses stories from daily life, scientific research, and common sense to break through the din of cultural assumptions. Testosterone, for instance, is not the potent hormonal essence of masculinity; the presumed, built-in preferences of each sex, from toys to financial risk taking, are turned on their heads. Moving beyond the old “nature versus nurture” debates, Testosterone Rex disproves ingrained myths and calls for a more equal society based on both sexes’ full, human potential.