科学美国人：美妙的大脑 The Scientific American Brave New Brain

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这本精彩易读的书带来了关于大脑的一些奇特但在不久的未来可能实现的预测。它展现了通过科学手段的突破和研究将那些科幻小说的情节变为现实…..在这本书里,我们将一起探讨：
*如何通过生物科学与技术的结合来帮助聋哑人恢复健康和与残疾人之间进行沟通。
*我们的大脑如何能修复和完善自己，抹去创伤记忆
*我们如何能保持心理警觉并且我们如何能够预防甚至治愈阿尔茨海默氏病
*我们如何脑电波控制一些装置技术，包括假肢装置，机器，计算机，甚至宇宙飞船或克隆
*揭示如何通过科学可能治愈致命的疾病，并改善我们的智力和物质生产力
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This fascinating and highly accessible book presents fantastic but totally feasible projections of what your brain may be capable of in the near future. It shows how scientific breakthroughs and amazing research are turning science fiction into science fact. In this brave new book, you’ll explore:

* How partnerships between biological sciences and technology are helping the deaf hear, the blind see, and the paralyzed communicate.
* How our brains can repair and improve themselves, erase traumatic memories
* How we can stay mentally alert longer—and how we may be able to halt or even reverse Alzheimers
* How we can control technology with brain waves, including prosthetic devices, machinery, computers—and even spaceships or clones.
* Insights into how science may cure fatal diseases, and improve our intellectual and physical productivity

Judith Horstman presents a highly informative and entertaining look at the future of your brain, based on articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind magazines, and the work of today’s visionary neuroscientists.
Top Seven Predictions for the Future of the Brain
Amazon-exclusive content from author Judith Horstman

1) Wi-Fi Everything
Microchips in or on your brain will enhance memory, store data, and connect wirelessly to the internet, eliminating your cell phone and allowing you to control machines or even clones via mental wi-fi. See Chapter 7: Your Bionic Brain.

2) Cures for Dementia
Advances in neuroscience and bioengineering will render Alzheimer’s, some brain damage, depression and perhaps even mental retardation largely preventable, curable and possibly reversible for many. See Chapter 3: Manipulating Your Memory.

3) Better Brain Power
Neuroenhancers – from smart pills to implants and devices––will improve thinking, enhance creativity, relieve depression, erase traumatic memories and boost mental endurance. See Chapter 2: Boosting Your Brain Power.

4) Bionic Brain Parts
Merging humans and machines with bionic or biological spare parts that already restore hearing and give sight to the blind could restore movement and speech to the paralyzed––and give super powers to the healthy. See Chapter 7: Your Bionic Brain.

5) Mind-Reading Brain Scans
Neuroimaging that now "reads" brains to detect disease will be able to accurately detect deception, antisocial tendencies, dangerous inclinations, your preference in sexual partners–and possibly predict your behavior. See Chapter 5: Looking Inside Your Brain.

6) Less Brain Surgery
Nanotechnology – the science of small – will be used to float drugs, chemicals and minuscule surgical instruments into your brain to treat tumors, clots and other traumas, and defective genes and cells will be able to be replaced. See Chapter 8: The Possible Dreams.

7) An Ethical Avalanche
The moral, legal and economic fallout from this amazing new technology will keep lawyers, lawmakers and the courts busy for decades dealing with issues of privacy, fairness, civil rights and even what it means to be human. See Chapter 9: Neuroethics; Facing the Dark Side.
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