In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award

Taking a highly interdisciplinary approach, the authors balance cognitive theory, with neuroscientific and neuropsychological evidence to reveal what we currently know about how the human mind works and to encourage students to think like cognitive neuroscientists. The text has been reorganized to move more seamlessly from micro to macro level topics, and its underlying pedagogy strengthened in order to make it an even more effective teaching tool. Maintaining its commitment to highlight the most cutting-edge trends in the field, the third edition includes the first ever standalone chapter of its kind on social neuroscience.

《人脑之谜》是一名实验神经生物学家从脑的结构、脑的发育、神经细胞活动的基本过程以及脑的正常、异常活动等几个侧面，对脑作比较全面的介绍。作者以丰富、翔实的材料为依据，从引述浅显的事实或引证在脑科学发展史上有重要意义的典型病例起步，以生动的笔触带领读者作一场引人入胜的科学之旅——探索脑的奥秘。

From the inventor of the PalmPilot comes a new and compelling theory of intelligence, brain function, and the future of intelligent machines Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself. Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works, explaining why computers are not intelligent and how, based on this new theory, we can finally build intelligent machines. The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity, and even consciousness. In an engaging style that will captivate audiences from the merely curious to the professional scientist, Hawkins shows how a clear understanding of how the brain works will make it possible for us to build intelligent machines, in silicon, that will exceed our human ability in surprising ways. Written with acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee, On Intelligence promises to completely transfigure the possibilities of the technology age. It is a landmark book in its scope and clarity.

《神经生物学：从神经元到脑（原书第5版）》是神经生物学领域内的一本世界级名著，内容涵盖了神经生物学的许多重要方面，系统介绍了神经生物学的基本概念、神经系统的功能及其细胞和分子机制。作者应用许多生动的实例，通过严密的逻辑组织起来，以展示神经生物学的发展脉络。

诺贝尔奖获得者坎德尔领衔主编，多位神经科学泰斗级人物共同编著 国际上最权威神经科学教科书，被称为“神经科学圣经” 全面更新至第5版  国际著名神经生物学家蒲慕明、  北京市神经再生及修复研究重点实验室主任徐群渊  北京大学心理学系主任周晓林 隆重推荐 随书赠送光盘，包含书中全部近千张彩图