How We Learn
Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
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How We Learn
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Kaleo Griffith
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Kaleo Griffith
About this listen
An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain's remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them
The human brain is an extraordinary learning machine. Its ability to reprogram itself is unparalleled, and it remains the best source of inspiration for recent developments in artificial intelligence. But how do we learn? What innate biological foundations underlie our ability to acquire new information, and what principles modulate their efficiency?
In How We Learn, Stanislas Dehaene finds the boundary of computer science, neurobiology, and cognitive psychology to explain how learning really works and how to make the best use of the brain’s learning algorithms in our schools and universities, as well as in everyday life and at any age.
Critic Reviews
"There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and ‘learning’ is such a word. It seems so ordinary, everyone does it. Actually it’s more of a black box, which Dehaene cracks open to reveal the awesome secrets within . . . His explanation of the basic machinery of the brain is an excellent primer.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[An] expert overview of learning . . . Never mind our opposable thumb, upright posture, fire, tools, or language; it is education that enabled humans to conquer the world . . . Dehaene's fourth insightful exploration of neuroscience will pay dividends for attentive readers.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[Dehaene] rigorously examines our remarkable capacity for learning. The baby brain is especially awesome and not a ‘blank slate’ . . . Dehaene’s portrait of the human brain is fascinating.”—Booklist
“A richly instructive [book] for educators, parents, and others interested in how to most effectively foster the pursuit of knowledge.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Reading in the Brain:
"Splendid...Dehaene reveals how decades of low-tech experiments and high-tech brain-imaging studies have unwrapped the mystery of reading and revealed its component parts...A pleasure to read. [Dehaene] never oversimplifies; he takes the time to tell the whole story, and he tells it in a literate way."—The Wall Street Journal
"Masterful...a delight to read and scientifically precise."—Nature
Praise for Consciousness and the Brain:
"Ambitious . . . Dehaene offers nothing less than a blueprint for brainsplaining one of the world's deepest mysteries. . . . [A] fantastic book."—The Washington Post
"Dehaene is a maestro of the unconscious."—Scientific American Mind
"Brilliant... Essential reading for those who want to experience the excitement of the search for the mind in the brain."—Nature
“[An] expert overview of learning . . . Never mind our opposable thumb, upright posture, fire, tools, or language; it is education that enabled humans to conquer the world . . . Dehaene's fourth insightful exploration of neuroscience will pay dividends for attentive readers.”—Kirkus Reviews
“[Dehaene] rigorously examines our remarkable capacity for learning. The baby brain is especially awesome and not a ‘blank slate’ . . . Dehaene’s portrait of the human brain is fascinating.”—Booklist
“A richly instructive [book] for educators, parents, and others interested in how to most effectively foster the pursuit of knowledge.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for Reading in the Brain:
"Splendid...Dehaene reveals how decades of low-tech experiments and high-tech brain-imaging studies have unwrapped the mystery of reading and revealed its component parts...A pleasure to read. [Dehaene] never oversimplifies; he takes the time to tell the whole story, and he tells it in a literate way."—The Wall Street Journal
"Masterful...a delight to read and scientifically precise."—Nature
Praise for Consciousness and the Brain:
"Ambitious . . . Dehaene offers nothing less than a blueprint for brainsplaining one of the world's deepest mysteries. . . . [A] fantastic book."—The Washington Post
"Dehaene is a maestro of the unconscious."—Scientific American Mind
"Brilliant... Essential reading for those who want to experience the excitement of the search for the mind in the brain."—Nature
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