How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now

Stanislas Dehaene

ISBN 10: 0525559906 / ISBN 13: 9780525559900

Published by Penguin Putnam Inc, 2021

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2021. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525559906
• ISBN 13: 9780525559900
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“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.”--The New York Times Book Review

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.

About the Author

Stanislas Dehaene is the director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit in Saclay, France, and the professor of experimental cognitive psychology at the Collège de France. He is currently the president of the Scientific Council of the French Ministry of Education.