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MATING MIND

內容簡介

內容簡介 At once a pioneering study of evolution and an accessible and lively reading experience, The Mating Mind marks the arrival of a prescient and provocative new science writer. Psychologist Geoffrey Miller offers the most convincing–and radical–explanation for how and why the human mind evolved. Consciousness, morality, creativity, language, and art: these are the traits that make us human. Scientists have traditionally explained these qualities as merely a side effect of surplus brain size, but Miller argues that they were sexual attractors, not side effects. He bases his argument on Darwin’ s theory of sexual selection, which until now has played second fiddle to Darwin’ s theory of natural selection, and draws on ideas and research from a wide range of fields, including psychology, economics, history, and pop culture. Witty, powerfully argued, and continually thought-provoking, The Mating Mind is a landmark in our understanding of our own species.

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各界推薦 深信天擇說的達爾文，看到公孔雀美麗誇張的尾巴，納悶它不僅不具實用價值，且還可能對孔雀造成嚴重負擔，倒底有何好處呢？後來他提出「性擇」（Sexual selection）理論，認為雄性動物的裝飾，完全出於求偶行為的必要，屬於天擇的特例。本書作者基本上延續了達爾文的觀點，但援引更多現代事例與證據，紮實論述兩性差異不僅決定生殖生理也影響心智思維，成為支配兩性演化的主要動力。

作者介紹

作者介紹 Geoffrey F. Miller is senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution at University College, London. Born in 1965 in Cincinnati, he studied at Columbia University and received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Stanford University. After moving to Europe, he worked at the Universities of Sussex and Nottingham and at the Max Planck Institute of Psychological Research in Munich. He lives in Surrey with his family.

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