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David J. Linden (born November 3, 1961) is an American professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and the author of ''The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God''. 〔(Harvard University Press on ''The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God'' )〕 The book ''The Accidental Mind'' is an attempt to explain the human brain to intelligent lay readers, and recently received a silver medal in the category of Science from the Independent Publisher Association.〔( Announcing 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results )〕 As of July 1, 2008, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the ''Journal of Neurophysiology''.〔(The Physiologist )〕 Linden's second book, ''The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good'', was released on April 14, 2011 (ISBN 978-0670022588). In addition to Linden's academic research, he is known as a popularizer of brain science, often making biochemistry understandable to non-science majors in his numerous appearances on the radio and on college campuses. == Brain Chemistry and Neuroscience == Most of Linden's undergraduate work was performed at University of California, Berkeley; his graduate work took place at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He also worked briefly at Hoffmann-La Roche, in Nutley, New Jersey after receiving his doctorate. The aspect of his work that appeals to "lay people" is becoming increasingly popular, which has led to appearances around the country in which he discusses quirky facts about brain chemistry, and grants interviews on neuroscience. At a recent talk for freshmen at a liberal arts college, he proclaimed ''I had no idea my book would become required reading for 500 freshmen. I'm so sorry; I feel like those guys who worked on the Manhattan Project.'' ''Newsweek'' ran an extensive summary of ''The Accidental Mind'' in 2007 by Sharon Begley that summarized his conclusions: In the spring of 2007 the online magazine ''Slate'' ran a roundup of interviews with the nation's top popularizers of brain science in which Linden declared, somewhat facetiously: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Linden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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