Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience.
Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience. Michael S. Gazzaniga - First edition. - New York, NY : Ecco, 2015. - xvi, 428 pages : illustrations, 24 cm
"Foreword by Steven Pinker"--Dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index
Foreword / from Steven Pinker -- Part 1. Discovering the brain. Diving into science -- Discovering a mind divided ; Searching for the brain's Morse code -- Part 2. Hemispheres together and apart. Unmasking more modules -- Brain imaging confirms split-brain surgeries -- Still split -- Part 3. Evolution and integration. The right brain has something to say -- Stately living and a call to service -- Part 4. Brain layers. Layers and dynamics : seeking new perspectives -- Epilogue.
Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain.
Text in English.
0062228803 9780062228802
Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Neurosciences--Personal Narratives.
Brain--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Cognition--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Dominance, Cerebral--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Neuroscientists--Biography.
Split brain.
Intellect.
612.8/233 $a B $2 23
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience. Michael S. Gazzaniga - First edition. - New York, NY : Ecco, 2015. - xvi, 428 pages : illustrations, 24 cm
"Foreword by Steven Pinker"--Dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index
Foreword / from Steven Pinker -- Part 1. Discovering the brain. Diving into science -- Discovering a mind divided ; Searching for the brain's Morse code -- Part 2. Hemispheres together and apart. Unmasking more modules -- Brain imaging confirms split-brain surgeries -- Still split -- Part 3. Evolution and integration. The right brain has something to say -- Stately living and a call to service -- Part 4. Brain layers. Layers and dynamics : seeking new perspectives -- Epilogue.
Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the most important neuroscientists of the twentieth century, gives us an exciting behind-the-scenes look at his seminal work on that unlikely couple, the right and left brain.
Text in English.
0062228803 9780062228802
Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Neurosciences--Personal Narratives.
Brain--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Cognition--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Dominance, Cerebral--physiology--Personal Narratives.
Neuroscientists--Biography.
Split brain.
Intellect.
612.8/233 $a B $2 23