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.