Tales from Both Sides of the Brain : A Life in Neuroscience. Michael S. Gazzaniga

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Ecco, 2015.Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 428 pages : illustrations, 24 cmISBN:
  • 0062228803
  • 9780062228802
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8/233 $a B $2 23
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Summary: 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.
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"Foreword by Steven Pinker"--Dust jacket.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index

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.

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