Tales from both sides of the brain
Subtitle: a life in neuroscience
By: Michael S. Gazzaniga
Contributors: Pinker, Steven, 1954- writer of foreword
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780062228802
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Neurosciences; Physiology; Cerebral Dominance; Cognition; Split brain; Brain; Personal Narratives; Intellect; Biography; Neuroscientists
Description: 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.
Notes: "Foreword by Steven Pinker"--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-398) and index.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / from Steven Pinker; title: Part 1. Discovering the brain. Diving into science; title: Discovering a mind divided ; Searching for the brain's Morse code; title: Part 2. Hemispheres together and apart. Unmasking more modules; title: Brain imaging confirms split-brain surgeries; title: Still split; title: Part 3. Evolution and integration. The right brain has something to say; title: Stately living and a call to service; title: Part 4. Brain layers. Layers and dynamics : seeking new perspectives; title: Epilogue.