Details

Subject(s)

• Cognitive neuroscience—Congresses [Browse]
• Gazzaniga, Michael S.—Congresses [Browse]

Related name

• Gazzaniga, Michael S. [Browse]
• Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia Ann, 1958- [Browse]

Summary note

These essays on a range of topics in the cognitive neurosciences report on the progress in the field over the twenty years of its existence and reflect the many groundbreaking scientific contributions and enduring influence of Michael Gazzaniga, 'the godfather of cognitive neuroscience'.

Notes

"A Bradford book."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; Preface; I - The Bisected Brain; 1 - Corpus Callosum : Mike Gazzaniga, the Cal Tech Lab, and Subsequent Research on the Corpus Callosum; 2 - Interhemispheric Cooperation Following Brain Bisection; 3 - Where Is the ""Spatial"" Hemisphere?; 4 - Recovery from Aphasia: Is the Right Hemisphere a Cure or a Crutch?; 5 - The Interpreting Hemispheres; II - The Integrated Mind; 6 - From the Integrated Mind to the Emotional Brain; 7 - Mike's Attentional Network; 8 - My Dinner with Mike; III - The Social Brain
• 9 - Genetic Variation Influences How the Social Brain Shapes Temperament and Behavior10 - The Contribution of Malleability to Collective Memory; 11 - How the Sense of Body Influences the Sense of Touch; 12 - Building a Social Brain; IV - Mind Matters; 13 - Different Ontogenetic Strategies for Different Species: Insights from Studies of the Developing Visual System; 14 - Why Methods Matter in the Study of the Biological Basis of the Mind: A Behavioral Neurologist's Perspective; 15 - Ethics and the Ethical Brain; Contributors; Index

ISBN

• 0-262-26573-7
• 1-282-63828-9
• 9786612638282
• 0-262-26605-9

OCLC

646068765

International Article Number

• 9780262266055

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