Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the S...
Michael S. GazzanigaA powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold in recent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern our behavior and even our conscious...
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the S...
Michael S. GazzanigaA powerful orthodoxy in the study of the brain has taken hold in recent years: Since physical laws govern the physical world and our own brains are part of that world, physical laws therefore govern our behavior and even our conscious...
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the S...
Michael S. GazzanigaThere is no "you" consciously making decisions. So how do we make decisions? How can we have free will if we don't pull the levers on our own behavior? What moral and legal implications follow if we don't have free will? Who's in Cha...
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A...
Michael S. GazzanigaMichael 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. Foreword by Steven Pinker.In ...
The Consciousness Instinct: Unravelin...
Michael S. Gazzaniga"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problemHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"―atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells―create ...