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Michael S. Gazzaniga, one of the premiere doctors of neuroscience, was born on December 12, 1939 in Los Angeles. Educated at Dartmouth College and California Institute of Technology, he has been on the faculty of the Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis. His early research mostrar más examined the subject of epileptics who had undergone surgery to control seizures. He has also studied Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients and reveals important findings in books such as Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind. While many of his writings are technical, he also educates and stimulates readers with discussions about the fascinating and mysterious workings of the brain. Books such as The Social Brain and The Mind's Past bring forth new information and theories regarding how the brain functions, interacts, and responds with the body and the environment. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras de Michael S. Gazzaniga

El Cerebro ético (2005) 278 copias
El pasado de la mente (1998) 115 copias
The Integrated Mind (1978) 19 copias

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Nombre canónico
Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Nombre legal
neurociencie cognitive
gazzaniga, michael
Fecha de nacimiento
1939-12-12
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
País (para mapa)
USA
Lugares de residencia
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Educación
Dartmouth College
California Institute of Technology (PhD|1964)
Ocupaciones
Professor (Psychology, University of California - Santa Barbara)
Lecturer
Director (Law and Neuroscience Project)
Relaciones
LeDoux, Joseph (student)
Organizaciones
President's Council on Bioethics
Biografía breve
Michael Gazzaniga is a Professor of Psychology and the Director for the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California Santa Barbara. He oversees an extensive and broad research program investigating how the brain enables the mind. Over the course of several decades, a major focus of his research has been an extensive study of patients that have undergone split-brain surgery that have revealed lateralization of functions across the cerebral hemispheres.

In addition to his position in Santa Barbara, Professor Gazzaniga is also the Director of the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, and President of the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute.

http://people.psych.ucsb.edu/gazzanig...

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