| Michael Gazzaniga | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 12, 1939 |
| Residence | Santa Barbara, California |
| Citizenship |  United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Michael S. Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he heads the new SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind.
In 1961, Gazzaniga graduated from Dartmouth College. In 1964, he received a Ph.D. in psychobiology from the California Institute of Technology, where he worked under the guidance of Roger Sperry, with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.
Gazzaniga's publication career includes books for a general audience The Social Brain, Mind Matters, and Nature's Mind. He recently published The Cognitive Neurosciences III, from MIT Press, which features the work of nearly 200 scientists and is a sourcebook for the field. His book The Ethical Brain was published by the Dana Press in June 2005.
Gazzaniga founded the Centers for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis and at Dartmouth College; the Neuroscience Institute and the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, of which he is the Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. Gazzaniga a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. He also is the Director of the Law and Neuroscience Project, a project to study the intersection of law and neuroscience.
Cultural Influences
Gazzaniga's work is referenced in the book Peace on Earth by Stanisław Lem.
See also
External links
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- Faculty Web Page at University of California Santa Barbara
- The Law and Neuroscience Project
- Sage Center for the Study of the Mind
- "The Effects of Crack" — an exchange between Gazzaniga and the conservative commentator William F. Buckley, Jr.
- Video of Gazzaniga demonstrating the effects of split brain surgery
- Video (and audio) of interview/discussion with Gazzaniga by Carl Zimmer on Bloggingheads.tv
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