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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791354703321

Titolo

The cognitive neuroscience of mind : a tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga / / edited by Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2010

©2010

ISBN

0-262-26573-7

1-282-63828-9

9786612638282

0-262-26605-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GazzanigaMichael S

Reuter-LorenzPatricia Ann <1958->

Disciplina

612.8/233

Soggetti

Cognitive neuroscience

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Bradford book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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'.