The Cognitive Neuroscience of Mind: A Tribute to Michael S. Gazzaniga

by Reuter-lorenz, Patricia Ann

• ISBN13: 9780262014014
• ISBN10: 0262014017
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: MIT PRESS

Summary

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"-founder of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, founding editor of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, and editor of the major reference work, The Cognitive Neurosciences, now in its fourth edition (MIT Press, 2009). The essays, grouped into four sections named after four of Gazzaniga's books, combine science and memoir in varying proportions, and offer an authoritative survey of research in cognitive neuroscience. "The Bisected Brain" examines hemispheric topics pioneered by Gazzaniga at the start of his career; "The Integrated Mind" explores the theme of integration by domination; the wide-ranging essays in "The Social Brain" address subjects from genes to neurons to social conversations and networks; the topics explored in "Mind Matters" include evolutionary biology, methodology, and ethics. Contributors: Kathleen Baynes, Giovanni Berlucchi, Leo M. Chalupa, Mark D'Esposito, Margaret G. Funnell, Mitchell Glickstein, Scott A. Guerin, Todd F. Heatherton, Steven A. Hillyard, William Hirst, Alan Kingstone, Stephen M. Kosslyn, Marta Kutas, Elisabetta Ladavas, Joseph Ledoux, George R. Mangun, Michael B. Miller, Elizabeth A. Phelps, Steven Pinker, Michael I. Posner, Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, Mary K. Rothbart, Andrea Serino, Brad E. Sheese

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Bisected Brain
The Bisected Brain (Poem)	p. 1
Corpus Callosum	p. 3
Mike Gazzaniga, the Cal Tech Lab, and Subsequent Research on the Corpus Callosum
Interhemispheric Cooperation Following Brain Bisection	p. 25
Where Is the ôSpatialö Hemisphere?	p. 39
Recovery from Aphasia	p. 59
Is the Right Hemisphere a Cure or a Crutch?
The Interpreting Hemispheres	p. 73
The Integrated Mind
Integrated Mind (Poem)	p. 87
From the Integrated Mind to the Emotional Brain	p. 89
Mike's Attentional Network	p. 99
My Dinner with Mike	p. 111
The Social Brain
The Social Brain (Poem)	p. 123
Genetic Variation Influences How the Social Brain Shapes Temperament and Behavior	p. 125
The Contribution of Malleability to Collective Memory	p. 139
How the Sense of Body Influences the Sense of Touch	p. 155
Building a Social Brain	p. 173
Mind Matters
Mind Matters (Poem)	p. 189
Different Ontogenetic Strategies for Different Species	p. 191
Insights from Studies of the Developing Visual System
Why Methods Matter in the Study of the Biological Basis of the Mind	p. 203
A Behavioral Neurologist's Perspective
Ethics and the Ethical Brain	p. 223
Contributors	p. 233
Index	p. 235
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