“As evolutionary neurobiologists Leah Krubitzer and Jon Kaas put it, Although the phenotype generated is context-dependent, the ability to respond to the context has a genetic basis. . . . In essence, the Baldwin effect is the evolution of the ability to… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“John-Dylan Haynes22 and his colleagues expanded Libet’s experiments in 2008 to show that the outcomes of an inclination can be encoded in brain activity… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“The classic example from biology is the huge, towerlike structure that is built by some ant and termite species. These structures only emerge when… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“stimulation of the medial frontal cortex gives one the feeling of the urge to move” — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Baruch Spinoza, who said, “There is no mind absolute or free will, but the mind is determined for willing this or that by a… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Hare and Tomasello think that the social behavior of chimps is constrained by their temperament, and the human temperament is necessary for more complex… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Newton’s laws aren’t fundamental, they are emergent; that is, they are what happens when quantum matter aggregates into macroscopic fluids and objects. It is… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Robert Sapolsky, professor of neurology at Stanford, makes the extremely strong statement: “It’s boggling that the legal system’s gold standard for an insanity defense—M’Naghten—is… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Chaos doesn’t mean that the system is behaving randomly, it means that it is unpredictable because it has many variables, it is too complex… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Reductionism in the physical sciences has been challenged by the principle of emergence. The whole system acquires qualitatively new properties that cannot be predicted… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“As evolutionary neurobiologists Leah Krubitzer and Jon Kaas put it, Although the phenotype generated is context-dependent, the ability to respond to the context has… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Young children by age three begin to inhibit some of their naturally altruistic behavior. They become more discriminating about whom they help. They share… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
“Research has shown that 150–200 people are the number of people that can be controlled without an organizational hierarchy.23 It is the number of… — Michael S. Gazzaniga Copy Share Image
