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Michael Gazzaniga

(1939) Psychologist

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Michael Gazzaniga is a psychologist, best known for Psychological Science.

Quick Facts About Michael Gazzaniga

Born: December 12, 1939
Profession: Psychologist
Notable works: Psychological Science

About Michael Gazzaniga

Michael Saunders Gazzaniga is an American cognitive neuroscientist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the founder and retired director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB (2006–2023).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Michael Gazzaniga

Don't leave home without your left hemisphere

Michael Gazzaniga

Hemisphere

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While there have been great technological advances in the study of the brain, yielding enormous amounts of data on its physical and…

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Amount

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The interpretive mechanism of the left celebral hemisphere is always hard at work, seeking the meaning of events. It is constantly looking…

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Events

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The human brain is generally regarded as a complex web of adaptations built into the nervous system, even though no one knows…

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Adaptation

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Experiments on split-brain patients reveal how readily the left brain interpreter can make up stories and beliefs. In one experiment, for example,…

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Action

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