Human

One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives.

What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pin...

One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives.

What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pinpoint the change that made us thinking, sentient humans, different from our predecessors.

Neuroscience has been fixated on the life of the psychological self for the past fifty years, focusing on the brain systems underlying language, memory, emotion, and perception. What it has not done is consider the stark reality that most of the time we humans are thinking about social processes, comparing ourselves to and estimating the intentions of others. In Human, Gazzaniga explores a number of related issues, including what makes human brains unique, the importance of language and art in defining the human condition, the nature of human consciousness, and even artificial intelligence.

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● 当代伟大的思想家、认知神经科学之父，美国国家科学院院士、美国艺术与科学学院院士，美国前总统小布什智囊团成员。现任美国加州大学圣巴巴拉分校圣哲研究中心主任，认知神经科学研究所的负责人。

● 揭秘左右脑分工模式，让“左脑”“右脑”成为日常用语，让脑科学进入普通人的视野。 联姻生物学与心理学，开创认知神经科学领域。

● 著有《谁说了算？》《社会性大脑》《自然界的心智》《认知神经科学》《双脑记》等书。《纽约时报》赞誉：“加扎尼加之于脑科学研究，堪比斯蒂芬•霍金之于宇宙论”。