Description: Widely considered to be the father of cognitive neuroscience, the author examines "lifespan neuroethics." He also addresses the medical ethics challenges confronting modern society at the dawn of the 21st century.
Brief description:
Michael S. Gazzaniga is internationally recognized in the field of neuroscience and a pioneer in cognitive research. He is the director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of many popular science books, including Who's in Charge? (Ecco, 2011). He has six children and lives in California with his wife.
Review Quotes:
"Highly informed account of how our brain forms our beliefs and how we can determine what beliefs serve us best." - Robert Bazell, chief health and science correspondent, NBC News
"An extraordinary book... lucid, provocative, and deeply interesting. This is important and fascinating." - Kay Redfield Jamison
"One of the most brilliant experimental neuroscientists in the world... This is a provocative and highly readable book." - Tom Wolfe
"The great frontier is the question of how we will deal with one another, this gets us on our way." - Alan Alda
"Wonderfully nourishing food for thought. Gazzaniga tackles some of the toughest ethical issues of our time with vigor, intelligence, insight." - Diane Ackerman
"writes with verve and expertise about the fascinating issues that will confront us as our knowledge of the brain expands." - Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and How the Mind Works