Gazzanigas long and distinguished teaching and mentoring career has included beginning and developing centers for cognitive neuroscience at the university of californiadavis and dartmouth, supervising the work and encouraging the careers of many young scientists, and founding the journal of cognitive neuroscience. Gazzaniga is a well known expert in cognitive neuroscience, but this book makes the topic easy to follow and readily available to anyone willing to turns its pages. The cognitive neurosciences 5th edition, gazzaniga and mangun. Using focused but openended questions to engage thoughtful, articulate practitioners, gazzaniga elicits a rich mix of historical perspective and cuttingedge science. Phelps a bradford book the mit press cambridge, massachusetts london, england.
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