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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…
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2 editions- Ebook · English · 2008HarperCollins · 9780061691836
- Hardcover · English · 2008Ecco · 352 pages · 9780060892883
NonfictionScienceHuman beingsNeuropsychologyConsciousnessCognitive neuroscienceGeneralBrain












