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Who’s in Charge?
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Who’s in Charge?

Free Will and the Science of the Brain

Ecco, 2011 Mehr


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

Michael S. Gazzaniga, a prolific author in the field of neurobiology, explains discoveries from biology, genetics, neuroscience and physics that contribute to the modern understanding of consciousness. Gazzaniga blends jokes and examples from personal experience into his formal presentation, and he succeeds in making this challenging topic accessible. getAbstract recommends his conceptual explanations to readers seeking to better understand neuroscience or themselves.

Take-Aways

  • Though you may feel in control of yourself and believe you exercise “free will,” many aspects of your functioning run on autopilot.
  • Evolution has hardwired some responses into your brain.
  • Newtonian physics argues that physical laws apply to all matter and that the universe is predetermined. This is the core of “determinism.”

About the Author

Michael S. Gazzaniga is the director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also the author of The Ethical Brain, The Mind’s Past and Human: The Science Behind What Makes Your Brain Unique.


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