Michael S. Gazzaniga
| Michael Gazzaniga | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 12, 1939 |
| Residence | Santa Barbara, California |
| Nationality | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College, Caltech |
| Known for | Split-brain research, cerebral lateralization, cognitive neuroscience |
| Awards | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara, SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Sperry |
| Doctoral students | Joseph E. LeDoux |
Michael S. Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he heads the new SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. He is one of the leading researchers in cognitive neuroscience, the study of the neural basis of mind. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.
In 1961, Gazzaniga graduated from Dartmouth College. In 1964, he received a Ph.D. in psychobiology from the California Institute of Technology, where he worked under the guidance of Roger Sperry, with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research. In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.
Gazzaniga's publication career includes books for a general audience such as The Social Brain, Mind Matters, Nature's Mind, The Ethical Brain and Who's in Charge?. He is also the editor of The Cognitive Neurosciences book series published by the MIT Press, which features the work of nearly 200 scientists and is a sourcebook for the field. His latest monograph is entitled Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. It was published by HarperCollins in 2011.
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