Social BrainGazzaniga
Social Brain
by Gazzaniga · first published 1987
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…difficulty is finding quality material in psychology, since it's a vast field with many sub-disciplines. That said, the search can be richly rewarding. There are experiments described in Gazzaniga's The Social Brain, for example, which profoundly changed my understanding of the human brain (and have remained consistent with much more reading over the decade following).
on “Why read Aristotle today?” ↗The Social Brain - Michael S. Gazzaniga (Relays a bunch of super interesting experiments done on 'split brain' patients with important consequences for normally functioning brains. Not at all gimmicky, doesn't read like…
on “Ask HN: What books have most influenced the way you see the world?” ↗…'hard problem' of consciousness is getting at what it means to be a part of the fabric of the universe, and the laws of physics are expressed through that medium, but no specific laws create it. [0] Social Brain, Michael S. Gazzaniga edit: I wrote 'not used for language' previously and changed it to 'not used for speaking,' which is an important distinction.
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