Nature's Mind: Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, and Intelligence

By Michael S. Gazzaniga

Book Overview

Recent, stunning discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to substance abuse. Michael S. Gazzaniga reveals that just as the environment selects those organisms most likely to survive, within the brain the environment selects pre-existing capacities from a massive inventory of possibilities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465048633
• ISBN13: 9780465048632
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Gazzaniga Hash is Nothing Short of Tantalizing

The reader who seeks to understand the neural underpinnings of an array of human behavior will find this book elaborative while readable. Gazzaniga's first hand view of the human brain imbues his written work with a 'no nonsense' view of the brain - and indeed of humanity. As to the previous reviewer's "re-hash" comment, those of us who enjoy Gazzaniga's clear style and full content don't appreciate the cursory easy-chair review of another of his important works. Anyone who has passed even an undergraduate course in neuropsychology knows that you can't revisit any application of brain research without rehashing that which came before. Hopefully other perspective buyers will have a peek at the reviewer's other reviews and see that there is simply no middle ground. 1s and 5s to the end. I personally would give this book a 4.95 if we could but split a star. Ah, but that's another subject entirely.