For those of you who are interested in a range of books about the brain, here’s a nifty list of recent books posted by Ann L. Whitman on the Dana Foundation Blog: http://danapress.typepad.com/weblog/2012/06/summer-reading-list-brain-books.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DanaFoundationBlog+%28Dana+Foundation+Blog+Atom%29&utm_content=Google+Reader&goback=.gde_4196068_member_123916615
Ms. Whitman posted this list (I don't know her enough to call her "Ann", on the Chicago Area Brain Network LinkedIn Group which, if you haven't joined it, is a great source of information, analysis and commentary.
Of the books she listed, I’m most interested in reading Who's in Charge? By Michael S. Gazzaniga. Here’s a link to the HaperCollinsPublishers website overview: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Whos-in-Charge-Michael-S-Gazzaniga?isbn=9780061906107&HCHP=TB_Who+s+in+Charge?
According to the dust jacket copy on the Amazon site, "The father of cognitive neuroscience and author of Human offers a provocative argument against the common belief that our lives are wholly determined by physical processes and we are therefore not responsible for our actions". I tend to agree with that even though I'd like to blame my behavior on my physiology. So I'm adding it to my long list of summer reading.
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