THE CONSCIOUSNESS INSTINCT

How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical stuff?atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells?create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthr oughs that have rewritten the science of the brain, and yet the puzzles faced by the ancient Greeks are still present. In The Consci ousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human t hinking ab...[Read more]