Michael S. Gazzaniga

Biography

Michael Gazzaniga is a Professor of Psychology and the Director for the SAGE Center for the Study of Mind at the University of California Santa Barbara. He also serves as Chair of the new The Foundations Institute. Over the course of several decades, a major focus of his research has been an extensive study of patients that have undergone split-brain surgery that have revealed lateralization of functions across the cerebral hemispheres. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, The National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Science.

Research

Dr. Gazzaniga is currently engaged in several scholarly projects examining how codes play a role in understanding how neurons become mind.