enabled conscious experience itself — we humans enjoy mental states that arise from our underlying neuronal, cell-to-cell interactions. Mental states… - Michael S. Gazzaniga

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enabled conscious experience itself — we humans enjoy mental states that arise from our underlying neuronal, cell-to-cell interactions. Mental states do not exist without those interactions. At the same time, they cannot be defined or understood by knowing only the cellular interactions. Mental states that emerge from our neural actions do constrain the very brain activity that gave rise to them. Mental states such as beliefs, thoughts, and desires all arise from brain activity and in turn can and do influence our decisions to act one way or another. Ultimately, these

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About Michael S. Gazzaniga

Michael S. Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is an American neuroscientist, author and professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he heads the new SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind.

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Native Name: Michael Steven Gazzaniga
Alternative Names: Gazzaniga, M.S. M. S. Gazzaniga Michael S Gazzaniga Gazzaniga, Michael S.
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