Human：The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique

Oneoftheworld'sleadingneuroscientistsexploreshowbesttounderstandthehumanconditionbyexaminingthebiological,psychological,andhighlysocialnatureofourspecieswithinthesocialcontextofourlives.Whathappenedalongtheevolutionarytrailthatmadehumanssounique?Inhiswidelyaccessiblestyle,MichaelGazzanigalookstoabroadrangeofstudiestopinpointthechangethatmadeusthinking,sentienthumans,differentfromourpredecessors.Neurosciencehasbeenfixatedonthelifeofthepsychologicalselfforthepastfiftyyears,focusingonthebrainsystemsunderlyinglanguage,memory,emotion,andperception.Whatithasnotdoneisconsiderthestarkrealitythatmostofthetimewehumansarethinkingaboutsocialprocesses,comparingourselvestoandestimatingtheintentionsofothers.In"Human,"Gazzanigaexploresanumberofrelatedissues,includingwhatmakeshumanbrainsunique,theimportanceoflanguageandartindefiningthehumancondition,thenatureofhumanconsciousness,andevenartificialintelligence.