Who's in Charge?：Free Will and the Science of the Brain

“BigquestionsareGazzaniga’sstockintrade.”—NewYorkTimes“Gazzanigaisoneofthemostbrilliantexperimentalneuroscientistsintheworld.”—TomWolfe“Gazzanigastandsasagiantamongneuroscientists,forboththequalityofhisresearchandhisabilitytocommunicateittoageneralpublicwithinfectiousenthusiasm.”—RobertBazell,ChiefScienceCorrespondent,NBCNewsTheauthorofHuman,MichaelS.Gazzanigahasbeencalledthe“fatherofcognitiveneuroscience.”Inhisremarkablebook,Who’sinCharge?,hemakesapowerfulandprovocativeargumentthatcountersthecommonwisdomthatourlivesarewhollydeterminedbyphysicalprocesseswecannotcontrol.Hiswell-reasonedcaseagainsttheideathatweliveina“determined”worldisfascinatingandliberating,solidifyinghisplaceamongthelikesofOliverSacks,AntonioDamasio,V.S.Ramachandran,andotherbestsellingscienceauthorsexploringthemysteriesofthehumanbrain.