Michael Gazzaniga's Split-Brain Theory

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What was really interesting to me about Michael Gazzaniga was the fact that he is a professor of psychology at one of the university I wish to attend, which is the University of California, Santa Barbara. Gazzaniga is known for his split-brain theory, which he studied and focused on for decades. And came to the conclusion that the right side of the brain is the “conscious” of what the left side of the brain is visualizing. Thus, being the fact that Gazzaniga is a major founder in the field of Neuroscience really caught my attention since one of mt specialties is Neuroscience. The fact that Gazzaniga is very big in the Neuroscience field, is very obvious to give interest because he’s been in that field for decades and his study’s very well

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