Another Day in the Monkey's Brain

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Another Day in the Monkey's Brain

author Ralph Siegel

Includes an Introduction by Oliver Sacks
Provides an in-depth look into Siegel's work with top researchers in vision science
Well written and honest

Another Day in the Monkey's Brain

author Ralph Siegel

Description

ANOTHER DAY IN THE MONKEY'S BRAIN charts a neuroscientist's journey to understand the central mysteries of consciousness. Dr. Siegel began his career in the neurophysiology of vision in the 1980s, just when the field was coming into focus with the advent of new computing and imaging technologies. As a pioneer in the technique of mesoscopic imaging, he worked with some of the giants in vision science: Torsten Wiesel, Francis Crick, Tom Albright and many others. With insight and clarity, he shows how science is built on such relationships. Along the way, he gives a vivid sense of the abundant passion and creativity that drive scientists in their pursuit of understanding. From monkey to man, Dr. Siegel finds the beauty in the scientific discovery of self in mind and brain.

Another Day in the Monkey's Brain

author Ralph Siegel

Table of Contents

Introduction by Oliver Sacks
Preface
1. A Day in the Monkey's Brain
2. A Short Salk Story
3. My First Encounter with Francis Crick
4. Chaos Through the Looking Glass
5. Bright Moments
6. Eighth Avenue Line at Fourteenth Street
7. Modern Times
8. Visual Irredentism
9. Critique of Pure Cortical Topography
10. Waiting for the Train to Baltimore
11. Triumvirate
12. Consciousness

Another Day in the Monkey's Brain

author Ralph Siegel

Author Information

Dr. Ralph Mitchell Siegel, a professor of neuroscience at the Rutgers University, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, was a neurophysiologist interested in the basic mechanisms underlying visual motion and spatial perception, with the ultimate goal of developing applications to assist people who have visual processing disorders and neurological injuries. He performed pioneering work on parietal lobe neurons and the influence of eye position and attention on perception.