Nature's Mind: Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, and Intelligence - Paperback

by Michael S. Gazzaniga (Author), Gazzaniga (Author)

Recent, stunning discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to substance abuse. Michael S. Gazzaniga reveals that just as the environment selects those organisms most likely to survive, within the brain the environment selects pre-existing capacities from a massive inventory of possibilities.