Michael Gazzaniga

Michael Gazzaniga
Born (1939-12-12) December 12, 1939
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materDartmouth College (BA)
California Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known forSplit-brain research, cerebral lateralization, cognitive neuroscience
AwardsElected to the Society of Experimental Psychologists, Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin, Honorary doctorate from Dartmouth College, Honorary doctorate from University of Aberdeen.
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
ThesisSome effects of cerebral commissurotomy on monkey and man (1965)
Doctoral advisorRoger Sperry
Doctoral studentsJoseph E. LeDoux, Richard Nakamura, Joseph E. LeDoux, Michael Miller

Michael Saunders Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is an American cognitive neuroscientist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the founder and retired director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB (2006–2023).

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