Mozart and Super Brains for a Sustaining Future - Neurology & Neuroscience

Continuing the articles “The Brain as Peace Maker” and “Noble Brains  and  Nobel-Laureates-Role  Models  for  the  21st  Century” the results of split-brain experiments of Nobel laureate Roger  Sperry are recalled in memory. They influenced Nobel laureate John Eccles in his research and Nobel laureate Manfred Eigen was paying homage to them in his article, Mozart  oder unser Unvermögen,  das Genie zu begreifen’ (‘Mozart or our inability to understand the genius’) in his book, Jenseits von Ideolgien und Wunschdenken’ (‘Beyond  ideologies  and wishful  thinking’). The localization of the different capacities of the human brain according  to  Sperry’s split-brain researches was summarized by Eccles.   

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