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 National Academy of Sciences, honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, neuroscience
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Doctoral advisorRoger Sperry
Doctoral studentsJoseph E. LeDoux

Michael S. Gazzaniga (born December 12, 1939) is an American cognitive neuroscientist who is an emeritus professor 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).