title: Organization of the human brain.
abstract: Examination of structure-function correlates in the human brain reveals that there is a high degree of functional specificity in the information transmitted over neural systems. It also appears that the human brain has a modular organization consisting of identifiable component processes that participate in the generation of a cognitive state. The effects of isolating entire modular systems or of disconnecting the component parts can be observed. The features of a left hemisphere specialized capacity to interpret the actions of modules are discussed in terms of human consciousness.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008959:Models, Neurological; D008960:Models, Psychological