Doi 105860 choice32 1513 corpus id 142930634 conversations with neils brain the neural nature of thought and language inproceedingscalvin1994conversationswn titleconversations with neils brain the neural nature of thought and language authorw calvin and g ojemann year1994 . Conversations with neils brain takes us inside the operating room and allows us to be part of this eerie process of discovery using it to provide a unique window on human consciousness and the nature of human identity the mapping of neils brain brings to life as never before the astounding specificity by which the brian operates making clear why language memory and decision making are so complex and why the cures for such ailments as learning disabilities mental disorders alzheimer . In essence they can erase or alter parts of neilconversations with neils brain takes us inside the operating room and allows us to be part of this eerie process of discovery using it to provide a unique window on human consciousness and the nature of human identity the mapping of neils brain brings to life as never before the astounding specificity by which the brian operates making clear why language memory and decision making are so complex and why the cures for such ailments as . Conversations with neils brain the neural nature of thought and language addison wesley 1994 co authored with my neurosurgeon colleague george ojemann its a tour of the human cerebral cortex conducted from the operating room and has been on the new scientist bestseller list of science books it is suitable for biology and cognitive neuroscience supplementary reading lists. Conversations with neils brain the neural nature of thought and language william h calvin in a series of stories before after and even during neurosurgery an epileptic patient neil his surgeon george ojemann and neuroscientist william calvin work together to remove a portion of neils temporal lobe