This book draws on the extensive material of both authors derived from over 400 craniotomies performed under local anesthesia. Evidence was obtained from the effects of cortical stimulation (often in the patients' own words), the effects of cortical ablation, and the effects of epileptic seizure discharge. Separate chapters deal in detail with technique, and various sensorimotor representations of the body in the cortex. The chapter on memory, sensory perception and dreams reveals the importance of temporal lobe cortex. The chapter on excision of cortical regions discloses (with notable exceptions) a surprising amount of dispensable cortex. The concluding chapter integrates and occasionally extends by hypothesis the preceding data, with special emphasis on the elaborative and integrative processes of the cerebral cortex and its intimate relationship to the diencephalon. 84-item bibliography.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)