ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

—but first, a note to our readers who are scientists or philosophers

To convey the excitement of your work to a general audience within the sweeping synthesis of this book, we have vastly oversimplified the science. Lost in translation is any mention of the basal ganglia, precuneus, superior colliculus, and a host of other brain regions that help us make sense of our world. Missing are references to Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, subjectivism, and qualia. Certain details and caveats that a specialist would consider vital have been condensed, glossed over, or shoehorned into metaphors. And finally, many researchers whose work contributed to this book have not been credited in the style becoming academic papers. We hope you understand that we hold the rigors of science and philosophy in the highest regard. Any misrepresentations or perceived slights are unintended.

And now we extend our heartfelt thanks to many of the people who made this book possible. First and foremost, we are grateful to our literary agent, Jim Levine, who worked with us every step of the way. We want to especially thank Caroline Sutton, our editor at Random House, her assistant, Christina Duffy, and production editor Beth Pearson for all their support and hard work. Many others assisted along the way, including: Charles Adler, John Allman, Jeremy Bailenson, Janet Bailey, Anna Berti, Megan Biesele, Edoardo Bisiach, Dennis Blakeslee, Olaf Blanke, Peter Brugger, Victor Candia, James Collins, Arthur “Bud” Craig, Hugo Critchley, Barbara Davis, Cornelia Dean, Michael DeGroote, Jeff Della Penna, Lindsay Edgecombe, John Flanagan, Ken Ford, Scott Frey, Martin Grunwald, Edward T. Hall, Peter Halligan, Riitta Hari, Joe Havlick, Nicholas Holmes, David Howes, Marco Iacoboni, Atsushi Iriki, Margie Jacobson, Christian Keysers, Herbert Killackey, Günther Knoblich, Karen Kovach, Leah Krubitzer, James Lackner, Jaron Lanier, Peter Levine, Sara Lippincott, Mike Merzenich, John Milton, Edvard Moser, Aimee Mullins, Paolo Nichelli, Miguel Nicolelis, Richard Nisbett, Paula Palmer, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Jessica Phillips-Silver, Seth Pollak, V. S. Ramachandran, Richard H. Ray, Giacomo Rizzolatti, Jeffrey Ross, Toni Sciarra, Lydia Segal, Stephanie Sogg, Jennifer Stevens, William Straub, Jamie Ward, Margaret Wertheim, Alison Winter, Allan Wu.