David Galin, M.D.
David Galin, M.D.
Papers: Mind and Brain
"It is too broad a task I have set for myself, but unavoidably so, for the question before us suffers distortion if its perspective is reduced. Better to risk the dangers of a rough sketch."
Jerome Bruner, The Relevance of Education, 1971
Biographical Sketch
Biographical Sketch
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Born in New York, NY, 1936.
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Mentored before and after medical school by John Lacey at Fels Research Institute, Yellow Springs, Ohio (autonomic psychophysiology).
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Medical school at Albert Einstein University, NY (no residency; clinical practice only on relatives and friends).
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Four years at National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland with Robert B. Livingston (neural mechanisms of attention).
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Since 1968 I have enjoyed a research appointment at Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California at San Francisco.
Professional Background: medicine, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, with a focus on lateral specialization and interaction of the cerebral hemispheres and its psychiatric implications. I ran an electrophysiology lab (EEGs, ERPs, macro- and micro recording, animals and people) until the mid 80's, when I realized that research of this kind would not take me where I wanted to go. Since then I have devoted myself to theoretical inquiry and speculation on the Great Questions.
Main Current Project: “What makes people “whole” ?
After years of studying disconnections, dissociations, and fragmentations, I realized that what really mattered to me was what makes people whole. A person is more than a bunch of parts; the parts are integrated (more or less), to constitute an entity. We have no special technical term to denote "wholeness," but I believe this is one of the qualities we refer to with our common word "self." Unfortunately, the word "self" as used in technical psychology, philosophy, religious and mystical studies, as well as in common speech, is usually only vaguely defined, if at all. I conceive of the self as an emergent phenomenon which cannot be grasped or entirely represented only at one level; not just mind or brain or chemistry or culture. But by examining what we know already at these levels, we can develop a better idea of the landmarks and boundaries which any full account of self will have to consider.
This inquiry led me to William James and his interest in wholeness, self, consciousness, and in particular, the phenomenology of "religious" experience from the scientific point of view. The aspects of a person which I am trying to clarify under the general rubric of wholeness have long been a concern of philosophy, religion, spiritual and mystical studies. James believed that "..the evolution of character consists chiefly in ...unifying the inner self," and that while the spiritual path is only one out of many ways of reaching unity, religious experience provides exemplars for studying "the peculiarities of the process of unification, when it occurs." In his turn-of-the-century classic, Varieties of Religious Experience, William James applied the psychology and neurology then available in an exploration of the personal, inner aspects of religious experience (as opposed to institutional aspects of religion). James applied the psychology and neurology then available in an exploration of the personal, inner aspects of religious experience (as distinct from institutional aspects of religion).
In his time, James did not have to justify the usefulness of studying religious experience; rather, he had to justify treating it from the perspective of science. In our time the situation is reversed; contemporary Western science rarely bothers with anything religious, even less if it is rooted in a really foreign culture or ancient time. Nevertheless, the practitioners of these disciplines have not all been dopes. Any comprehensive theory of people we may construct must take into account the empirical data and concepts from these disciplines as well as from the contemporary biological, psychological, and social sciences. I am currently working on reframing the concepts "spirit" and "spiritual experience" in a way that will be consistent with contemporary scientific thinking which emphasizes organization and emergence. The reframing is also to be consistent with most traditional usages. The intent is to leave the spiritual and the scientific at ease together. Religious people need not be forced to choose between their spiritual experiences and natural science, and the non-religious and the scientifically-minded need no longer cut themselves off from examining the observations, practices, and theoretical developments that have gone on for thousands of years in the context of the world's religions.
Consciousness
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Consciousness
1. Galin, D. Implications for psychiatry of left and right cerebral specialization. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31:572-583, 1974.
2. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Lateral cerebral specialization and the duality of consciousness. In Human Behavior and Brain Function: Walnut Creek Symposium, Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1975.
3. Galin, D. Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell and S. Gabay (eds.) Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. 1976.
4. Ornstein, R.E. and Galin, D. Physiological studies of consciousness. AAAS Symposium on Consciousness, New York: Viking Press, 1976.
5. Galin, D. Two modes of consciousness and two halves of the brain. AAAS Symposium on Consciousness, New York: Viking Press, 1976.
6. Galin, D. Duality of the brain: Implications for education. Childhood Education, 53(1):17-20, 1976. Reprinted in Readings in Early Childhood Education 78/79, Annual Editions, 1979.
7. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Braff, D. Lateralization of conversion symptoms: More frequent on the left. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134(5):578-580, 1977.
8. Galin, D. Lateral specialization in psychiatric issues: Speculations on development and the evolution of consciousness. In S.J. Dimond and D.A. Blizard (eds.), Evolution and Lateralization of the Brain, New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 299:397-411, 1977.
9. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Adams, J.E., and Rutkin, B.B. Unilateral driving of olfactory spindles in the human amygdala. Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, 3(2):103-110, 1977.
10. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Nakell, L., and Herron, J. Development of the capacity for tactile information transfer between hemispheres in normal children. Science, 1979, 204, 1330, 1332.
11. Galin, D. "This week’s Citation Classic: Getting yourself together; hemispheric autonomy and/or integration"; Current Contents 19(42):10, 1991.
12. Galin, D. The blind wise men and the elephant of consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:8-11., 1992.
13. Galin, D. Theoretical reflection on awareness, monitoring, and self in relation to anosognosia. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:152-162, 1992.
14. Galin, D. Beyond the fringe. Consciousness and cognition., 2:113-118, 1993.
15. Galin, D. The structure of awareness: contemporary applications of William James's forgotten concept of "the fringe." Journal of Mind and Behavior., 15(4):375-400, 1994.
16. Galin, D. What is the difference between a duck? In J. Cohen and J. Schooler (eds), Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995, pp. 445-450.
17. Galin, D. The structure of subjective experience: sharpen the concepts and terminology. In S. R. Hameroff, A.W. Kaszniak, and A. C. Scott, (eds), Toward a Science of Consciousness. 1996, pp. 121-140.
18. Galin, D. Separating First-Personness from the other problems of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6 (2-3), 222-229.
19. Galin, D. Comments on Epstein's Neurocognitive Interpretation of William James's Model of Consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition, 9, 576-583, 2000.
20. Galin, D. The concepts of Self and Person in Buddhism and in Contemporary Western Science. In B. A. Wallace (ed), Breaking New Ground: Essays on Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science. Columbia Univ. Press (in press, 2002
Brain Laterality
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1. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Kocel, K., and Merrin, E. Hemispheric localization of cognitive mode by EEG. Psychophysiology, 8(2):246-247, 1971.
2. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Lateral specialization of cognitive mode: An EEG study. Psychophysiology, 9:412-418, 1972.
3. Kocel, K., Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., and Merrin, E.L. Lateral eye movement and cognitive mode. Psychonomic Science. 27:223-224, 1972.
4. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Individual difference in cognitive style: 1. Reflective eye movement. Neuropsychologia, 12:367-376, 1974.
5. Doyle, J.C., Ornstein, R.E., and Galin, D. Lateralization of cognitive mode: II. EEG frequency analysis. Psychophysiology, 11(5):567-578, 1974.
6. Galin, D. Implications for psychiatry of left and right cerebral specialization. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31:572-583, 1974.
7. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Lateral cerebral specialization and the duality of consciousness. In Human Behavior and Brain Function: Walnut Creek Symposium, Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1975.
8. Galin, D. and Ellis, R.R. Asymmetry in evoked potentials as an index of lateralized cognitive processes: Relation to EEG alpha asymmetry. Neuropsychologica, 13:45-50, 1975.
9. Galin, D. Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell and S. Gabay (eds.) Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. 1976.
10. Galin, D. Duality of the brain: Implications for education. Childhood Education, 53(1):17-20, 1976. Reprinted in Readings in Early Childhood Education 78/79, Annual Editions, 1979.
11. Galin, D. and Ellis, R.R. Indices of lateralized cognitive process: Relation of evoked potential asymmetry to EEG alpha asymmetry. In J.E. Desmedt (ed.), Cerebral Evoked Potentials in Man, Vol. 3, Basel: S. Karger, 1977, pp. 140-150.
12. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Braff, D. Lateralization of conversion symptoms: More frequent on the left. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134(5):578-580, 1977.
13. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Herron, J. Development of crossed and uncrossed tactile localization on the fingers. Brain and Language, 4:588-590, 1977.
14. Galin, D. Lateral specialization in psychiatric issues: Speculations on development and the evolution of consciousness. In S.J. Dimond and D.A. Blizard (eds.), Evolution and Lateralization of the Brain, New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 299:397-411, 1977.
15. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Adams, J.E., and Rutkin, B.B. Unilateral driving of olfactory spindles in the human amygdala. Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, 3(2):103-110, 1977.
16. Herron, J., Galin, D., and Ornstein, R.E. Handedness and sex differences in EEG asymmetry and dichotic measures. Psychophysiology, 14(1):82, 1977.
17. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Herron, J. Effects of task difficulty on EEG measures of cerebral engagement. Neuropsychologia, 16:461-472, 1978.
18. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., and Herron, J. Choice of handedness measures in studies of hemispheric specialization. International Journal of Neuroscience, 1979, 9, 71-80.
19. Herron, J., Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Ornstein, R.E. Cerebral specialization, writing posture and motor control of writing in left-handers. Science, 1979, 205, 1285-1289.
20. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Nakell, L., and Herron, J. Development of the capacity for tactile information transfer between hemispheres in normal children. Science, 1979, 204, 1330, 1332.
21. Galin, D. Methodological problems and opportunities in EEG studies of lateral specialization. NINCDS Symposium on Neurological Bases of Language Disorders in Children: Methods and Directions for Research, NIH Pub. No. 79-4409, 1980.
22. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Herron, J., and Johnstone, J. Sex and handedness differences in EEG measures of hemispheric specialization. Brain and Language, 1982, 16, 19-55.
23. Galin, D, and Ornstein, R.E. "This week’s Citation Classic: Lateral specialization for cognitive mode"; Current Contents (No.49), p. 20, Dec. 5, 1983.
24. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J. and Marcus, M. Regional brain activity in dyslexic and control children during reading tasks: Visual probe event-related potentials. Brain and Language, 21, 233-254, 1984.
25. Dark, K.A., Ellman, G., Peeke, H.V.S., Galin, D.,and Reus, V. Sex differences and asymmetries of brain catecholamines: relation to turning preferences in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 20, 327-330, 1984.
26. Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., Fein, G.F., Galin, D., Johnstone, J.: Narrative speech deficits in dyslexics. J. Clin. Exp. Neuropsychol., 8, 347-361, 1986.
27. Galin, D. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Neuropsychological Studies of Depression: An optimistic overview. In M. Kinsbourne (ed.), Cerebral Hemisphere Function in Depression, Progress in Psychiatry Series; Wash., D.C.: Amer. Psychiat. Press, 1988, pp. 165-190.
28. Galin, D., Herron, J., Johnstone, J., Yingling, C., and Fein, G. EEG Alpha asymmetry in dyslexics during speaking and block design tasks. Brain and Language., 35:241-253, 1988.
29. Fein., G., Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., and Galin, D. Verbal and non-verbal memory deficits in pure dyslexia. Developmental Neuropsychology., 4(3), 181-197, 1988.
30. Galin, D., EEG Studies in Dyslexia: the UCSF Dyslexia Project. In D.J. Bakker and H. van der Vlugt (eds), Learning Disabilities, Vol. I: Neuropsychological Correlates and Treatment. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1989, pp. 149-171.
31. Galin, D. and Nachman, M. Story recall under monaural and binaural
conditions: patients with anterior temporal lesions. J. Nerv. Mental Dis., 178(1), 15-19, 1990.
32. Galin, D., Rodgers, V., and Merrin, E.L. Story recall under monaural and binaural conditions in psychiatric patients. Biol. Psychiatry., 28:794-806, 1990.
33. Galin, D. "This week’s Citation Classic: Getting yourself together; hemispheric autonomy and/or integration"; Current Contents 19(42):10, 1991.
34. Galin, D., Raz, J., Fein, G., Johnstone, J., Herron, J., and Yingling, C. EEG spectra in dyslexic and normal readers during oral and silent reading. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology., 82:87-101, 1992
Dyslexia
Dyslexia
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1. Galin, D. Duality of the brain: Implications for education. Childhood Education, 53(1):17-20, 1976. Reprinted in Readings in Early Childhood Education 78/79, Annual Editions, 1979.
2. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Herron, J. Effects of task difficulty on EEG measures of cerebral engagement. Neuropsychologia, 16:461-472, 1978.
3. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., and Herron, J. Choice of handedness measures in studies of hemispheric specialization. International Journal of Neuroscience, 1979, 9, 71-80.
4. Herron, J., Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Ornstein, R.E. Cerebral specialization, writing posture and motor control of writing in left-handers. Science, 1979, 205, 1285-1289.
5. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J., Galin, D., and Marcus, M. Dyslexic children have normal vestibular responses to rotation. Arch. Neurology, 40:370-373, 1983.
6. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Adams, A.J., Yingling, C.D., Galin, D., Herron, J., and Marcus, M. Predictive eye movements do not discriminate between dyslexic and control children. Neuropsychologia, 21:121-128, 1983.
7. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J. Galin, D., and Marcus, M. Tracking eye movements are normal in dyslexic children. Am. J. Optometry and Physiological Optics, 60:376-383, 1983.
8. Fein, G., Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Yingling, C.D., Marcus, M., and Kiersch, M.E. EEG power spectra in normal and dyslexic children. I: Reliability during passive conditions. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol, 55:399-405, 1983
9. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J. and Marcus, M. Regional brain activity in dyslexic and control children during reading tasks: Visual probe event-related potentials. Brain and Language, 21, 233-254, 1984
10. Fein, G., Galin, D., Yingling, C., Johnstone, J. EEG Spectra in 10-12 year old boys are stable over l to 3 years. EEG Clin. Neurophysiol. 58, 517-518, 1984.
11. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Herron, J., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., and Marcus, M. Static postural stability is normal in dyslexic children. J Learning Disabilities, 18, 31-34, 1985.
12. Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., Fein, G.F., Galin, D., Johnstone, J.: Narrative speech deficits in dyslexics. J. Clin. Exp. Neuropsychol., 8, 347-361, 1986.
13. Yingling, C.D., Galin, D., Fein, G., Peltzman, D., Davenport, L.: "Neurometrics does not detect "pure" dyslexic children". EEG Clin. Neurophysiol., 63:426-430, 1986.
14. Fein, G., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., and Johnstone, J. EEG spectra in dyslexic and control boys during resting conditions. EEG Clin. Neurophysiol., 63:87-97, 1986.
15. Galin, D., Herron, J., Johnstone, J., Yingling, C., and Fein, G. EEG Alpha asymmetry in dyslexics during speaking and block design tasks. Brain and Language., 35:241-253, 1988.
16. Fein., G., Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., and Galin, D. Verbal and non-verbal memory deficits in pure dyslexia. Developmental Neuropsychology., 4(3), 181-197, 1988.
17. Galin, D., EEG Studies in Dyslexia: the UCSF Dyslexia Project. In D.J. Bakker and H. van der Vlugt (eds), Learning Disabilities, Vol. I: Neuropsychological Correlates and Treatment. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1989, pp. 149-171.
18. Galin, D., Raz, J., Fein, G., Johnstone, J., Herron, J., and Yingling, C. EEG spectra in dyslexic and normal readers during oral and silent reading. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology., 82:87-101, 1992.
Psychiatry
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1. Galin, D. Implications for psychiatry of left and right cerebral specialization. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31:572-583, 1974.
2. Galin, D. Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell and S. Gabay (eds.) Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. 1976.
3. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Braff, D. Lateralization of conversion symptoms: More frequent on the left. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134(5):578-580, 1977.
4. Galin, D. Lateral specialization in psychiatric issues: Speculations on development and the evolution of consciousness. In S.J. Dimond and D.A. Blizard (eds.), Evolution and Lateralization of the Brain, New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 299:397-411, 1977.
5. Galin, D. Cerebral lateral asymmetry and psychiatric issues. The Western Journal of Medicine, 129(6):490, 1978.
6. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Nakell, L., and Herron, J. Development of the capacity for tactile information transfer between hemispheres in normal children. Science, 1979, 204, 1330, 1332.
7. Dark, K.A., Ellman, G., Peeke, H.V.S., Galin, D.,and Reus, V. Sex differences and asymmetries of brain catecholamines: relation to turning preferences in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 20, 327-330, 1984.
8. Galin, D. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Neuropsychological Studies of Depression: An optimistic overview. In M. Kinsbourne (ed.), Cerebral Hemisphere Function in Depression, Progress in Psychiatry Series; Wash., D.C.: Amer. Psychiat. Press, 1988, pp. 165-190
9. Galin, D., Rodgers, V., and Merrin, E.L. Story recall under monaural and binaural conditions in psychiatric patients. Biol. Psychiatry., 28:794-806, 1990.
10. Galin, D. Theoretical reflection on awareness, monitoring, and self in relation to anosognosia. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:152-162, 1992.
12. Galin, D. What is the difference between a duck? In J. Cohen and J. Schooler (eds), Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995, pp. 445-450.
13. Galin, D. The structure of subjective experience: sharpen the concepts and terminology. In S. R. Hameroff, A.W. Kaszniak, and A. C. Scott, (eds), Toward a Science of Consciousness. 1996, pp. 121-140.
14. Galin, D. Separating First-Personness from the other problems of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6 (2-3), 222-229.
15. Galin, D. The concepts of Self and Person in Buddhism and in Contemporary Western Science. In B. A. Wallace (ed), Breaking New Ground: Essays on Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science. Columbia Univ. Press (in press, 2002).
The following are in progress or under review:
16. Galin, D. Rehabilitating the concept “Spirit” for the non-religious and the scientifically-minded.
Religious Experience
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1. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Adams, J.E., and Rutkin, B.B. Unilateral driving of olfactory spindles in the human amygdala. Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, 3(2):103-110, 1977.
2. Galin, D. What is the difference between a duck? In J. Cohen and J. Schooler (eds), Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995, pp. 445-450.
The following are in progress or under review:
4. Galin, D. Rehabilitating the concept “Spirit” for the non-religious and the scientifically-minded.
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PUBLICATIONS BY DATE:
Key papers marked in bold
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1. Galin, D. Implications for psychiatry of left and right cerebral specialization. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31:572-583, 1974.
2. Galin, D. Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell and S. Gabay (eds.) Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. 1976.
3. Galin, D. Duality of the brain: Implications for education. Childhood Education, 53(1):17-20, 1976. Reprinted in Readings in Early Childhood Education 78/79, Annual Editions, 1979.
4. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Braff, D. Lateralization of conversion symptoms: More frequent on the left. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134(5):578-580, 1977.
5. Galin, D. Lateral specialization in psychiatric issues: Speculations on development and the evolution of consciousness. In S.J. Dimond and D.A. Blizard (eds.), Evolution and Lateralization of the Brain, New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 299:397-411, 1977.
6. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Nakell, L., and Herron, J. Development of the capacity for tactile information transfer between hemispheres in normal children. Science, 1979, 204, 1330, 1332.
7. Galin, D. "This week’s Citation Classic: Getting yourself together; hemispheric autonomy and/or integration"; Current Contents 19(42):10, 1991.
8. Galin, D. Theoretical reflection on awareness, monitoring, and self in relation to anosognosia. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:152-162, 1992.
9. Galin, D. The structure of awareness: contemporary applications of William James's forgotten concept of "the fringe." Journal of Mind and Behavior., 15(4):375-400, 1994.
10. Galin, D. What is the difference between a duck? In J. Cohen and J. Schooler (eds), Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995, pp. 445-450.
11. Galin, D. Separating First-Personness from the other problems of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6 (2-3), 222-229.
12. Galin, D. The concepts of Self and Person in Buddhism and in Contemporary Western Science. In B. A. Wallace (ed), Breaking New Ground: Essays on Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science. Columbia Univ. Press (in press, 2002)
Self, Person & I
Curriculum Vitae
David Galin, M.D.
Associate Professor in Residence
Department of Psychiatry
Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
EDUCATION
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio: B.S. 1957; Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York: M.D. 1961; Medicine
Mt. Zion Hospital Center, San Francisco, 1962; Rotating Medical
Internship
National Institutes of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland;
Research
Associate 1962-1965; Neurobiology of attention (Prof. Robert Livingston)
1968; Autonomic feedback and behavior (Dr. John I. Lacey) Fels Research
Institute, Yellow Springs, Ohio: Postdoctoral Fellow 1965-
MAJOR AWARDS
Career Researcher Award, NIMH, 1968-1978
Citation Classic Award, Science Citation Index, in1983 and in1991, for
research publications most cited in their field.
EDITORIAL SERVICE:
Consciousness and Cognition (Editorial Board)
J. Consciousness Studies
Science
EEG and Clin. Neurophysiology
Biological Psychiatry
Archives of General Psychiatry
Brain and Language
Psychophysiology
J. Math Education
J. Nervous and Mental Disease
Neuropsychologia
PUBLICATIONS (abstracts omitted)
1. Galin, D. Auditory nuclei: Distinctive patterns of white noise and tones in unanesthetized cats. Science, 146:270-272, 1964.
2. Galin, D. Effects of conditioning on auditory signals. In W.S. Fields and B.R. Alford (eds.) Neurological Aspects of Auditory and Vestibular Disorders, Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1964, pp. 61-76.
3. Galin, D. Background and evoked activity in the auditory pathway: Effects of noise-shock pairing. Science, 149:761-763, 1965.
4. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Kocel, K., and Merrin, E. Hemispheric localization of cognitive mode by EEG. Psychophysiology, 8(2):246-247, 1971.
5. Galin, D. and Lacey, J.I. Reaction time and heart rate response pattern: Effects of reticular stimulation in cats. Physiology and Behavior, 8:729- 739, 1972.
6. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Lateral specialization of cognitive mode: An EEG study. Psychophysiology, 9:412-418, 1972.
7. Kocel, K., Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., and Merrin, E.L. Lateral eye movement and cognitive mode. Psychonomic Science. 27:223-224, 1972.
8. Ornstein, R.E. and Galin, D. Physiological Studies of Consciousness. London: The Institute for Cultural Research, 1973.
9. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Individual difference in cognitive style: 1.Reflective eye movement. Neuropsychologia, 12:367-376, 1974.
10. Doyle, J.C., Ornstein, R.E., and Galin, D. Lateralization of cognitive mode: II. EEG frequency analysis. Psychophysiology, 11(5):567-578, 1974.
11 . Galin, D. Implications for psychiatry of left and right cerebral specialization. Archives of General Psychiatry, 31:572-583, 1974.
12. Galin, D. and Ornstein, R.E. Lateral cerebral specialization and the duality of consciousness. In Human Behavior and Brain Function: Walnut Creek Symposium, Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1975.
13. Galin, D. and Ellis, R.R. Asymmetry in evoked potentials as an index of lateralized cognitive processes: Relation to EEG alpha asymmetry. Neuropsychologica, 13:45-50, 1975.
14. Galin, D. Hemispheric specialization: Implications for psychiatry. In R.G. Grenell and S. Gabay (eds.) Biological Foundations of Psychiatry. 1976.
15. Ornstein, R.E. and Galin, D. Physiological studies of consciousness. AAAS Symposium on Consciousness, New York: Viking Press, 1976.
16 . Galin, D. Two modes of consciousness and two halves of the brain. AAAS Symposium on Consciousness, New York: Viking Press, 1976.
17. Galin, D. Duality of the brain: Implications for education. Childhood Education, 53(1):17-20, 1976. Reprinted in Readings in Early Childhood Education 78/79, Annual Editions, 1979.
18. Galin, D. and Ellis, R.R. Indices of lateralized cognitive process: Relation of evoked potential asymmetry to EEG alpha asymmetry. In J.E. Desmedt (ed.), Cerebral Evoked Potentials in Man, Vol. 3, Basel: S. Karger, 1977, pp. 140-150.
19 . Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Braff, D. Lateralization of conversion symptoms: More frequent on the left. American Journal of Psychiatry, 134(5):578-580, 1977.
20. Galin, D., Diamond, R., and Herron, J. Development of crossed and uncrossed tactile localization on the fingers. Brain and Language, 4:588-590, 1977.
21 . Galin, D. Lateral specialization in psychiatric issues: Speculations on development and the evolution of consciousness. In S.J. Dimond and D.A. Blizard (eds.), Evolution and Lateralization of the Brain, New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 299:397-411, 1977.
22. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Adams, J.E., and Rutkin, B.B. Unilateral driving of olfactory spindles in the human amygdala. Journal of Altered States of Consciousness, 3(2):103-110, 1977.
23. Herron, J., Galin, D., and Ornstein, R.E. Handedness and sex differences in EEG asymmetry and dichotic measures. Psychophysiology, 14(1):82, 1977.
24. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Herron, J. Effects of task difficulty on EEG measures of cerebral engagement. Neuropsychologia, 16:461-472, 1978.
25. Galin, D. Cerebral lateral asymmetry and psychiatric issues. The Western Journal of Medicine, 129(6):490, 1978.
26. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., and Herron, J. Choice of handedness measures in studies of hemispheric specialization. International Journal of Neuroscience, 1979, 9, 71-80.
27. Herron, J., Galin, D., Johnstone, J., and Ornstein, R.E. Cerebral specialization, writing posture and motor control of writing in left-handers. Science, 1979, 205, 1285-1289.
28. Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Nakell, L., and Herron, J. Development of the capacity for tactile information transfer between hemispheres in normal children. Science, 1979, 204, 1330, 1332.
29. Galin, D. Methodological problems and opportunities in EEG studies of lateral specialization. NINCDS Symposium on Neurological Bases of Language Disorders in Children: Methods and Directions for Research, NIH Pub. No. 79-4409, 1980.
30. Galin, D., Ornstein, R.E., Herron, J., and Johnstone, J. Sex and handedness differences in EEG measures of hemispheric specialization. Brain and Language, 1982, 16, 19-55.
31 . Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J., Galin, D., and Marcus, M. Dyslexic children have normal vestibular responses to rotation. Arch. Neurology, 40:370-373, 1983.
32. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Adams, A.J., Yingling, C.D., Galin, D., Herron, J., and Marcus, M. Predictive eye movements do not discriminate between dyslexic and control children. Neuropsychologia, 21:121-128, 1983.
33. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J. Galin, D., and Marcus, M. Tracking eye movements are normal in dyslexic children. Am. J. Optometry and Physiological Optics, 60:376-383, 1983.
34. Fein, G., Galin, D., Johnstone, J., Yingling, C.D., Marcus, M., and Kiersch, M.E. EEG power spectra in normal and dyslexic children. I: Reliability during passive conditions. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol, 55:399-405, 1983.
35. Galin, D, and Ornstein, R.E. "This week’s Citation Classic: Lateral specialization for cognitive mode"; Current Contents (No.49), p. 20, Dec. 5, 1983.
36. Johnstone, J., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., Herron, J. and Marcus, M. Regional brain activity in dyslexic and control children during reading tasks: Visual probe event-related potentials. Brain and Language, 21, 233-254, 1984.
37. Dark, K.A., Ellman, G., Peeke, H.V.S., Galin, D.,and Reus, V. Sex differences and asymmetries of brain catecholamines: relation to turning preferences in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 20, 327-330, 1984.
38. Fein, G., Galin, D., Yingling, C., Johnstone, J. EEG Spectra in 10-12 year old boys are stable over l to 3 years. EEG Clin. Neurophysiol. 58, 517-518, 1984.
39. Brown, B., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Herron, J., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., and Marcus, M. Static postural stability is normal in dyslexic children. J Learning Disabilities, 18, 31-34, 1985.
40. Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., Fein, G.F., Galin, D., Johnstone, J.: Narrative speech deficits in dyslexics. J. Clin. Exp. Neuropsychol., 8, 347-361, 1986.
41. Yingling, C.D., Galin, D., Fein, G., Peltzman, D., Davenport, L.: "Neurometrics does not detect "pure" dyslexic children". EEG Clin. Neurophysiol., 63:426-430, 1986.
42. Fein, G., Galin, D., Yingling, C.D., and Johnstone, J. EEG spectra in dyslexic and control boys during resting conditions. EEG Clin. Neurophysiol., 63:87-97, 1986.
43. Galin, D. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Neuropsychological Studies of Depression: An optimistic overview. In M. Kinsbourne (ed.), Cerebral Hemisphere Function in Depression, Progress in Psychiatry Series; Wash., D.C.: Amer. Psychiat. Press, 1988, pp. 165-190.
44. Galin, D., Herron, J., Johnstone, J., Yingling, C., and Fein, G. EEG Alpha asymmetry in dyslexics during speaking and block design tasks. Brain and Language., 35:241-253, 1988.
45. Fein., G., Davenport, L., Yingling, C.D., and Galin, D. Verbal and non-verbal memory deficits in pure dyslexia. Developmental Neuropsychology., 4(3), 181-197, 1988.
46. Galin, D., EEG Studies in Dyslexia: the UCSF Dyslexia Project. In D.J. Bakker and H. van der Vlugt (eds), Learning Disabilities, Vol. I: Neuropsychological Correlates and Treatment. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1989, pp. 149-171.
47. Galin, D. and Nachman, M. Story recall under monaural and binaural
conditions: patients with anterior temporal lesions. J. Nerv. Mental Dis., 178(1), 15-19, 1990.
48. Galin, D., Rodgers, V., and Merrin, E.L. Story recall under monaural and binaural conditions in psychiatric patients. Biol. Psychiatry., 28:794-806, 1990.
49. Galin, D. "This week’s Citation Classic: Getting yourself together; hemispheric autonomy and/or integration"; Current Contents 19(42):10, 1991.
50. Galin, D. The blind wise men and the elephant of consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:8-11., 1992.
51. Galin, D., Raz, J., Fein, G., Johnstone, J., Herron, J., and Yingling, C. EEG spectra in dyslexic and normal readers during oral and silent reading. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology., 82:87-101, 1992
52. Galin, D. Theoretical reflection on awareness, monitoring, and self in relation to anosognosia. Consciousness and Cognition., 1:152-162, 1992.
53. Galin, D. Beyond the fringe. Consciousness and cognition., 2:113-118, 1993.
54. Galin, D. The structure of awareness: contemporary applications of William James's forgotten concept of "the fringe." Journal of Mind and Behavior., 15(4):375-400, 1994.
55. Galin, D. What is the difference between a duck? In J. Cohen and J. Schooler (eds), Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995, pp. 445-450.
56. Galin, D. The structure of subjective experience: sharpen the concepts and terminology. In S. R. Hameroff, A.W. Kaszniak, and A. C. Scott, (eds), Toward a Science of Consciousness. 1996, pp. 121-140.
57. Galin, D. The Brain as “The Little Computer that Could”: Review of The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul, by Paul M. Churchland, 1996, J. International Neuropsychology Soc.4:(3): 305-307.
58. Galin, D. Separating First-Personness from the other problems of Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6 (2-3), 222-229.
59. Galin, D. Comments on Epstein's Neurocognitive Interpretation of William James's Model of Consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition, 9, 576-583, 2000.
60. Galin, D. The concepts of Self and Person in Buddhism and in Contemporary Western Science. In B. A. Wallace (ed), Breaking New Ground: Essays on Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science. Oxford Univ. Press (in press, 2001).
The following are in progress or under review:
61. Galin, D. Rehabilitating the concept “Spirit” for the non-religious and the scientifically-minded.
