Part case history and part a study of consciousness and the brain, this story follows Nico, a toddler who had his right brain removed to control epilepsy. Battro is the neuroscientist who worked with Nico and watched him grow up to be a bright child with minor physical and mental handicaps. Illustrations.

Preface; Glossary; 1. The heart is in the brain; 2. Sculpting a new brain; 3. Compensatory analysis; 4. First schooling; 5. The cortical shift; 6. The double brain; 7. Brain, education and development; Notes; References; Index.