Tag Archives: Split-brain

Debate: Do split-brain patients have two minds?

Posted on November 16, 2019 by

I went to the NYU Consciousness site this morning hoping to see if the recent debate on the relationship of prefrontal activity to consciousness had been posted yet.  It hasn’t, and based on what I can see, it might be … Continue reading →

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Split brains and functioning consciousness

Posted on September 1, 2014 by

I’ve written before about split-brain patients, those who, due to severe epilepsy, had the connections between the two hemispheres of their brain severed, yet were subsequently able to lead normal lives without themselves even noticing any cognitive change, which has … Continue reading →

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