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What Split-Brain Patients Reveal About Consciousness

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4 points by bobosha a month ago · 2 comments

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da-x a month ago

> When Mark pointed out this discrepancy, the patient commented that her left hand frequently did things on its own

That is the scary part. I would image it's like having a parasitic mind that sometimes controls half your body and sometimes just smooth along with what your 'talking' part of consciousnesses is doing.

boboshaOP a month ago

Their lives and symptoms offer a rare window into how the brain binds experience into a single mind.

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