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51: On Consciousness | Annaka Harris

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The Left Hemispheric Response to a Sixcen Surgery

The left hemisphere, which is the speaking side, when the right hemisphere is responding to something the left side is unaware of, itdoesn't seem to be fabricating in the typical sense. You can flash a message to the right hemisphere saying, get up and walk to the back door. So the person will follow that command. They'll get up and start walking. The body obeys. And the right Hemisphere is obeying. And the left hemisphere is unaware of the command it received, but it immediately will come up with a reason for why they are doing what they're doing. That's instinctive and instantaneous. It seems to believe in a split brained patient. Yess what

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