Gazanica favors the interpretation that we have at least two consciousnesses in our bodies and the left brain. Under right controlled conditions you can see that the left brain cannot have any idea what the right brain is up to. There's actually a number of things which we'll talk about i i'll talk about it more in a second there are a number of ways that these patients actually do transmit information between left and right.
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain? Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires? What does this tell us about the ‘self’? Do we have two consciousnesses, but only that can speak? Does the left brain bully the right brain? Are we all just a bundle of different consciousnesses with their own agendas? Thanks to our Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this fascinating topic!
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