joshua-fuller-ZWZDQVpmfIY-unsplash Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date April 8, 2025 CategoriesAnatomyMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , alien hand syndrome, antiseizure medications, biotechnology, brain, Broca’s area, consciousness, corpus callosotomy, corpus callosum, Gonzalo Munevar, Hannah Thomasy, hemispheres, language, Lawrence Technical University, Michael Egnor, neuroscientists, Nobel Prize, Roger Sperry, sci-fi, Severance (sci-fi series), split-brain patients, split-brain syndrome, The Immortal Mind, The Scientist One Brain, Two Consciousnesses? Denyse O’Leary April 8, 2025 Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction. Read More ›
brain Type post Author Michael Egnor Date February 24, 2025 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , alien hand syndrome, awareness, brain damage, brains, consciousness, information theory, materialism, minds, of, split-brain surgery, St. Augustine, volition, Yair Pinto “Multiple Minds” in Split-Brain Patients? Michael Egnor February 24, 2025 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 10 The scientific obsession with “split minds” is an artifact of our materialist preconceptions about neuroscience. Read More ›
alien hand 2 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 6, 2019 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, action potentials, alien hand syndrome, appetite, Bradley Center, brain, Eric Metaxas, free will, health, intellect, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, patients, physical processes, Socrates in the City, Stephen Meyer, volition, will Dr. Egnor on Free Will and the “Alien Hand” David Klinghoffer April 6, 2019 Neuroscience & Mind 3 A reader asked whether this disproves the unity and freedom of the will. It appears that the patient wills two things simultaneously: getting dressed and getting undressed. Read More ›
