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Mara Fabri

2 papers in the library · 94 citations · publishing 2020-2021

Papers

Split-Brain: What We Know Now and Why This is Important for Understanding Consciousness

Neuropsychology Review May 12, 2020 Edward H.F. de Haan, Paul M. Corballis, Steven A. Hillyard et al. 86 citations

Cutting the corpus callosum (split-brain) broadly disrupts functional integration across perception and attention, but some processes like action control remain unified. The key unresolved question is whether split-brain patients have split or unified consciousness. Current evidence is insufficient to decide, and future studies may need to consider intermediate conceptualizations beyond a simple yes or no.

DOI: 10.1007/s11065-020-09439-3 Full text Consciousness Miller Corpus callosum Psychogenic disease +12

Singularity and consciousness: A neuropsychological contribution.

Journal of neuropsychology March 1, 2021 Edward H F De Haan, Huibert Steven Scholte, Yair Pinto et al. 8 citations

The subjective feeling that consciousness is singular—that there is only one 'me'—may be an illusion created by the need to respond coherently to the environment. A review of neuropsychological conditions such as anosognosia, neglect, and split-brain, alongside psychiatric disorders and psychoactive drugs, suggests that perceptual, language, memory, attentional, and motor processes can operate largely in parallel without integration. The sense of unity, or 'Me-ness', arises only when an organism must produce a coherent response constrained by environmental affordances.

DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12234 Full text Ego dissolution Anosognosia Consciousness Covert knowledge +1