Tag: Alien hand syndrome

Exploring the intricacies of human cognition a dual brain representation in artistic form

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 7, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alien hand syndrome, Dual consciousness concept, Gonzalo Munevar, Hannah Thomasy, Severance (2022–)}

Can One Person Really Have Two Different Consciousnesses?

_{The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction} _{Denyse O'Leary
April 7, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Real-world research shows the remarkable resilience of damaged brains housing single minds. Our brains are full of complexities and exceptions to rules.

Alien hand syndrome. Mature man trying to control his hand.

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Michael Egnor
Date
September 20, 2024

Categorized
Free will, Medicine and Health, Neuroscience

Tagged
Alien hand syndrome, Featured}

Alien Hand Syndrome? Relax. There Is No Alien Mind

_{The syndrome has been used to argue for the idea that split brain patients really have two separate minds and maybe wills afterward} _{Michael Egnor
September 20, 2024

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Free will, Medicine and Health, Neuroscience}

Split minds doesn’t make sense as a concept. To simultaneously pursue two abstract thought processes or moral choices is not a meaningful idea.

Businessman in split personality concept. High quality photo

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 19, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alien hand syndrome, Michael Egnor, Roger Sperry, Split brain research, Split brain research (and unity of mind), Yair Pinto on split brains}

Split Mind: The Strangest Theory in Neuroscience?

_{The idea that we might all have separate, undetected consciousnesses in each half of our brain supports materialism but there’s little evidence for it} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 19, 2023

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

he subtle abnormalities displayed by patients whose brains were split in half revealed an uncomfortable truth: The mind is a unity.

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Michael Egnor
Date
April 4, 2019

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alien hand syndrome, appetites, Featured, free will, split-brain surgery}

Does “Alien Hand Syndrome” Show That We Don’t Really Have Free Will?

_{One woman’s left hand seemed to have a mind of its own. Did it?} _{Michael Egnor
April 4, 2019

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

Alien hand syndrome doesn’t mean that free will is not real. In fact, it clarifies exactly what free will is and what it isn’t.