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What Do People Who Are Conscious But Lack a Cortex Demonstrate?

Consciousness does not necessarily reside in the cortex, as is commonly assumed

Neuroplasticity is a very interesting and important area of research. But the careless and casual attribution of unexpected mental states to it is junk science.

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The Astonishing Fact That Split Brain Patients Reveal

Perception (what we take in from the world around us) can be split but conception (ideas) are not split. And no one has two minds

A misguided article in Popular Mechanics gave neurosurgeon Michael Egnor a chance to shed light on a unique fact about people with split brains here.

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