Tag: Prefrontal cortex

A 3D rendering of a human brain with a missing puzzle piece, symbolizing mental health, memory loss, or a search for solutions.

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Michael Egnor
Date
May 4, 2025

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Cartesian dualism, Consciousness studies, Hydranencephaly, Pineal gland, Prefrontal cortex, Rene Descartes}

Why Much Current Consciousness Research Is a Fool’s Errand

_{The inability to even define consciousness with clarity is emblematic of the conceptual mess that modern neuroscience has become} _{Michael Egnor
May 4, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Consciousness is like contact lenses. It is the means by which we experience, not what we experience. Thus we can’t “find” it in the brain.

What Did the Multi-Year Consciousness Study Really Find?

_{Surprisingly, the joint research teams found that the prefrontal cortex, the “personality center,” may not be as important for consciousness as we think} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 2, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

The demotion of the prefrontal cortex in consciousness is remarkable in the light of other researchers’ view that it is practically what makes us human.