Tag: Roger Sperry
Split-Brain Research Confirms Unity of the Human Mind
The NOVA special’s claim is, “The split brain phenomenon suggests that there can be two separated minds, if you will, inside of a skull.”
My Question for P. Z. Myers: How Did Human Consciousness “Evolve”?
Human consciousness entails a unique ability to think abstractly — to reason, to think logically, to use language, to do mathematics, to exercise free will.
Explaining Abstract Thought in Materialist Terms: The Horns of a Dilemma
What an interesting choice of art. What’s up with that? Goya painted other works on the same theme.
Listen: What Craniopagus Twins Say about Mind and Brain
Neurosurgery professor Michael Egnor explores the amazing case of Tatiana and Krista Hogan.
What the Craniopagus Twins Teach Us About the Mind and the Brain
Tatiana and Krista Hogan’s shared and individual powers of mind are just what Thomistic dualism predicts.