In those experiments, the speaking portion of Joe has no clue what the other side is experiencing. Like they show it to him on the wrong side and say “can you see this?” “No”. Then they ask him to draw it, and to his amazement he does. It’s not just being unable to vocalize certain thoughts - they’re not even there to vocalize at all to that part of the brain. But the other half is happily chugging away with that info
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smeg@feddit.uk 2 months agoA disconnect doesn’t necessarily imply two separate conscious entities though, right?
fishos@lemmy.world 2 months ago
pacmondo@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This video by CGP Grey goes into it a bit more, but split brain patients have even had their two halves disagree. For example the conscious hand picking out something to wear then the other hand batting it away and picking something else. It’s quite fascinating to read about.
youtu.be/wfYbgdo8e-8?si=lGDXs9-3P49wyhfL
smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
It’s definitely a fascinating subject! I guess the big question is whether we all have two consciousnesses already or that situation only develops after the split. It seems to me that healthy brains have both sides working so well together that they’re essentially one unit, and they only start behaving separately once their forced to.