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I remember reading an article that suggested consciousness could be tied to the corpus callosum in the brain. But...

what of those people that get those surgeries to sever their corpus callosum as seizure prevention? If consciousness indeed exists, and is related to the corpus callosum, we would never be able to tell if the individual is no longer conscious, and is just "seemingly" conscious, that is sentient but not conscious. IDK if I'm saying it properly or not. But I just had this weird thought right now, since I recently learned about this weird procedure in psych, and I just remembered this consciousness thing right now.You are a brain. I am a brain. When you talk about the brain, the brain is talking about itself. The brain named itself. Braaaaaaains...

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Xuan

Most sources I know indicate that consciousness is an emergent phenomenon, likely not directly linked to any one part of the brain.

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Xuan

Well if you're talking about consciousness as in, awake or not, there are known differences in brain patterns. If you're talking about consciousness, as in the continuous account of experience, then the answer is not so simple, since even people in dream states have consciousness in the latter sense.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

I talk about consciousness in terms of the difference between a human and an inanimate object (though I will admit that I am somewhat animist and do not truly consider "inanimate" objects to be completely devoid of consciousness)

Xuan

Well, there are quite a few of those, including both versions of consciousness I mentioned. Maybe better to continue this line of thought after some rest.

CPTrilling

Behavior generated by the right brain is given poor, after-the-fact explanation (confabulation) by the left (verbal) cerebral cortex, so one can infer that the behavior is "sub-conscious." That doesn't mean there is a particular locus of consciousness.

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Nonono, I don't mean that type of consciousness. I'm talking about the philosophical construct of consciousness.

Entropic1

Thank you. Your question prompted me to go learn something. http://www.nodcc.org/dcc-faqs

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

Hmmmmmm
:V

Greed2Avaricious

You're so smart and curious for knowledge it's cute! :) night

TetrisGuy · 26-30, M

I need sleep I'mma just rambling about what's going on in my mind. xD

Greed2Avaricious

I know the feeling lol. But don't stop. You have a beautiful mind. Wish more people had a mind like yours (but better habits lol).

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