The Strange World of Split-brain Patients: In Search of the Interpreter of Our Actions
Jose Luis Perez Velazquez, Vera Nenadovic
Being and becoming 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78264-1_3 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Split-brain patients |
| Keywords | Free will Split brain Neurostimulation Callosotomy Self-awareness Consciousness |
| Key findings | Split-brain cases suggest that the unified self and the experience of free will may be illusions, as the left hemisphere fabricates explanations for actions it did not initiate. |
Abstract
This chapter reviews the split-brain cases in what they have to say about the self and the illusion of free will.