The Consciousness is Divisible?

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 19 March 2012

Just an interesting thought that struck me a while back:

As we all know, it is possible to live and to think with only half of your brain intact (which makes the surgical procedure "hemispherectomy" possible). So, what would happen if you were to divide your brain and put each part in two "brain-empty" bodies? Would you be aware of both bodies at the same time? Would the consciousness disappear or completely reshape? Would both bodies be just like two completely new/different human beings with only half of their original mind left? Would there be two "you"? Where would your consciousness go?

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TWRoO on 19 March 2012

You'd have a constant splitting headache?

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badgenome on 19 March 2012

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 19 March 2012

TWRoO said:

You'd have a constant splitting headache?

Well, I was mainly thinking after the wounds were healed

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biggiepants on 13 December 2013

The answer maybe is we already are two consciousnesses, or maybe more. Look at the fig. 1 here, that deals with an experminent on someone with a split brain, a hemispherectomy: http://www.cisi.unito.it/neuropsicologia/didattica/materiali/approfondimenti/attenzione/2003/gazzaniga.pdf

it should be noted that consciousness is a phenomenon that science still knows little about.

source and further reading:
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/iee9g/if_you_become_a_splitbrain_patient_which_side/c235ow4

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