MindPapers: 8.1c. Cerebral Hemispheres and Consciousness

Albert, M. L.; Silverberg, R.; Reches, A. & Berman, M. (1976). Cerebral dominance for consciousness. Archives of Neurology 33:453-4. (Cited by 14 | Google | More links)

Austin, Glenn; Hayward, W. & Rouhe, S. (1974). A note on the problem of conscious man and cerebral disconnection by hemispherectomy. In Marcel Kinsbourne & W. Smith (eds.), Hemispheric Disconnection and Cerebral Function. Charles C. (Cited by 2 | Google)

Battro, A. (2001). Half a Brain is Enough: The Story of Nico. Cambridge University Press. (Cited by 18 | Google | More links)

Abstract: Half a Brain is Enough is the extraordinary story of Nico, a three-year-old boy who was given a right hemispherectomy to control his severe intractable epilepsy...

Baynes, K. & Gazzaniga, Michael S. (2000). Consciousness, introspection, and the split-brain: The two minds/one body problem. In Michael S. Gazzaniga (ed.), The New Cognitive Neurosciences: 2nd Edition. MIT Press. (Cited by 7 | Google)

Beaumont, J. Graham (1981). Split brain studies and the duality of consciousness. In G. Underwood & R. Stevens (eds.), Aspects of Consciousness, Volume 2. Academic Press. (Cited by 3 | Google)

Bogen, Joseph E. (1977). Further discussion of split brains and hemispheric capabilities. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 28 (September):281-6. (Cited by 2 | Google | More links)

Bogen, Joseph E. (1968). The other side of the brain: An appositional mind. Bulletin of the Los Angeles Neurological Society 34:135-62. (Cited by 5 | Google)

Colvin, Mary K. & Gazzaniga, Michael S. (2007). Split-brain cases. In Max Velmans & Susan Schneider (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness. Blackwell. (Google)

Cucchiara, B.; Kasner, S. E.; Wolk, D. A.; Lyden, P. D.; Knappertz, V. A.; Ashwood, T.; Odergren, T. & Nordlund, A. (2003). Lack of hemispheric dominance for consciousness in acute ischaemic stroke. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 74 (7):889-892. (Cited by 1 | Google | More links)

Dewitt, L. (1975). Consciousness, mind, self: The implications of the split-brain studies. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (March):41-47. (Cited by 5 | Google | More links)

Dimond, S. J. (1978). Depletion of awareness and double-simultaneous stimulation in split-brain man. Cortex 14:604-607. (Cited by 1 | Google)

Fecteau, Jillian H.; Kingstone, Alan & Enns, James T. (2004). Hemisphere differences in conscious and unconscious word reading. Consciousness and Cognition 13 (3):550-64. (Google | More links)

Gainotti, Guido (2005). Emotions, unconscious processes, and the right hemisphere. Neuro-Psychoanalysis 7 (1):71-81. (Cited by 1 | Google | More links)

Gazzaniga, Michael S. (1995). Consciousness and the cerebral hemispheres. In Michael S. Gazzaniga (ed.), The Cognitive Neurosciences. MIT Press. (Cited by 50 | Google)

Gazzaniga, Michael S.; LeDoux, J. E. & Wilson, David H. (1977). Language, praxis, and the right hemisphere: Clues to some mechanisms of consciousness. Neurology 27:1144-1147. (Cited by 22 | Google | More links)

Gazzaniga, Michael S. (1977). On dividing the self: Speculations from brain research. Excerpta Medica 434:233-44. (Cited by 3 | Google)

Gazzaniga, Michael S. & Miller, Melvin E. (2000). Testing tulving: The split brain approach. In Endel Tulving (ed.), Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain: The Tallinn Conference. Psychology Press/Taylor & Francis. (Cited by 3 | Google)

Harrington, A. (1985). Nineteenth-century ideas on hemisphere differences and "duality of mind". Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8:617-660. (Cited by 9 | Google)

Henke, Hal; Robinson, P.; Drysdale, P. & Loxley, P. (2009). Spatiotemporal dynamics of pattern formation in the primary visual cortex and hallucinations. Biological Cybernetics 101 (1):3-18. (Google)

Joseph, R. (1988). The right cerebral hemisphere: Emotion, music, visual-spatial skills, body-image, dreams, and awareness. Journal of Clinical Psychology 44:630-673. (Cited by 45 | Google | More links)

Kavcic, V.; Fei, R.; Hu, S. & Doty, R. W. (2000). Hemispheric interaction, metacontrol, and mnemonic processing in split-brain macaques. Behavioural Brain Research 111:71-82. (Cited by 4 | Google | More links)

Keenan, Julian Paul; Rubio, Jennifer; Racioppi, Connie; Johnson, Amanda & Barnacz, Allyson (2005). The right hemisphere and the dark side of consciousness. Cortex. Special Issue 41 (5):695-704. (Google)

Kurian, G. & Santhakumari, K. (1990). Consciousness and the left cerebral hemisphere. Journal of Indian Psychology 8:33-36. (Google)

Landis, Theodor; Graves, R. E. & Goodglass, H. (1981). Dissociated awareness of manual performance on two different visual associative tasks: A "split-brain" phenomenon in normal subjects? Cortex 17:435-440. (Google)

LeDoux, J. E.; Wilson, David H. & Gazzaniga, Michael S. (1977). A divided mind: Observations of the conscious properties of the separated hemispheres. Annals of Neurology 2:417-21. (Cited by 11 | Google | More links)

LeDoux, J. E.; Wilson, David H. & Gazzaniga, Michael S. (1979). Beyond commissurotomy: Clues to consciousness. In Michael S. Gazzaniga (ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. , Volume 2. (Cited by 3 | Google)

LeDoux, J. E. (1986). Brain, mind, and language. In David A. Oakley (ed.), Brain and Mind. Methuen. (Cited by 5 | Google)

Lishman, W. A. (1971). Emotion, consciousness, and will after brain bisection in man. Cortex 7:181-92. (Cited by 2 | Google)

Mackay, Donald M. (1987). Divided brains -- divided minds? In Colin Blakemore & Susan A. Greenfield (eds.), Mindwaves. Blackwell. (Cited by 2 | Google)

Manly, Tom; Dobler, Veronika B.; Dodds, Christopher M. & George, Melanie A. (2005). Rightward shift in spatial awareness with declining alertness. Neuropsychologia 43 (12):1721-1728. (Cited by 2 | Google)

Marks, Charles E. (1980). Commissurotomy, Consciousness, and Unity of Mind. MIT Press. (Cited by 29 | Google | More links)

Mark, V. (1996). Conflicting communication in a split-brain patient: Support for dual consciousness. In Stuart R. Hameroff, Alfred W. Kaszniak & A. C. Scott (eds.), Toward a Science of Consciousness. MIT Press. (Google)

Miller, L. (1986). Some comments on cerebral hemispheric models of consciousness. Psychoanalytic Review 73:129-44. (Cited by 7 | Google)

Morin, Alain (2002). Right hemispheric self-awareness: A critical assessment. Consciousness and Cognition 11 (3):396-401. (Cited by 9 | Google | More links)

Abstract: In this commentaryI evaluate the claim made byKeenan, Nelson, OÕConnor, and Pascual-Leone (2001) that since self-recognition results from right hemispheric activity, self-awareness too is likely to be produced by the activity of the same hemisphere. This reasoning is based on the assumption that self-recognition represents a valid operationalization of self-awareness; I present two views that challenge this rationale. Keenan et al. also support their claim with published evidence relating brain activityand self-awareness; I closelyexamine their analysis of one speciﬁc review of literature and conclude that it appears to be biased. Finally, recent research suggests that inner speech (which is associated with left hemispheric activity) is linked to self-awareness—an observation that further casts doubt on the existence of a right hemispheric self-awareness. Ó 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved

Morin, Alain (2005). Self-awareness and the left hemisphere: The dark side of selectively reviewing the literature. Cortex 41:695-704. (Google)

Morin, Alain (2001). The split-brain debate revisited: On the importance of language and self-recognition for right hemispheric consciousness. Journal of Mind and Behavior 22 (2):107-118. (Cited by 7 | Google | More links)

Abstract: In this commentary I use recent empirical evidence and theoretical analyses concerning the importance of language and the meaning of self-recognition to reevaluate the claim that the right mute hemisphere in commissurotomized patients possesses a full consciousness. Preliminary data indicate that inner speech is deeply linked to self-awareness; also, four hypotheses concerning the crucial role inner speech plays in self-focus are presented. The legitimacy of self-recognition as a strong operationalization of self-awareness in the right hemisphere is also questioned on the basis that it might rather tap a preexisting body awareness having little to do with an access to mental events. I conclude with the formulation of an alternative interpretation of commissurotomy according to self-awareness — a “complete” one in the left hemisphere and a “primitive” one in the right hemisphere

Natsoulas, Thomas (1987). Consciousness and commissurotomy:. Spheres and Streams of Consciousness. Journal of Mind and Behavior 8 (2):435-468. (Google)

Natsoulas, Thomas (1988). Consciousness and commissurotomy:. Some Pertinencies for Intact Functioning. Journal of Mind and Behavior 9:515-548. (Google)

Natsoulas, Thomas (1991). Consciousness and commissurotomy: 3. toward the improvement of alternative conceptions. Journal of Mind and Behavior 12 (2):1-32. (Cited by 3 | Google)

Natsoulas, Thomas (1992). Consciousness and commissurotomy:. Three Hypothesized Dimensions of Deconnected Left-Hemispheric Consciousness. Journal of Mind and Behavior 13:37-67. (Google)

Natsoulas, Thomas (1991). Consciousness and commissurotomy: 5. concerning a hypothesis of normal dual consciousness. Journal of Mind and Behavior 14 (2):179-202. (Google)

Natsoulas, Thomas (1991). Consciousness and commissurotomy: 6. evidence for normal dual consciousness. Journal of Mind and Behavior 16 (2):181-205. (Google)

Niebauer, Christopher L. (2004). Handedness and the fringe of consciousness: Strong handers ruminate while mixed handers self-reflect. Consciousness and Cognition 13 (4):730-745. (Cited by 2 | Google)

Niebauer, Christopher L.; Aselage, Justin & Schutte, Christian (2002). Hemispheric interaction and consciousness: Degree of handedness predicts the intensity of a sensory illusion. Laterality 7 (1):85-96. (Cited by 6 | Google | More links)

Preilowski, B. (1979). Self-recognition as a test of consciousness in left and right hemisphere of "split-brain" patients. Activitas Nervosa Superior 19. (Google)

Puccetti, Roland (1977). Bilateral organization of consciousness in man. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 299:448-58. (Cited by 2 | Google | More links)

Puccetti, Roland (1981). The case for mental duality: Evidence from split-brain data and other considerations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 4:93-123. (Cited by 19 | Google)

Quen, J. M. (ed.) (1986). Split Minds/Split Brains: Historical and Current Perspectives. New York University Press. (Cited by 1 | Google)

Rusalova, M. N. (2005). Characteristics of interhemisphere interactions at different levels of consciousness. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology 35 (8):821-827. (Cited by 1 | Google | More links)

Sergent, J. (1987). A new look at the human split brain. Brain 110:1375-92. (Cited by 24 | Google | More links)

Smith, Stephen D. & Bulman-Fleming, M. Barbara (2004). A hemispheric asymmetry for the unconscious perception of emotion. Brain and Cognition 55 (3):452-457. (Cited by 2 | Google | More links)

Smith, Stephen D. (ms). Hemispheric specialization for the conscious and unconscious perception of emotional stimuli. (Google)

Sperry, Roger W. (1964). Brain bisection and mechanisms of consciousness. In John C. Eccles (ed.), Brain and Conscious Experience. Springer-Verlag. (Google)

Sperry, Roger W. (1984). Consciousness, personal identity and the divided brain. Neuropsychologia 22:611-73. (Cited by 52 | Google)

Sperry, Roger W. (1977). Forebrain commissurotomy and conscious awareness. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2 (June):101-26. (Cited by 32 | Google)

Sperry, Roger W. (1968). Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness. American Psychologist 23:723-733. (Cited by 127 | Google)

Sperry, Roger W.; Zaidel, E. & Zaidel, D. (1979). Self recognition and social awareness in the deconnected minor hemisphere. Neuropsychologia 17:153-166. (Cited by 67 | Google | More links)

Abstract: Two patients with cerebral commissurotomy were tested with visual input lateralized to left or right half of the visual field by an opaque hemifield screen set in the focal plane of an optical system mounted on a scleral contact lens which allowed prolonged exposure and ocular scanning of complex visual arrays. Key personal and affect-laden stimuli along with items for assessing general social knowledgability were presented among neutral unknowns in visual arrays with 4-9 choices. Selective manual and associated emotional responses obtained from the minor hemisphere to pictures of subject's self, relatives, pets and belongings, and of public, historical and religious figures and personalities from the entertainment world revealed a characteristic social, political, personal and self-awareness comparable roughly to that of the major hemisphere of the same subject

Trevarthen, Colwyn (1974). Analysis of central activities that generate and regulate consciousness in commissurotomy patients. In S. J. Dimond & J. Graham Beaumont (eds.), Hemisphere Function in the Human Brain. Elek. (Google)

Uddin, Lucina Q.; Rayman, Jan & Zaidel, Eran (2005). Split-brain reveals separate but equal self-recognition in the two cerebral hemispheres. Consciousness and Cognition 14 (3):633-640. (Cited by 6 | Google | More links)

Wessinger, C. M.; Fendrich, R.; Ptito, A. & Villemure, J. G. (1996). Residual vision with awareness in the field contralateral to a partial or complete functional hemispherectomy. Neuropsychologia 34:1129-1137. (Cited by 14 | Google | More links)

Wilkes, Kathleen V. (1978). Consciousness and commissurotomy. Philosophy 53 (April):185-99. (Cited by 3 | Google)

Zangwill, O. L. (1974). Consciousness and the cerebral hemispheres. In S. J. Dimond & J. Graham Beaumont (eds.), Heremisphere Function in the Human Brain. Wiley. (Cited by 5 | Google)

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