She sees the right brain hemisphere as being our "consciousness" wetware connecting us to others.
Parts of the video are esoteric, but it's fascinating to hear this first-person account from a brain researcher, especially of the morning of her stroke when her left hemishphere was damaged by a spontaneous brain hemorrhage.
Googling Anathem brought me to this blog review of it:
http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2008/10/thoughts-after-readi...
which reminded me of this NIH neuro anatomist who studied her own stroke, including during her multi-year recovery.
Her TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke...
YouTube of same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
She sees the right brain hemisphere as being our "consciousness" wetware connecting us to others.
Parts of the video are esoteric, but it's fascinating to hear this first-person account from a brain researcher, especially of the morning of her stroke when her left hemishphere was damaged by a spontaneous brain hemorrhage.
Edit: couple of typos