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Roles of allocortex and centrencephalon in intentionality and consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Walter J. Freeman
Walter J. Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3206. [email protected]://sulcus.berkeley.edu
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Abstract

“Decortication” does not distinguish between removing all cerebral cortex, including three-layered allocortex or just six-layered neocortex. Functional decortication, by spreading depression, reversibly suppresses only neocortex, leaving minimal intentionality. Removal of all forebrain structures except a hypothalamic “island” blocks all intentional behaviors, leaving only tropisms. To what extent do Merker's examples retain allocortex, and how might such residues affect his interpretations?

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 92 - 93
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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