Posted: Aug 05, 2014 9:36 am
Whilst we know that certain areas of the brain are integral to certain functions, we are talking about largely distributed systems. Most of our brain's activity is unconscious, and we become aware of certain aspects.
As for what gives rise to our awareness of mental activities (or the results of them), that is still up for debate. What we do know is that people who have lost one hemisphere, retain consciousness, so we can be pretty certain that it is also a distributed system, albeit one that doesn't appear to have a particular locus.
As for what gives rise to our awareness of mental activities (or the results of them), that is still up for debate. What we do know is that people who have lost one hemisphere, retain consciousness, so we can be pretty certain that it is also a distributed system, albeit one that doesn't appear to have a particular locus.