Thanks for sharing this, DR Ron Pulliam. Fascinating!
I'm glad to see that you found it worthwhile. It was fascinating to me, too.
My father had a massive stroke in 1990. He was taken to a Duke University facility where the doctors drilled two holes into the back of his skull to drain blood from the hemorrhaging. After he regained consciousness and began responding (with blinks of eyes and squeezes of hands), my mother asked him some questions about how he felt.
One of the things he would repeatedly do, and only now does my mother believe she understands exactly what he meant, was to use his left hand (he was paralyzed on his right side) and draw an invisible line from the top of his head down his body. After he regained rudimentary speech and the ability to get around on his own (he was in leg brace and used a walker) she asked him if he remembered doing that and he said yes. He was never able to tell her what it meant, though. We both now believe he meant that he felt divided...half of him existed whole but another half (critical to speech, control of his body) was seriously hurt.
It's, of course, not wholly scientific, but I think this lady's presentation paints a fascinating picture of what can happen when the brain's functions go awry, and the insights you may get into what you're all about.
