?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Split-Brain+debate+revisited%3A+On+the+importance+of+language+and+self-recognition+for+right+hemispheric+consciousness.+&rft.creator=Morin%2C+Alain&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=In+this+commentary+I+use+recent+empirical+evidence+and%0Atheoretical+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%3B+also%2C+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+%E2%80%94+a+%E2%80%9Ccomplete%E2%80%9D+one+in+the+left+hemisphere+and+a+%E2%80%9Cprimitive%E2%80%9D+one+in+the+right+hemisphere%2C&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2475%2F1%2FJMB.PDF&rft.identifier=++Morin%2C+Alain++(2001)+The+Split-Brain+debate+revisited%3A+On+the+importance+of+language+and+self-recognition+for+right+hemispheric+consciousness.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2475%2F