I want to claim in an article that our Self is a simple and unstable mental representation and not something transcending the neural computation (e.g. a Soul) as it can appear to us.
What are the best arguments and scientific proofs in support to this claim?
For example: what are the best studies showing that:
- The self is not unique and a single brain can produce multiple Selfs?
> schizophrenic patients experience multiple Selfs (we all have multiple Selfs but in these patients this appears more clearly).
> split brain patients can develop the perception of different Selfs in the two hemispheres (Graziano)
- The agency of the self is an illusion?
> For example, we may be induced to make a decision based on subliminal cues but then we would believe that the decision was made independently by the Self. Anything showing that what appear as a deliberated decision of the Self is not.
- Buddhist monks can eliminate the internal narrative of the Self through meditation and experience it as a flow of mental representations (more direct perception of the Mind).
- Anything similar to the Rubber hand illusion.
Many thanks for your help! :)
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As we know our mind never gets tired & also correlated which our soul . In this line some years back I have expressed my views as follows .
With this forget about the existence of soul as SOUL never dies & it will remain even after the departure on the earth ,SOUL keeps our the fruits of our action of our life which can be generated in our next life .
This is my personal opinion
The resources I have found that provide the best information of the type that you seek are:
1) No Self-No Problem by Chris Neibauer PhD
2) The Self Illusion by Bruce Hood Phd
3) Mind Matters by Michael S. Gazzaniga PhD
4) Who's In Charge by Michael S. Gazzaniga PhD
5) Tales from both Sides of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga PhD
6) Shadows of the Mind by Roger Penrose, PhD
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