Author: Diego Prieto
-
Split Brain Syndrome and the Location of Consciousness
The epicentre of thought, emotion, consciousness, and debatably soul, remains largely at mystery to modern science. Split-brain syndrome, a side effect of an epilepsy surgery called a corpus callosotomy, provides insight into the location and nature of consciousness, and raises more questions about what is going on in our heads. Epilepsy is a condition defined…
-
Zombie Salmon: The Swimming Dead
The tranquility of a Muskoka chair, fishing rod, and glassy lake. What could disrupt this middle-aged man’s dream? The line is tugged, reeled back, and instead of yielding dinner – a corpse. The body of a salmon, missing skin, muscle tissue, an eye, and covered in fungal infection, yet it’s still fighting the line. Little…