Each of us has an interpreter in our left hemisphere.
This interpreter constructs theories about why we act and behave the way we do.
| Each of us has an interpreter in our left hemisphere. |
| This interpreter constructs theories about why we act and behave the way we do. |
| Thousands (perhaps millions) of brain activities go on relatively independently of one another and all outside the realm of conscious experience. They affect body movements, emotions, thoughts, .... |
| Once these brain activities are expressed, the expressions become events that the conscious system takes note of and that the interpreter must explain. |
--- "tip of the tongue" phenomena
--- "unconscious" problem solving
| The interpreter constructs our conscious reality by interpreting the (limited and fragmentary) data available to it. |
| Your conscious life is an "afterthought" constructed by the interpreter. |
Source: Gazzaniga, Michael S., Mind Matters