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The mind is more than the brain, we are just learning the connection to the gut for example...

• LoganDark 3y ago
  I like the theory that the CNS is part of the brain. So the spine, organs, connections between them... there are actual neurons in the stomach, for example.
  • sterlind 3y ago
    Yes, but in quadriplegics that connection is severed, and while it results in a lot of unpleasant medical issues, spinal cord injury doesn't alter cognition (other than the depression from coping with a severe disability.)
    • LoganDark 3y ago
      Of course it doesn't affect consciousness to a significant degree, since metacognition largely (or entirely) happens within the actual brain. But you still receive signals from other places, and losing them detracts from the experience of actually having a body, imho. I'm sure quadriplegics can attest to feeling like they've lost parts of their body, since they sort of have.