It is well known that particular points in the brain control specific parts of
the body. Maps of this relationship are well documented. By the way while this
is well known fact it is not actually true. The brain is a global system with
what appears to be local points or conditions. Those local points are gaussian
and can be shifted by training or learning. What is true for the brain/body
connection is also true for the brain/personality connection. Personality is a
local condition or guassian area. Personality can be shifted by learning. This
does not mean the shift can be absolute.
It is more likely that a brain will organize itself so that amputee wannabees
personality desires will be congruent with George Hammond's Cartesian
personality model than to be excluded because his model was peer reviewed and
amputee wannabees personalities were not.
Ron Blue
Ron Blue wrote:
>
> "Amputee wannabees" http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/elliott.htm
feels
> related to a Cartesian model of the body in the brain. This is similar to
> George Hammond's report on personality.
[Hammond, disclaimer]
Obviously, this kind of pseudoscientific and voyeristic
sensationalism has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to to with Hammond's
work which has been published in the peer reviewed
academic research journals.
George Hammond
