Ask Mark 1.3 - Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (podcast)
Channel: UCT CILT
Date: 2016-04-29

Ask Mark 1.3 - Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (podcast)

Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT's free online course, "What is a Mind?", hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit http://bit.ly/1JB2Dxf .

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Question: According to the article by Georg Northoff, Professor Solms has tentatively identified the ventromedial prefrontal cortex as the location of that part of the brain giving rise to the self. What happens to the mind when this part of the brain is damaged?