This story was reported as follows: Man shoots nail into head. Hilarity ensues.
Of course, it’s a nice opportunity to explore the “silent cortex” hypothesis. But I can’t find it from the mainstream press. Any help?
About Peter Freed, M.D.
I am a psychiatrist (psychopharmacology and psychotherapy) specializing in the so-called "personality disorders," particularly narcissistic and borderline personality disorders. I was a Fellow and then an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia from 2004- 2011, when I had an intellectual crisis-of-faith in which I stopped believing that neuroimaging could shed significant insight into the mystery of subjective experience. Since then I have focused on my clinical practice (at the Personality Studies Institute) and philosophical concerns.
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Written and Curated by Peter Freed, MD
I am a therapist, pharmacologist, and erstwhile functional neuroimager. My clinical work focuses on integrating medication with talk therapy to treat self-disorders. I want to build an empirical metaphysics with clinical teeth.
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[...] knowing that the mind and brain are definitely, definitely, definitely not the same thing. Why, I can take a nail to the brain and my mind will never feel it. I can desperately need neurosurgery and have no idea. Meanwhile I [...]