Lesions hitting emotion-producing brain mechanisms alter identity

Evidence

All lesions that impact the cerebral mechanisms for producing and regu­ lating emotions (particularly in the prefrontal cortex, the hippocampus and the amygdala) can alter the personality to such a degree that it becomes unrecognizable without necessarily diminishing the higher cognitive func­ tions (language, memory, attention, and so on). — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 489

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Specific brain lesions produce predictable, shared transformations of identity — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 507; Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3440; Different adversities alter brain regions matched to the developmental stage of harm — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 9655 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Specific brain lesions produce predictable, shared transformations of identity #expands (0.95) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 507
• Neurology observes identity change from lesions without theorizing it #responds-to (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3440
• The self is posited to unify otherwise divergent plastic brain processes #complicates (0.80) — Catherine Malabou, What Should We Do with Our Brain?, 191
• Neurological trauma can create an identity without origin or memory #expands (0.78) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 3217
• Encounters with one’s double shatter pre-planned emotional responses #complicates (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 462
• Different adversities alter brain regions matched to the developmental stage of harm #expands (0.72) — , The Rod and the Child, 9655