Professor Mark Solms’ theory of consciousness promises to revolutionise our ideas about the relationship between emotional and rational (cortical) consciousness. He argues that people with profound intellectual disabilities are emotionally conscious.. In our upcoming webinar run with PAMIS (https://pamis.org.uk) we will be debating how we can translate his ideas into practice. You can find a summary of his talk here https://storysharing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Neuroscience-Narrative-PMLD-summary.pdf
Two speech and language therapists discuss his work in a 5 minute talk here..: Interview with Nicola and Charlotte. The Hidden Spring is available on Kindle for only £4.74:Kindle: The Hidden Spring. And listen to Mark talking about his life, work and music, here…https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010nwy
Look out for further events where we will be discussing the impact of these ideas on how services are delivered