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 I have to say, I was really taken aback by the difference between Dr. Taylor in writing and Dr. Taylor before a live audience.  It did make me think that, unless what she was really describing was a response or pattern common to many brain events (near-death, hallucination, etc) and many people, her specific recollection was probably colored more by her background as a neuroscientist than by a genuine connection with the fine workings of her brain.  I know that similar ideas have been studied to some extent, but don't think that her report can be generalized to others.  I'm also more generally uncomfortable with the strong association of various feelings, affects, and ways of life with which "half" of the brain one is "living" in.  It doesn't sound like a defensible picture of consciousness, even if we have seen some unusual behavior in split-brain patients.