The metaphor is not meant to imply that the two halves of the bicameral brain were "cut off" from each other but that the bicameral mind was experienced as a different, non-conscious mental schema wherein volition in the face of novel stimuli was mediated through a linguistic control mechanism and experienced as auditory verbal hallucination.
Metaforen er ikke meningen at antyde, at de to halvdele af hjernen var "afskåret" fra hinanden, men at de to sind, blev oplevet som en anden, ikke-bevidst mentale enhed, hvori fri vilje i lyset af nye stimuli blev formidlet gennem en sproglig kontrol mekanisme og opleves som auditiv verbal hallucination.