It happens all the time due to accidents and cerebrovascular accidents. It's also possible to study localization of function with real-time MRI scans. Non-locality of memory has been known for decades. It is one of the reasons I believe artificial intelligence is beyond my lifetime, because no one knows how it works.
None of this argues for any non-physical property of the mind. Just because memories are spread out doesn't mean they aren't embodied.
From the standpoint of ID vs evolution, I find it interesting that the level of redundency in the brain is staggering, compared, say to the redundency of the space shuttle's heat shield.
Non-locality of memory has been known for decades. It is one of the reasons I believe artificial intelligence is beyond my lifetime, because no one knows how it works.
Indeed, non-locality of memory does not favor Crick's "Astonishing Hypothesis." I hadn't heard of the salamander experiments, so they were particularly interesting.
None of this argues for any non-physical property of the mind. Just because memories are spread out doesn't mean they aren't embodied.
Likewise, none of this argues against a non-physical property of the mind.