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Cutting apart the two hemispheres of the human brain is a drastic step, and it is one of the most controversial operations ever performed. Yet it can succeed, when all else fails, in relieving violent, drug-resistant epileptic seizures.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoA split-brain is the result of having the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree. This surgical procedure is called is called a corpus callosotomy and may be used to treat epilepsy.
A result is the at the two haves of the brain have difficulty communicating. As an example people with a split brain have difficulty relating images to the name of the object seen as the speech-control center is in the left side of the brain and the image from the left visual field is on the right side of the brain
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Individuals who have had their corpus callosum cut are said to have a?
A split brain
What three region is the brain divide in?
The brain is split into Memory, Control and Attention.
Is split personality a brain disorder?
yes
What results from a split brain experiment?
Results from a split brain experiment included a lowering in the seizures associated with epilepsy. It was also found that each hemisphere of the brain offered different tasks and perceptions.
Is split brain surgery also known as a lobotomy?
no
What is the answer to this brain teaser ban ana?
Banana Split
What commissure is cut during a split brain?
In split brain experiments the main commissure connecting the cerebral hemispheres is cut first name this commissure
What part of the brain is cut out in the split brain patients?
Corpus callosum
What is the newest Phineas and Ferb?
Split Personality/Brain Drain
Split-brain patients have had their surgically cut?
Corpus callosum
What happens when you sneeze your brain out?
You can't sneeze your brain out
What happens to the brain when a nerve breaks?
What happen to brain if brain nerve break
