Split Brain

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Split Brain Our brain weighs about three pounds and is divided into two similar looking, but different hemispheres, the right and the left. Both are connected to a large bundle of nerves, called corpus collosom. In some people with sever seizer disorders such as epilepsy, it was found that if this bundle of nerves were severed their seizers would stop or at least be under better control. From this surgical procedure, it was discovered that …

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…more and more stimulation she will be able to continue to grow and function normally. Work cited Hampton-Turner, C. (1981). "Maps of the Mind". Collier Books, New York. Wood, Samuale.and Wood, Ellen R Green The World of psychology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon 2002Hellige, J. (1987)."Interhemispheric Interaction: Models, Paradigms, and Recent Findings" In Duality and Unity of the Brain: Unified Functioning and Specialization of the Hemispheres. Macmillan Press Ltd, London. " (Reported in 'Epilepsy & the Corpus Callosum' 1985)