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loscheiner:

Split Brain-

some people with extreme epilepsy have their corpus collosum (the tissue connecting the two sides of the brain) severed.  this leaves the patient with two independent cerebral hemispheres.  for the most part, the brain still works just fine: patients can talk and think and remember.  no problem.

Even though everything is still functioning, there are some very cool experiments that can be done to show how the left and right hemispheres are specialized for certain tasks (L=language, R=visual interpretation and drawing).  Watch this, it will blow both sides of you unsplit mind.

(Thanks RAR!)

rar22:

Videos like this almost make me want to become a neuroscientist.  Our brains are so cool… right Lolo?  :)

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    UMMM holy squidbillies that’s is pretty amazing

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