In this video I cover research by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga on split brain patients who have had the corpus callosum severed. I explain some hemispheric specializations such as speech production and facial recognition as well as how visual … Read More
Split Brains and Hemisphere Specialization
One way of seeing differences between the two hemispheres comes from cases of patients with “split-brains”. These patients have had their corpus callosum severed in order to prevent the spread of epileptic seizures. While this process effectively stops the … Read More