1. Split Brain Theories
Corballis has researched people who have had their brains surgically split and people who were born with separated brains, and found that such people seem to experience double consciousness. ... Split-brain patients have also been able to perform tasks specific to each hemisphere of the brain (Carlson, 2000). ... Consciousness, as exemplified in people with split brains, shows the intricate and complex functions that are our brains carry out everyday. Unusual stories, such as a man whose brain was split in railroad accident but was able to continue to live without major medical complications a...
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