... able to find objects that they cannot perceive. Split-brain patients have also been able to perform tasks specific to each hemisphere of the brain (Carlson, 2000). These and other tests highlight the different functions of the brain's two halves and suggest that the notion of two minds on one brain. Corballis's research and the research of others indicates that the ... different circumstances (Fry, 1998). I have had the unique opportunity of experiencing training in a corporate setting that utilizes different modes, such as visual presentations of traditional lecture concepts and sensor...

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... stems not from the risk to life the procedure involves. It stems from a Jekyll and Hyde aura surrounding the side effects "the"Split-Brain" syndrome. They orchestrate into a single personality if "and only if "the cerebral hemispheres communicate. Thus, many neurosurgeons have been reluctant to try the split-brain operation for fear of severing all vital communications. However ... of the corpus callosum are then severed, as well as a small cross section of the anterior commissure. This leaves the back of the corpus callosum (called the splenium) intact. Psychological tests of the patie...

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