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The Split-Brain Syndrome
Commissurotomy procedure:
Commissurotomy procedure
What gets cut?
Specialization along the Corpus Callosum
An MRI of a Split Brain
PPT Slide
PPT Slide
Corpus Callosum
What is connected (via the 200 million + fibers)?
Before and After...
The experimental preparation
Myers & Sperry, 1952
Myers and Sperry (1952)
Human Disconnection Syndrome: Gazzaniga, Bogen & Sperry (1962)
Visual-Verbal Disconnection
The RH Knows What it Cannot Speak
RH can select what it cannot say
A closer look at disconnection
Human Disconnection Syndrome: Gazzaniga, Bogen & Sperry (1962)
Visual-Visual Disconnection
Human Disconnection Syndrome: Gazzaniga, Bogen & Sperry (1962)
Two Minds in One Cranium?
J.W. performs better than �normal� in the mixed condition
Right Hemisphere Spatial Abilities Revealed
Language
Hemispheric Differences in Matching Letters and Locations
Hemispheric Asymmetries on Basic Visual Tasks
Corpus Callosum permits access to specialized processing
Why did previous studies miss these disconnection effects?
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Author: Patricia Reuter-Lorenz
Email: parl@umich.edu
Home Page: http://www.umich.edu/~psycours/345
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