Radical Edward Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I am involved in a bit of a discussion with someone about the corpus callosum, and the effects of severing it (commissurotomy). The thing is I don't really know much about it, does anyone know of any good articles or studies that I can find. I have looked around on the internet a bit, but I can't easily find anything of interest or any detailed studies on psychological effects. the main focus of the discussion is if the two brains become two quasi-seperate people or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kettle Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I remember reading about this a while back. If I remember correctly the procedure was performed on a guy who'd been having serious seizures for about 12 years. Post-op, I think that the seizures stopped without the interference of medication and he was able to function normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Look for stuff by/on Roger Sperry if you haven't already. He did alot of work on patients who had the corpus collosum severed as a treatment for severe epilepsy. His work highlighted the differences in function of each side of the brain. Found a nice site which has all his papers in pdf format. Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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