One exception to this is the curious case of split-brain patients. The so-called split-brain comes from subjects who have undergone a corpus callosotomy. During this surgical procedure, you sever the ...

The human brain is actually two brains each capable of advanced mental functions. When the cerebrum is divided surgically, it is as if the cranium contained two separate spheres of consciousness ...

the "bridge" between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, split so that the connection was severed. At first the patient seemed quite normal, but experimentation showed certain activities ...