PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Visual Cortex, Psychoanalysis, Automaticity
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There is a phenomenon known as split brain . A spli brain s rgery is a proced re ha severs a large band of axons ha connec he wo hemispheres known as he corpus callosum . Once his is done, he wo hemispheres are nable o share informa ion across he cor ex and several regions associa ed wi h percep ion are isola ed from par s of he brain involved in lang age. Beca se some por ions of he brain can no longer comm nica e wi h o her par s, conscio s awareness of behavior is al ered. Among he firs hings pa ien s no iced following s rgery is ha he lef side of heir body seems o begin o ac on i s own. The lef hand may p down a book ha he individ al is reading wi h in eres .
