TY - GEN
ID - cogprints920
UR - http://cogprints.org/920/
A1 - Zaidel, Dahlia W.
Y1 - 1994///
N2 - The extent to which observed behavior in the complete commissurotomy
patients is supported by only one hemisphere would depend on individual
differences interacting with a variety of factors such as genetics,
intelligence, and so on. The lesson imparted here is that there is
sufficient functional redundancy in the neocortex so that the capacity
to maintain a wide range of abilities is within the control of one
hemisphere. And, yet, as seen in what is missing in the patients'
behavior, one hemisphere is not quite enough. Nature seems to have
intended that the two hemispheres complement each other, that the full
range of human behavior be best accomplished through interaction
between the left and right hemispheres.
PB - Farrand Press
KW - commissurotomy
KW - split-brain
KW - callosotomy
KW - humor
KW - sleep
KW - consciousness
KW - disconnection syndrome
KW - subcortical integration
KW - dreams
KW - dreaming
KW - emotions
KW - emotional expressions
KW - quality of life
KW - unity of consciousness
KW - complete commissurotomy
KW - alien hand
KW - spatial perception
KW - memory
KW - evolution
KW - jokes
KW - puns.
TI - A view of the world from a split-brain perspective
SP - 161
AV - public
EP - 174
ER -