For others interested, look up Roger Sperry's split-brain experiments[1], done at CalTech. He received the 1981 Nobel Prize for the work. I'm surprised the above article doesn't mention it.
We don't cut cut peoples' brains in half any more, so it was a unique moment in time when they had people available with this condition, and the results are quite illuminating.
For others interested, look up Roger Sperry's split-brain experiments[1], done at CalTech. He received the 1981 Nobel Prize for the work. I'm surprised the above article doesn't mention it.
We don't cut cut peoples' brains in half any more, so it was a unique moment in time when they had people available with this condition, and the results are quite illuminating.
Here's a video with some interviews with real patients: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv4K5aStdU
And a here's a timestamp where one of the experiments is performed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv4K5aStdU&t=101s
[1] http://scihi.org/roger-wolcott-sperry-split-brain/