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  • Surgeons sometimes sever a person's corpus callosum to stop seizures. These patients are then known as split-brain patients.
    • The right side of the body is connected to the left side of the brain.
    • The left side of the body is connected to the right side of the brain.
  • The right and left hemispheres specialize in handling different sorts of information.
    • For most people, the left hemisphere is most responsible for language.
    • For most people, the right hemisphere is most responsible for spatial tasks and emotions.
  • In people with nonsplit brains, the hemispheres work interdependently.







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