split brain patient experiments

[Ed]

Made me think somewhat of Slothrop's split personality thing

 .

 

Patients who underwent corpus callostomy for seizure where they get their
brains split have different people on either side of their head. . .case in
point below.

 

 

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro00/web1/Vasiliadis.html

 

Dr. Schiffer observed that the left brain reported little or no anger toward
a question asked about past bullies who had attacked him when he was young.
But, his right brain was still upset about his early experiences. 

 

Another patient's two brains were asked questions about perceptions of
himself. His right side perceived him as good while his left hemisphere
thought he was insufficient. Dr. Schiffer and his staff found that each
patient's right and left hemisphere seems to have its own opinions and
emotions
<http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro00/web1/Vasiliadis.html#6#6>
(6).

 

When the researchers asked the right side what he wanted to be, he answered
an automobile racer while his left side stated he wanted to be a draftsman.
Paul was asked other similar questions, which gave the researchers insight
on the hidden differences between the hemispheres. 

 

Another patient also exhibited strange behaviors with his right and left
hands. His right hand was trying to pull up his pants while the left hand
was trying to pull then down. A similar incident occurred when a split-brain
patient was having an argument with his wife. The patient was attacking his
wife with his left hand while his right hand was defending her
<http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro00/web1/Vasiliadis.html#5#5>
(5).

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20100120/8ec62c23/attachment.html>