No imagine that the connections of seeing a whole are not there and/or not being able to connect to Grandma well because the cell phone towers in the east side are down. What then? How do we connect?
Split-Brain people are people who have had surgery done to the Corpus Collosum that is a set of axons that exchange information across the hemispheres.
The two-hemispheres are the left and the right and each hemisphere has a powerful influence on the other, the right side gives the big picture and the left side gives specific detail and the information is exchanged through all the connections like in a big city, but when the Corpus Collosum is cut the two hemispheres are disconnected.(East Side of the City and West Side of the City= NO CONNECTION)
Split-Brain patients usually happen to control the effects of severe epilepsy, a condition characterized by repeated episodes of excessive synchronized neural activity. Epilepsy can result from a mutation in a gene controlling the GABA receptor , from trauma or infection in the brain, brain tumors, or exposure to toxic substances.
Split-Brain people continue to have their normal day life and amazingly can do things separately with each hand or side of the brain but the connections are lost in complex manners. What is seen in one visual field or the other has a different idea of what was seen or could possibly not know what it saw but when touching an object the person with a split-brain can then say what it was.
The Video explains the complexity of each side and the functions of what each side needs for each other. Like stated in the video the right side sees the patterns and the whole and the left side interprets the information given from the right, so when the Corpus Collosum is no longer there it is difficult for these patients to distinguish quickly the meaning or the picture as a whole.
Once again I explain that it is difficult but not impossible because of there are other connections in the brain that are being strengthen to help for the lose of the Bridge Between the City, and those would be the anterior commissure, the hippocampal commissure, and a couple of other small commissures.
Is it okay to cut the Corpus Collosum is not okay, what really are the effects, are there more pros to cons?
I truly feel that in a way it is helpful to patients that suffer from severe epilepsy and I do understand that the cases vary from case to case but with technology so advanced now a days I believe it could help in the long run. I know that there are some effects but like the readings from previous chapters in the Biological Psychology Book 11th edition, the brain is a powerful machine and functions can be changed and/or manipulated to help individuals.
That's true, and I agree with you. Though having a split-brain is a little complex for unfamiliar tasks, most patients would prefer it over epilepsy. It's intersting how patients function with a split-brain, but it still makes me wonder if it ever frustrates them. Take a veteran who just lost his legs for example; though he could still function without the use of his legs, does it bother him that he has to put a little more effort to get through his day than compared to others? So what about split-brain people; does it bother them that they have to work harder to play baseball, threading a needle or attaching a fish-hook to a line. Just like how a prescribed medication can treat one thing, but has multiple side effects, does that mean you either cope with it or get another medication. Same applys here, splitting the brain helps one thing but what does the patient do about the side effects, cope or another surgery?
ReplyDeleteI don't think they put to much mind into it because they are relieved that they don't have the seizures anymore I personally have a friend who had that procedure done and even though they find it difficult to do the fine things such as putting a string in the needle but then again how many people can do that anyway. i just think that we all have something that we would like to change and wish it was as "easy" as splitting the brain. we would all do it.....look at movie stars they do it all the time.
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