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    The Corpus Callosum

    The corpus callosum allows information to flow between the two hemispheres of the cerebrum. This is urgently needed.

    01.07.2025

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    Roger Sperry: The split Brains

    What the severed connection between the brain hemispheres reveals about the specialization of the brain.

    27.09.2012

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    Corpus callosotomy

    A surgical procedure in which the corpus callosum, the bridge between the two hemispheres of the brain, is severed. This interrupts the flow of information between the two hemispheres. Commissurectomy was previously performed mainly for the purpose of controlling epileptic seizures.

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