Hemispheres of the Brain
As I was reading the text I came upon a section that I thought to be
quite fascinating. It talked about people who have a brain that functions like
two different people inside of the brain. This is of course the Split-Brain
Personality. As I studied this topic in more detail I found it to be quite
broad and yet very detailed. I found that I needed a dictionary to be able to
read all of the medical journals and books that are out there, to be able to
understand what it was exactly, that I was reading. But with a little study and
research I found that this is a precise science that is still largely full of
mysteries.
The study of hemispheric asymmetry with in the cerebral cortex had long
been a fascination with the human race. The ancient Aztec cultures used to
perform a type of brain surgery on humans. This is evident from the human
remains that we find with incisions and piece's missing of the skull. Whether
or not these primitive......
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