Monday, October 1, 2012

Coupus Callosum Removal

The surgery performed to remove the corpus callosum looked as a very interesting subject to talk about.  The surgical removal of the corpus callosum may sound all bad, but it has some positive things to it.  People that have had this surgery have the ability to multitask because their brain was basically divided in two parts  making both hemispheres mostly not interfere with each other.  Another example of a positive thing in this surgical process is that seizures that people that regularly go through this surgical process (people that had epilepsy) would suffer are partially and mostly completely eliminated because a seizure needs to travel through both hemispheres in order to happen. 
Like in most surgical procedures such as this one, there are also not so good things about it. Reactions to stimuli are limited to only one side of the body on people that have had their corpus callosum removed.  Split-Brain people can only tell what they see on the left field of their vision while they can't on the opposite direction.  
Overall, i found this procedure to not be so bad after all.  It may affect some things negatively, but affects other things in a positive way. The question about wether the removal of the corpus callosum is bad or not that bad is a big and confusing debate to address.
I found this subject about the severed corpus callosum very interesting and something worth to talk about. Let me know what you all think about this.