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. 


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  1. atisacOctober 2, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    You make an interesting point on this procedure, though I would like to think that most people would feel more comfortable going about their lives as people with a corpus callosum. You would be able to multitask fairly better, but you would also loose some connection and strength within your brain. For example if one hemisphere is damaged, you lose that part forever without the corpus callosum as opposed to having the other hemisphere draw longer connections to help make up for the loss.

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  2. UnknownOctober 2, 2012 at 7:47 PM

    Cutting the corpus collosum produces some drastic changes to a person. Even though you may acquire the ability to control both sides of your body independently, it also inhibits many actions. The connection of the two hemispheres is very important it coordinates actions and put things together. It will be great to have two separate brains but the effects on a person are in no way beneficial. Unless one has many epileptic seizures, cutting the corpus collosum is not a recommended procedure.

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  3. JaimeOctober 2, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    I also wonder what it would be like to have my corpus callosum severed after reading so much about the way it affects people. Some of the effects seem pretty useful-like doing two things at once. Despite the apparent benefits, it seems that overall it would be a negative experience. Much like the man in the video, one would not be able to recall what was "seen" by the non-talkative hemisphere. It would be like always missing something. It also seems odd that an idea could occur in the non-talkative hemisphere but would be unable to reach the talkative hemisphere.

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