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311was_an_inside_job t1_irxb80i wrote

Reply to comment by Paradox_Dolphin in For children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was 'plastic' enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side while also maintaining its own language abilities as well. by Wagamaga

They would cut the major pathway between the the hemispheres. This was a last resort treatment. It slows and or stops the wave of seizure "signals" from propagating through the whole brain and overwhelming it.

It was effective and people were able to have mostly normal lives, with a few interesting side effects, including possible split consciousness...

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ServantOfBeing t1_iryy9vf wrote

This is reallly fascinating, thank you.

Do you have any articles about the interesting side effects? :)

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iHeartCoolStuff t1_iryzsqo wrote

There’s a great Oliver Sacks book that talks about this procedure (severing the corpus callosum) and the split conscious thing is utterly fascinating. Literally made me rethink what identity and personality are. Definitely read up on it

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xXPixeIXx t1_is092jz wrote

Should be 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' by Oliver Sacks

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