Split-Brain Testing and Brain Communication

Split-brain testing shows how the left and right hemispheres of the brain communicate. It also shows what can happen when that link is cut. The corpus callosum is the large bundle of fibers that connects the two sides of the brain. It is one of the largest white matter tracts and can be seen on a sagittal view of the brain m...

Neuropsychologists study "split-brain" patients to probe the unique functions of the left and right brain hemispheres?in other words, to study lateralization?and to also investigate the nature of communication between these regions.

Primarily speaking, information from one side of the body is processed within the opposite half of the brain...