The right side seems specialized to see faces especially faces of strangers. Over time even language for instance can actually start being used by some patients in the right hemisphere one day. There is some some adaptability that there's there's brain plasticity right there is a way um it's likely the case that the one hemisphere is taking over some of the abilities that generally would only reside in the other hemisphere.
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemispheres of our brain? Why under certain conditions do the the left and right brains seem like they have different abilities and desires? What does this tell us about the ‘self’? Do we have two consciousnesses, but only that can speak? Does the left brain bully the right brain? Are we all just a bundle of different consciousnesses with their own agendas? Thanks to our Patreon supporters for suggesting and voting for this fascinating topic!
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