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One Head, Two Brains

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The Corpus Colosum Is a Bridge Between the Hemispheres

All living creatures need to be able to attend to the world in two different ways, which require quite different attention at the same time. This is simply not possible unless they can work relatively independently n one hand. Decades ago, scientists discovered that the two hemispheres are connected by a bundle of nerve fibres. They named it the corpus colosum. In order to collaborate, you need to both work together and work separately. If a surgeon collaborates with the scrub nurse, they don't both and do the same job. It seems to methatth not just of course, when you are learning a piece of music,. including in the animal world, when a bird is trying...

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