Explain the Relevance of Studying Patients Who Undergo Split-Brain Procedures

question 48

Essay

Explain the relevance of studying patients who undergo split-brain procedures in psychology by answering the following questions.
a.What area of the brain is lesioned in these patients? Why do these patients elect to have this surgery?
b.How does behavior change after the surgery? How does it stay the same?
c.What have we learned about the brain and behavior as a result of this procedure?

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