corpus callosum
noun
corpus cal·lo·sum
-ka-ˈlō-səm 
-kə-
plural corpora callosa
-ka-ˈlō-sə
-kə-
: the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres of higher mammals including humans see brain illustration
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The theory originated from the work of psychologist Roger W. Sperry, who studied people who had their corpus callosum surgically cut.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
The impulse is so ingrained that when patients have their corpus callosum severed, making communication between the two hemispheres of the brain impossible, the left hemisphere simply invents plausible explanations to account for inputs to the right side of the brain that the left side hasn’t seen.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
This reduction was evident in a region called corpus callosum, which connects the right and left brain hemispheres.
—Ignacio Amigo, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
On the other hand, Maguire has long doubted that mutations in such important genes, used in nearly all cells, could cause defects only in the corpus callosum, and only in speech.
—Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
The impulse is so ingrained that when patients have their corpus callosum severed, making communication between the two hemispheres of the brain impossible, the left hemisphere simply invents plausible explanations to account for inputs to the right side of the brain that the left side hasn’t seen.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
This reduction was evident in a region called corpus callosum, which connects the right and left brain hemispheres.
—Ignacio Amigo, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
On the other hand, Maguire has long doubted that mutations in such important genes, used in nearly all cells, could cause defects only in the corpus callosum, and only in speech.
—Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
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corpus callosum
noun
corpus cal·lo·sum
-ka-ˈlō-səm, -kə-
plural corpora callosa
-sə
: the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres
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