People have a lot of misconceptions about what the brain's left and right hemispheres do, but one well-known aspect of this division may be even more true than people realize: The brain not only ...

A longstanding principle of neuroscience is that the brain processes visual stimuli from each side of the visual field in the opposite hemisphere: stimuli from the right side are processed in the left ...

A pattern of neural activity in the brain typically associated with attention, memory and perception; usually involves brain waves in the 30–100 Hz range. Bilateral advantage The cognitive benefit ...

May 12, 2025 — Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres? A new review by neuroscientists examines the advantages and trade-offs, and how the brain ultimately ...

Split personality is a rare consequence of a split brain. In some cases, impaired interhemispheric communication leaves personality intact but still allows people to use the two hemispheres to ...

Split brain patients are those who underwent surgery to sever the corpus callosum, the nerve tract connecting the two hemispheres of the brain. However, according to Dutch researchers Yair Pinto and ...

In a 1967 study of three patients with split-brain syndrome, Gazzaniga and Sperry measured how participants responded to stimuli presented to one hemisphere or the other: Images shown to the right ...

The how and why of the brain's division across hemispheres Date: May 12, 2025 Source: Picower Institute at MIT Summary: Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres?

Split personality is a rare consequence of a split brain. In some cases, impaired interhemispheric communication leaves personality intact but still allows people to use the two hemispheres to ...

Why does the brain split visual spatial perception between its hemispheres? A new review examines the advantages and trade-offs, and how the brain ultimately makes vision feel seamless People have ...