what is the meaning of split brain?
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Split-brain is a lay term to describe the result when the corpus callosum connecting the two halves of the brain is severed to some degree. A patient with a split brain, when shown an image in his or her left visual field (the left half of what each eye sees), will be unable to say what he or she has seen. This is because the speech control center is in the left side of the brain in most people and the image from the left visual field is sent only to the right side of the brain. Since the two sides of the brain cannot communicate, the patient can't say what he or she is seeing. The person can, however, pick up a corresponding object with their left hand, since that hand is controlled by the right side of their brain.
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I believe that brain activity is the definition of death. Even if the heart and lungs have shut down, as long as there is brain activity, the doctors don't consider them dead and will work to revive them. However, if there is no brain activity, they won't.
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Dell Logic Puzzles; keeping the brain "active" in the early [and all] stages has been shown in studies to deter the onset and alleviate the process; I believe that involving BOTH sides of brain, left and right, such as visual puzzles involving "logic" and calculating strategy, are excellent, good music, and "active conversation"; also, as much "joy" as possible- pets, family, friends, new and long-time ones, all have shown great help!
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the brain is capable of processing 400,000 bits of information a second,we process 2000 what does that tell you?consciously trying to solve two difficult problems at once is unlikely.Good Luck
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They are integrally tied in a unity of the physical and the unexplained.\n\nOur brain is....\nA convoluted, layered lump of micro-neuron pudding.\nFats and proteins forming electrochemical paths and branches.\nThe branches and paths develop loose circuits which react and modify themselves according to incoming sensory stimulus.\n\nSpontaneous interactions within the circuits, creating cascades of intangible formulations. A foundation of learned response and cause and effect experience allows the formulations to shape themselves into what we refer to as "thoughts". Thinking a volume of collective thoughts forges a "mind" or a "sentient consciousness". \n\nIf an individual's central nervous system is rendered defective, is not the mind affected as well? Of course.\n\nIn accompaniment with all this bio-stuff, is what we believe is a spirit or soul. The soul is part of God's realm and interacts with the sceintific brain in a constant struggle. This is the source of the "quiet thoughts". Your "concience"! If you can learn to "listen" to your spirit ALONG with your biological brain, you will acheive harmony.\nYour life will change.\n\nI hope this helps....I'm still working at it!
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Women are better at multi-tasking because the two sides of their brains are more firmly connected.  Men, however, are generally better at focusing on a single task because the two sides of their brains are less connected.  I believe the connecting part is called the corpus callosum, but i may be wrong.\n\nRemeber, this is in general, there can always be exceptions.
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Your brain stem at one end & your tailbone at the other...
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An apparatus with which we think what we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man who wishes to do something. A man of great wealth, or one who has been pitchforked into high station, has commonly such a headful of brain that his neighbors cannot keep their hats on. In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
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A) Cell bodies is my choice.\n\nCerebral cortex  is a thin, convoluted surface of the brain consisting mainly of nerve cell bodies.♥
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The right and left hemispheres of the human brain are connected by a huge nerve bundle called the corpus callosum.  In the male fetus when male hormones are generated the corpus callosum shrinks reducing cross-communication.  Because the left hemisphere deals with logic and the right hemisphere deals with emotion, women connect all logic better with emotion than men do.  Although a man can chose, he is always either logical or emotional but rarely both at the same time.  A man either flies off the handle or thinks the problem through.  A woman can weep or laugh when she discovers something that makes sense.  This explains why women are better at nurturing (cranky) children and men are better at hunting for bears (or a six pack).  You figure out the rest.  I can't.
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A chemical reaction in your brain.
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(m)\n\nAlienation is estrangement or splitting apart.
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One of the differences is in how much pre-frontal lobe cortex we have. The pre-frontal lobes have to do with "connecting the dots"...logical analysis, association...it allows us to visualize the future, make rationale judgments and plan. For this reason hey call it the "executive" part of the brain. In humans, 33% of the cortex, the thinking part of the brain, is frontal. In chimpanzees, it's only about 10%. That's a huge difference, signifying that humans have a whole lot more of the kind of brain function that produces higher level intelligence.
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What middle are you talking about? The back of the brain controls the "middle!"
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If you think the brain and the heart work together then all organs work together with the Brain.  Asthma is a respiratory disease where the bronchioles shrink and close off restricting the amount of air getting into the air sacs.  If you have a serious attack you will lose consciousness because of the lack of oxygen to your brain, but most medication can prevent this from happening.
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Split Personality of Anacardium \n-- Dr. Manish Bhatia\n  \n  \nThe Anacardium patient does not merely shows the characteristics of split personality but instead it shows a complete picture of Schizophrenia. Before dealing with the mental picture of Anacardium, it is necessary to understand what are the basic characters of a split personality or a schizophrenic patient. So for the same reason, I quote the following text from the book "Introduction to Psychology" by ‘Hilgard and Atkinson’:\n\n"The word ‘schizophrenic’ is derived from the Greek word schizen ("to split") and phren ("mind"). The split does not refer to multiple personalities, but rather to a splitting of the thought process from emotions. The primary characteristics of schizophrenia can be summarized as under:\n\nDisturbance of affect: The schizophrenic does not show emotions in a normal way. He usually appears dull and pathetic, or he may display inappropriate emotions. \nWithdrawal from active interchange with the realistic environment: The schizophrenic loses interest in the people and events around him. \nAutism: Withdrawal from reality is usually accompanied by absorption in an inner fantasy world. The state of self-absorption is known as autism. \nDelusion and hallucination: The most common delusions of the schizophrenic are the beliefs that external forces are trying to control his thoughts and actions (delusions of influence) or that certain people or groups are persecuting him (delusion of persecution). Auditory hallucinations are more common than visual ones-the schizophrenic frequently hears voices. When persecutory delusions or hallucinations are predominant, the person is called paranoid. He may become suspicious of friends or relatives, fear that they are poisoning him, complain that he is being watched, followed and talked about. \nBizarre behavior: the schizophrenic’s behavior may include peculiar gestures, movements, and repetitive acts that make no sense to the observer but are closely related to the schizophrenics fantasy world. \nDisturbed thought process." \nAfter this basic discussion on schizophrenia, the mental symptoms of Anacardium are being listed in rubric forms. After going through the psychologists view-point given above and that of the homeopaths observation being listed below, no wise man will be left in any doubt as to the extent to which Anacardium presents the picture of split personality/ schizophrenia. \n\nThe mental symptoms of Anacardium depicting the Schizophrenic traits are:\n\nAnxiety:\n\nPursued as if, when walking \n\nBeside oneself, being \n\nCaress:\n\nCaressing husband and child, then pushes away \n\nChaotic, confused behavior \n\nConfusion of mind \n\nIdentity: duality, sense of\n\nContradict, disposition to\n\nDelusions/ Illusions/ Hallucinations:\n\nBed, someone is in, with him \n\nCall someone \n\nWith name, the absent mother or sister \n\nChild, is not hers \n\nDead, corpse on a bier, he himself was \n\nDead persons, sees \n\nDevil, he is \n\nDevil speaking in one ear, angel in the other, prompting to murder \n\nDouble, of being \n\nHusband, he is not her \n\nMind and body are separated \n\nPeople, sees \n\nBehind him, someone is \n\nPersecuted, he is \n\nPerson is in the room, another \n\nPossessed, being \n\nSoul, body was too small for \n\nSoul, body separated from \n\nSuperhuman control, is under \n\nThree persons, he is \n\nVoices, hears \n\nCalling his name \n\nWills, possessed of two \n\nDream, as if in a \n\nDuality, sense of \n\nFear, apprehension \n\nBehind, someone is \n\nDevil, of being taken by \n\nPeople, of \n\nPoisoned, of being \n\nGestures, automatic \n\nMemory, weakness of \n\nNames, for proper \n\nPersons, for \n\nRead, for what has \n\nSeen, for everything he has \n\nWord, of \n\nMistakes \n\nConfounds future with past \n\nPresent with future \n\nMood, alternating \n\nRecognize: relatives, does not recognize his \n\nStrange, everything seems
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Try here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain