tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437613784279912153.post5806601141251812944..comments2023-03-28T08:32:29.929-05:00Comments on SFALingBlog: Robert Ornstein's THE RIGHT MINDJessie Samshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216459040272971854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437613784279912153.post-26936512328029458432010-04-23T19:22:24.185-05:002010-04-23T19:22:24.185-05:00I think we watched an Alan Alda documentary in Psy...I think we watched an Alan Alda documentary in Psychology last semester about a woman who was missing one of her hemispheres. I'll have to look for it.Max J. Pellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898600884872225956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437613784279912153.post-18732597720867168392010-04-23T07:53:54.781-05:002010-04-23T07:53:54.781-05:00There are incredible stories out there. The ones t...There are incredible stories out there. The ones that fascinate me the most are those of patients who've had hemispherectomies (where an entire hemisphere of the brain is removed for extreme medical conditions). Generally speaking, the right hemisphere is much more adaptable than the left, so oftentimes, it is the patient's left hemisphere being removed. The right hemisphere then adapts and takes over the left hemisphere's functions. How crazy is that?Jessie Samshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756322311215232859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437613784279912153.post-65078430275537135872010-04-22T22:59:54.835-05:002010-04-22T22:59:54.835-05:00The concept of communicating with an absence of br...The concept of communicating with an absence of brain, or brain damage, reminds me of Phineas Gage's story. He's the one who was victim of a metal rod to the skull, destroying his frontal lobe. He managed to live and communicate, though not "normally," for about 12 years after the accident.Max J. Pellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898600884872225956noreply@blogger.com