Susan- In addition to the normal functioning of several known cases, we should add that indeed some folks do have what could appear to be adjustment problems following the surgery (usually short term). But it is far more likely that their functioning in jobs, etc. would improve than that they'd show any difficulties. As Chris has said, these "problems" show up when isolating the visual information in rather artificial research settings. Of course, some similar things could happen, theoretically, in unusual situations in their everyday lives but it seems highly unlikely- certainly not in a situation like driving, preparing food, etc. Remembering that these are people showing rather advanced and intractable epilepsy before surgery, I don't know of any who weren't more functional after surgery even if some problems that were present before surgery do remain (i.e., the surgery does not remove the foci in most cases). Surely, given the vagaries of surgery, complications, etc. and especially given surgery on the brain, there may be cases where that does happen but it would not be due to the "split brain" procedure per se. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker -----Original Message----- From: Shapiro, Susan J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 4/13/2008 12:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Split-Brain question A student question: Do people who have had split-brain surgery have trouble with tasks such as driving a car? What about their employment? I know they are paid for their participation in research. Do they have higher degrees or complex types of jobs? Thanks Susan J. Shapiro Associate Professor/Psychology Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 (765) 973-8284 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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