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Neurological Effects of Callosotomy

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Epilepsy and the Corpus Callosum 2

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology ((ABBI,volume 45))

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Trescher and Ford reported in 1937 on alexia in the left visual field of a patient who had had section of the posterior callosum by Dandy and opined that “special methods of examination are required to demonstrate the essential symptoms.” In spite of this caveat, until Sperry and his colleagues (1953, 1961) had undertaken their studies on the split-brain monkey, the right questions were not asked. Dandy appeared to be ignorant of Trescher and Ford’s observations on his own patient stating that “No symptoms follow its division. This simple experiment at once disposes of the extravagant claims to function of the corpus callosum” (Dandy 1936).

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    Alexander G. Reeves M.D.

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Reeves, A.G., Risse, G. (1995). Neurological Effects of Callosotomy. In: Reeves, A.G., Roberts, D.W. (eds) Epilepsy and the Corpus Callosum 2. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1427-9_24

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