Surgeries in which the corpus callosum (a thick bundle of nerves connecting the two hemispheres of the brain) has been severed, thereby cutting off communication between the right and left hemispheres, have revealed a wealth of knowledge about the functioning of the brain and the specializations of each hemisphere. In part because of split-brain research, we now know that, in general, the left hemisphere is specialized for language and the right hemisphere is specialized for more nonverbal abilities.
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Rogers, S.A., Lowe, D.A. (2013). Split-Brain Research. In: Runehov, A.L.C., Oviedo, L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8_200166
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