Cutting The Brain Case Study

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I think it is incredibly fascinating, and kind of cool, the things Joe can do because of his brain being split. Watching him perform in the experiment was very interesting, seeing how he processed and reacted to the various components. The brain, in my opinion, is so complicated and so fun to learn about. It amazes me how Joe's brain can be cut, but yet he still lives a mostly normal life (probably after learning how to do things with his new condition). I would have thought that cutting the brain would do more damage, instead of not only helping him with his seizures, but also giving him a sort of neat ‘ability’ of using both sides of his brain. I enjoyed watching this video and seeing Joe be able to draw the two shapes so easily, while the

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