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Jan 2020
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40: Split Brains

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Have you ever wondered if there was more of one of you in there? Well, there kind of is. Join us as we explore the world of splitting brains and the corpus callosum...

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References & Further Reading:

1. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318065.php#What-is-the-corpus-callosum

2. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120070710.htm

3. https://www.livescience.com/58763-why-your-brain-has-2-halves.html

4. https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/roger-sperrys-split-brain-experiments-1959-1968

5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEdug0wAgd4

6. https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(17)30190-0

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMLzP1VCANo

8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122878

9. Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari

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