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A very interesting educational video that explain the difference between Left and Right Brain. www.oakton.edu/resource/ims/scientificam­ericanfrontiersintropsychology.htm Original Name of this Video: Severed Corpus Callosum Date : 2002 DVD Color 10 Min 2002 (VT 9501) #7: Scientific American Frontiers Introductory Psychology Video Collection, 2nd Edition. Supplements discussion of the structure and functions of the cerebral cortex. Features Dartmouth University's Michael Gazzaniga, and Joe, an epileptic who had his corpus callosum severed to stop daily seizures. Cutting the corpus callosum prevented the spread of the seizures from Joe's right hemisphere to his left, but it also prevented the two hemispheres from communicating with each other. Gazzaniga outlines his classic "split-brain" research paradigm. Hosted by Alan Alda.