In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa ...

Split-brain surgery, or corpus calloscotomy, is a drastic way of alleviating epileptic seizures, the occurrence of sporadic electrical storms in the brain. The procedure involves severing the corpus ...

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One of the most distinctive physical features of the human brain is the fact that the cortex is divided into two hemispheres. The main connection between the two halves is a thick bundle of fibers ...

The brain is divided into the right and left hemispheres, and the corpus callosum connects the two halves. This bundle of nerve tissue contains more than 200 million axons (nerve fibers that carry ...

The corpus callosum connects the left side of the brain to the right side, known as hemispheres. This connection allows information to pass between the two halves. Corpus callosum is Latin for “tough ...

The corpus callosum (shown here in magenta) links the two hemispheres of the brain.(Getty Images) The corpus callosum links one side of the brain to the other. It's not essential for survival, but in ...