attributiveHaving the corpus callosum severed or absent, so as to eliminate the main connection between the two hemispheres of the brain.
〔精神病学〕（人，动物）脑分裂的
in split-brain patients it has been shown that the left hemisphere retains language function, the right does not
Example sentencesExamples
Imagine, then, that two different pictures are presented to the two hemispheres of a split-brain patient.
In a study involving split-brain patients, it was shown that only the left hemisphere is efficient in producing voluntary facial expressions.
The patients with unilateral cortical damage replicated the findings with the split-brain patients.
For example, a picture of a snow scene was presented (from the left field of vision) to the right hemisphere of a split-brain patient.
In the present paper, we use competing-task paradigms in participants with intact brains to corroborate the previous findings with split-brain patients.
Definition of split-brain in US English:
split-brain
adjectiveˌsplitˈbrān
Psychiatry
attributive(of a person or animal) having the corpus callosum severed or absent, so as to eliminate the main connection between the two hemispheres of the brain.
〔精神病学〕（人，动物）脑分裂的
in split-brain patients it has been shown that the left hemisphere retains language function, the right does not
Example sentencesExamples
In a study involving split-brain patients, it was shown that only the left hemisphere is efficient in producing voluntary facial expressions.
The patients with unilateral cortical damage replicated the findings with the split-brain patients.
In the present paper, we use competing-task paradigms in participants with intact brains to corroborate the previous findings with split-brain patients.
Imagine, then, that two different pictures are presented to the two hemispheres of a split-brain patient.
For example, a picture of a snow scene was presented (from the left field of vision) to the right hemisphere of a split-brain patient.