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Old 21-March-2008, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Durnavich View Post
I suppose that those who have had hemispherectomies have been lucky that the surgeon in each case removed the hemisphere that did not have the mind in it.
In each case, the surgeon removed about half the resources available to sustain consciousness. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to disrupt the sense of self that is a part of consciousness.

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