TY - JOUR
T1 - Modular organization of cognitive systems masked by interhemispheric integration
AU - Baynes, K.
AU - Eliassen, J. C.
AU - Lutsep, H. L.
AU - Gazzaniga, M. S.
PY - 1998/5/8
Y1 - 1998/5/8
N2 - After resection of the corpus callosum, V.J., a left-handed woman with left-hemisphere dominance for spoken language, demonstrated a dissociation between spoken and written language. In the key experiment, words flashed to V.J.'s dominant left hemisphere were easily spoken out loud, but could not be written. However, when the words were flashed to her right hemisphere, she could not speak them out loud, but could write them with her left hand. This marked dissociation support the view that spoken and written language output can be controlled by independent hemispheres, even though before her hemispheric disconnection, they appeared as inseparable cognitive entities.
AB - After resection of the corpus callosum, V.J., a left-handed woman with left-hemisphere dominance for spoken language, demonstrated a dissociation between spoken and written language. In the key experiment, words flashed to V.J.'s dominant left hemisphere were easily spoken out loud, but could not be written. However, when the words were flashed to her right hemisphere, she could not speak them out loud, but could write them with her left hand. This marked dissociation support the view that spoken and written language output can be controlled by independent hemispheres, even though before her hemispheric disconnection, they appeared as inseparable cognitive entities.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.280.5365.902
DO - 10.1126/science.280.5365.902
M3 - Article
C2 - 9572734
AN - SCOPUS:0032496299
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 280
SP - 902
EP - 905
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5365
ER -