Case Study: Child's Lobectomy Reveals Brain's Ability To Reorganize Its Visual System (IMAGE)

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Study: Child's Lobectomy Reveals Brain's Ability To Reorganize Its Visual System

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The figure above shows patient UD's left and right hemispheres after the procedure. The dotted line indicates where the entire occipital lobe -- which includes the brain's visual processing center -- and most of his temporal lobe were removed. Despite the lobectomy and although UD can't actually 'see' the left half of his world, the preserved left hemisphere compensated for visual tasks such as recognizing faces and objects.

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Carnegie Mellon University

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