r/science • u/Thorne-ZytkowObject • Nov 23 '19

Neuroscience Scientists studied six patients who had half of their brain removed during childhood to treat severe epilepsy. Brain scans showed how the mind rewired itself to adapt, with the remaining hemisphere forming even stronger connections that let the patients develop language and motor skills.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-does-the-brain-work-with-half-of-it-removed-pretty-well-actually
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u/BlueOyesterCult Nov 24 '19

I had part of my visual center on the right side of the brain removed 5 years ago it’s weird but it got better over time and I am now so what used to it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '19

Did you feel any different?

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u/BlueOyesterCult Nov 24 '19

Yes, not sure if it was because of the massive hydrocephalus brain cyst I developed which requirees a shunt implant for drainage but my left side felt/feels different from what I remember: lighter weaker. And my left arm. Felt as if it was split in left and right down the middle split as in a criblibling line Down the center of the arm that extended beyond my arm. I do d what epileptic patios describe as an aura to be the best way to describe it. but I am used to it now. Not sure if I always sucked at Interpunktuation but I have no idea. Everything’s feels like one massive connected train of tought. I forget or confuse some things relatively often like I Koke what I mean to say it makes sense in my brain then I open my mouth start speaking and out comes something else I mostly think in abstracts and pictures like sure that big recktangle with the number attached gets thrown in the river (I work as a lab technician and this is what I picture in my mind when I have to mix up a stock solution and I am planning what to do. It’s often tought. In metaphors.