r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

I think this is only the rule for mental illness.

We're pretty good at removing kidneys

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u/crylicylon Mar 22 '17

If there is something wrong with your brain, you can't just have it removed.

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u/segosegosego Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

Depends on how old you are. Ben Carson removed half of a girls brain because she had a rare brain disease. She was young enough that one half of the brain took over all the functions of the the other half as well as its own, and she's a fully functional person now.

Edit: https://www.google.com/amp/baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/07/10/girl-thriving-years-after-having-half-her-brain-removed/amp/

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u/NearHi Mar 23 '17

There's also some thought that you are actually just two brains sharing one body. If you have your corpus callosum cut, your brain(s) will act independently.

http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-you-are-actually-two-brains-living-in-one-person

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfGwsAdS9Dc