All of this makes me wonder - is the optic chiasm cut during the corpus callosotomy and if so, does the person lack depth perception?. From Wordnik.com. [Split Brain] Reference
A full corpus callosotomy creates some interesting side effects - but not the severe one depicted on the show of not being able to identify anything. From Wordnik.com. [Split Brain] Reference
Last night's episode of Grey's Anatomy depicted a patient who underwent a "corpus callosotomy" and then was unable to identify his wife, baby, and a simple object in the room a cup placed in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [Split Brain] Reference
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