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Case study: Child’s lobectomy reveals brain’s ability to reorganize its visual system

August 1, 2018 by

Researchers report on three years of behavioral and brain imaging tests on a nearly seven year-old boy -- 'UD' -- who had a third of the right hemisphere of his brain removed in an attempt to control seizures. Even though the procedure left UD unable to see the left side, the team found that his brain's left hemisphere eventually compensated for visual tasks such as recognizing faces and objects.

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