split-brain technique
- noun
- /splɪt breɪn tɛkˈniːk/
- Specialized
:
técnica de cerebro dividido
- The split-brain technique can help patients with severe epilepsy.
Examples
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The split-brain technique yielded invaluable insights into the lateralization of brain functions.
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After the split-brain technique was performed, the subject's behavior changed in specific ways.
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Researchers used the split-brain technique on animals to study how the hemispheres communicate.
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Doctors often use the split-brain technique to treat certain conditions.
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After the split-brain technique was used, researchers noted significant changes in how the subjects processed information.
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The team applied the split-brain technique to better understand the distinct roles of each hemisphere in decision-making.
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In studying patients who underwent the split-brain technique, scientists discovered remarkable differences in their cognitive abilities.
Synonyms
A surgery that cuts the tissue connecting the two halves of the brain to reduce severe seizures from epilepsy
An operation that cuts the connection between the two sides of the brain to reduce severe seizures
An operation that cuts the connections between the two halves of the brain to reduce severe seizures
Surface Forms
Morphology
split-brain + technique
The compound is compositionally built: 'split-brain' literally evokes a brain that is split and 'technique' denotes a method, so a learner who knows the constituents will likely infer it refers to a method involving splitting the brain. However, the expression is technical and the precise clinical sense (severing the corpus callosum to disconnect hemispheres) is specialized and not fully predictable for a B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Split-brain technique comes from the literal idea of split and brain: doctors cut the main link between the brain's two halves to 'stop serious seizures'. Because the halves could no longer share information and began to act on their own, scientists used the method to watch each side work, so the name now refers to that surgery and to the way it shows separate brain functions.
