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Localization of function is adressed quite extensivley through Micheal Gazzaniga's research on patients with hemispheric disconnection. He came to find that the two sides of the brain organize and interpret stimuli differently. It is known that it is the left brain that carries out high level thinking and problem solving. Furthermore; the left hemisphere interprets our actions and feelings. It is known that a person with a hemispheric seperation could process more visual stimuli in a moments time than someone with a "normal" brain. The right brain takes control of space perception tasks, such as music. Also the right hemisphere can only produce rudimentary words and phrases.

With the seperation of the hemispheres one would conclude that normal functioning is still possile; however, would take more time and processing. One thing that is strange is that when comparing a person with a severed corpus colosumn with someone who may have had a hemispherectomy is that the brain is adaptable. This means that if the right hemisphere was removed then the left hemisphere would compensate for the neglected functions of the right.