Do You Really Have Two Brains?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you ) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: You’re gonna lobe this video Don’t miss our next video! SUBSCRIBE! ►► ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Are you a left-brained person or a right-brained person? Spoiler: You’re neither. Each of us uses both sides of our brain for most of what we do. But still, there are a number of brain functions that do show lateralization, where they are localized to one side or another. Why is this? And how does it influence our definition of consciousness? People with “split brains“ can help us figure it out. Special thanks to Dr. Michael Gazzaniga for his help researching this video! Here’s a wonderful vintage film featuring Dr. Gazzaniga’s early split brain work: ----------- READ MORE: Gazzaniga, Michael S. “Forty-five years of split-brain research and still going strong.“ Nature reviews. Neuroscience 6.8 (2005): 653. Gazzaniga, Michael S. “The split-brain: Rooting consciousness in biology.“ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2014): 18093-18094. ----------- FOLLOW US: Merch: Facebook: Twitter: @okaytobesmart @DrJoeHanson Tumblr: Instagram: @DrJoeHanson Snapchat: YoDrJoe ----------- It’s Okay To Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D. Director: Joe Nicolosi Writer: Shaena Montanari, Ph.D. Editor/animator: Andrew Orsak Producer: Stephanie Noone and Amanda Fox Produced by PBS Digital Studios Music via APM Stock images from Shutterstock