UPSB v3

General Discussion / Split-brain

  1. Malch
    Date: Thu, May 21 2009 00:03:27

    I saw a video about it in bio. Basically it's when you cut the connection between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, usually to prevent seizures. In the video I saw, they took someone without split-brain and had them try to draw two different shapes at the same time, one with each hand. They were unable to do it, but when the split-brain subject tried he did it no problem. This obviously has some application to 2P2H spinning, and I was wondering if anyone has split-brain?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMLzP1VCANo

  2. Metalm3
    Date: Thu, May 21 2009 12:56:44

    So in simpler words, people with split brain can do 2 tasks at a time? Am I right?

    EDIT: People with split brain can remember 2 things at 1 time too? Eg. You're being shown a circle and a triangle and you don't look at them 1 at a time(be it how fast you are switching between the 2 objects) so that means you've split brain?

  3. Malch
    Date: Fri, May 22 2009 19:30:19

    QUOTE (Metalm3 @ May 21 2009, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    So in simpler words, people with split brain can do 2 tasks at a time? Am I right?

    EDIT: People with split brain can remember 2 things at 1 time too? Eg. You're being shown a circle and a triangle and you don't look at them 1 at a time(be it how fast you are switching between the 2 objects) so that means you've split brain?

    It makes your left and right halves more independent, so I'm thinking it would make it easier to do different tricks with different hands at the same time.

  4. Metalm3
    Date: Fri, May 22 2009 20:03:58

    QUOTE (Malch @ May 23 2009, 03:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    It makes your left and right halves more independent, so I'm thinking it would make it easier to do different tricks with different hands at the same time.


    I see. But are there more pros than cons in this case, where a person decided to have/has split brain? In a way, it looks good to me to have complete control of each hand. But on other hand, it looks kinda... lol idk how to say...

  5. Zombo
    Date: Fri, May 22 2009 20:45:21

    the only problem is you wont be able to read breakdowns for your left hand cuz the left hand is controlled by the right brain which is disconencted from the language center in the left brain

    also I think you wont be able to imitate a video on your right hand for the same reason that spatial center is on right brain.

  6. Metalm3
    Date: Sat, May 23 2009 19:52:38

    QUOTE (Zombo @ May 23 2009, 04:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    the only problem is you wont be able to read breakdowns for your left hand cuz the left hand is controlled by the right brain which is disconencted from the language center in the left brain

    also I think you wont be able to imitate a video on your right hand for the same reason that spatial center is on right brain.


    Lol. I can't imagine that. It's way too... "horrifying" to me. It looks really ridiculous to me when you can't read breakdowns from your own hand's spinning. So if one can naturally execute 2P2H combos(different combo on each hand) at a time, does it imply that the spinner has a high chance of having split brain(even before he/she realises that)?

  7. Zombo
    Date: Sat, May 23 2009 20:54:50

    nobody has split brain unless they took surgery to cut off their two halves of the brain.

  8. Metalm3
    Date: Sat, May 23 2009 21:04:11

    QUOTE (Zombo @ May 24 2009, 04:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    nobody has split brain unless they took surgery to cut off their two halves of the brain.

    ... I thought some people are born with it, facepalm.gif myself...
    Just re-read wiki... so it's really rare.

  9. Edor
    Date: Sat, May 23 2009 21:39:31

    than you could more easyily with both hands at the same time? or spin and play "tibia" at the same time without dropping your pen or die in game? omg nice

  10. Malch
    Date: Sat, May 23 2009 21:55:23

    Yeah it'd be really cool but I don't think anyone would pay to have it done just so they could be insane at pen spinning... Plus, if you actually wanted to have it done you'd prolly have to get really good with both hands before the operation because if you weren't good with your off hand already you'd have to learn PS all over again with that hand, lol.

    Another thing it would be useful for would be writing/doing homework with one hand and practicing PS with the other. I do this now, but only with very simple tricks like TA and Sonic...