In split-brain patients, particularly in the early months after surgery, there are often conflicting behaviors where the two hemispheres attempt to perform incompatible actions simultaneously, such as a woman's right hand taking out one dress while the left hand puts it back and takes out a different one, or a person trying to pay money with one hand while the other hand takes it back and replaces it in the pocket

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Ian McGilchrist

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so a woman would go to the wardrobe to take out a dress with her right hand and her left hand would take it and put it back and take out a different one

Source

The Divided Mind: A Conversation with Iain McGilchrist (Episode #234)Sam Harris
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:21:55 AM

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