I’ve been thinking about setting some of my own songs as ringtones. I know it sounds a bit too self-hailing, but think about the possibilities – every time my phone rings, it’s a chance to tell someone about my music.

I don’t know when I’ll get my studies (Masters in Computer Science) finished. I have been doing some slow progress for the past four years, but now it seems the progress has come to a complete halt… Haven’t done a single course this year. :/

@Deron: I’m looking forward to your secrets! :)

I’ve never participated in one of these before, so it should be fun. Thanks

I entered university a couple of years ago and elected for part-time distance education (I live out in the boonies in a French province. English education would mean a major move). I’m a second-year student now, going for a BA in Arts with a heavy major in Psychology and then moving onto a Masters in Psychology (required for practice in Quebec). A Masters will require onsite education, but at least I can do that in Quebec, in English. I think. I hope.

I expect to complete my studies when I’m about 110.

The only problem is that I’m considering switching out to take a BA in Editing and Publishing from Simon Fraser. Expensive, though. (but not as much as U.S. education!)

Alright, your turn :)

@James: You’re right, split brain is done in surgery, but apparently it’s also possible (but really rare) to be born without corpus callosum – so that’s pretty much the same as being born with split brain.

About the year – it’s a bit complicated, but she’s close to finished (thesis done, all the theory courses done, still missing some more practical courses and a practice period).

And about your studies, are you also majoring in psychology?

Children have more plasticity than adults do, which makes it very easy for them to adapt to a split brain and redo the circuitry, as it were. Most grown ups don’t adapt so well and the two sides of the brain don’t communicate.

Note that you’re not born with a split brain – it’s an operation done generally to control seizures.

What year is Mari in?

But actually everything related to our brains are interesting. I’ll ask Mari about this never sleeping thing when she wakes up, and then let you know.

Another brain problem we were talking about yesterday is the hemispatial neglet (here’s a wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispatial_neglect) in which the patient neglects the other side of the world completely (from what I understood, usually the left side of everything).

Mari just started a new course in neuropsychology yesterday, so I expect to hear many more of these interesting stories during the next couple of months. Can’t wait! :)

@James C.: I asked about this quickly yesterday. She wasn’t quite sure about it but gave me the following, related information:

Split brain occurs when the corpus callosum is split. It’s the most important connection between the two sides of the brain, but not the only one. Therefore it’s possible that if the corpus callosum is damaged as a child, the other connections grow stronger and take its role.

Also, Mari said that at birth, the corpus callosum isn’t really strong yet, so as children we all have been somewhat split brained…

But yeah, my impression is that you were right. :)

@ Jarkko – Watch your wife tell you I have no idea what I’m talking about. In which case I’ll have to go dig up my textbooks and blame my scattered memory. If I am correct, let me know – s’good to know I retained *that* part of Physiological Psychology.