Brain plasticity is the ability for one hemisphere of the brain to change and adapt to the removal of the other hemisphere. In many cases a hemispherectomy occurs in children with various illnesses. Drug-resistance seizures, these seizures cannot be calmed by medications or other treatments. This is an illness that uses hemispherectomies as a solution to treat the illness. Hemispherectomies impact the formation of cognitive processes in the brain as discussed in de Bode, Chanturidze, Mathern, & Dubinsky (2015) study. A cognitive process includes things like processing verbal language and communication, as well as attention and memory as focused on in the study done by Vigliano, Margary, Bagnasco, & Jarre (2010). In addition to these the studies
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Brain plasticity allows these patients to complete and perform cognitive and physical functions that would otherwise be lost with the removal of a hemisphere. In Vigliano et al. (2010) study they explain that the girl they analyzed had a hemispherectomy at age five and was able to regain left hemispheric functions in her right hemisphere early on. This is not always the case that these functions will be able to transfer from one hemisphere to the other, as displayed in Esopenko et al. (2011) study where subjects that had either a left or right hemispherectomy they did show some signs of brain plasticity however, they were also specifically seeing impairments when being asked to name …show more content…
Through the support of de Bode et al. (2015) study we learn that not every patient will be able to develop the same level of cognitive processes over time. Many of the studies display successful examples of brain plasticity for example we see in Vigliano et al. (2010) study that the patient in the study was able to develop strong language capabilities with the use of her left hemisphere. In addition to this the studies also display the difficulties that patients may have developing some of the cognitive capabilities, for instance in the Esopenko et al. (2011) study testing the ability to name and semantically process action-related stimuli in people with only a left or right hemisphere. In this study, it showed that each hemisphere has different strengths and weaknesses. Through these studies we conclude that patients who undergo hemispherectomies are able to transfer cognitive functions that are identified as being processed in the absent hemisphere to the contralateral hemisphere through brain
Brain plasticity allows these patients to complete and perform cognitive and physical functions that would otherwise be lost with the removal of a hemisphere. In Vigliano et al. (2010) study they explain that the girl they analyzed had a hemispherectomy at age five and was able to regain left hemispheric functions in her right hemisphere early on. This is not always the case that these functions will be able to transfer from one hemisphere to the other, as displayed in Esopenko et al. (2011) study where subjects that had either a left or right hemispherectomy they did show some signs of brain plasticity however, they were also specifically seeing impairments when being asked to name …show more content…
Through the support of de Bode et al. (2015) study we learn that not every patient will be able to develop the same level of cognitive processes over time. Many of the studies display successful examples of brain plasticity for example we see in Vigliano et al. (2010) study that the patient in the study was able to develop strong language capabilities with the use of her left hemisphere. In addition to this the studies also display the difficulties that patients may have developing some of the cognitive capabilities, for instance in the Esopenko et al. (2011) study testing the ability to name and semantically process action-related stimuli in people with only a left or right hemisphere. In this study, it showed that each hemisphere has different strengths and weaknesses. Through these studies we conclude that patients who undergo hemispherectomies are able to transfer cognitive functions that are identified as being processed in the absent hemisphere to the contralateral hemisphere through brain