Once upon a time, there was a brain named Ben who was eager to learn new things everyday. It was not until the 1st of November that he wanted to learn what he was made up of. He was curious to find out what he consisted of.

The first thing he learned was that he was split in half: the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere. His left hemisphere was in control of the right side of his body while the right hemisphere controlled the left side of his body.

He discovered that the way in which the information is transferred from one hemisphere to the other is through the corpus callosum - the bundle of nerve fibers that connect the two hemispheres.

Shortly after learning about his corpus callosum's function, he discovered that due to his epileptic seizures, he needed split brain surgery (also referred to as a corpus callosotomy).

This surgery would sever his corpus callosum and therefore disable communication between the left and right hemispheres.

Ben was relieved that his epileptic seizures had stopped almost completely and significantly minimized. However, his ability to distinguish and identify images was diminished.

Ben was shocked when he found out that not only was he split into two halves, but he was also made of four lobes.

Located in his forehead, his frontal lobe allows him to speak, plan, and make decisions. On top of his head is his parietal lobe which allows Ben to feel how soft a puppy is. His occipital lobe located at the back of his head allows him to see the stormy weather outside. His temporal lobe located right above his ears allows him to hear the sound of his alarm clock and understand when someone speaks to him.

Underneath all of the lobes is his cerebellum; his oldest part; which allows him to pay attention without realizing it.

Ben's limbic system - the higher function of himself, is in the center of him. It consists of his thamulus, which sorts data, his pituitary gland which tells him if he's happy, his hypothalamus, which regulates his body temperature, his amygdala which controls his fear and emotion, and lastly, his hippocampus which processes his conscious memories and regulates his learning and memory.

Thanks to his hippocampus, he can remember Beau's birthday and his name!