Colossal agenesis—the congenital absence of a corpus callosum—occurs not uncommonly in humans and is often discovered by chance at postmortem; people with this condition can lead reasonably normal lives, and casual observers would not notice any functional problem.
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Iain McGilchristEvidence Quote
“it's not uncommon for people to be born with what's called colossal agenesis in other words they don't have a corpseconosum and it's often a chance finding a postmortem so quite clearly um the finding that you can sever the connection and people can lead a reasonably normal life”
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