The split-brain research mentioned by Gazzaniga included showing a subject a different image in each eye, meaning the right and left halves of the brain were presented with different stimuli, with neither being aware of the other.

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Hence the articles that get split into multiple pages, image slideshows with one photograph and two ads per slide, and pages that auto-refresh faster than you can read them.

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