This is an amazing story โ Krista and Tatiana Hogan are conjoined twin sisters with distinct personalities and *mostly* separate brains that are linked by a โthalamic bridge.โ They can use it as a portal to access the otherโs sensations and feelings. ๐
Aaron Boes
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Neurologist & Neuroscientist: Lesion Mapping | Lesion Network Mapping | Brain Stimulation
- Replying to @boeslabTatiana doesnโt like ketchup and gets annoyed when Krista eats it because she will taste it too. They can access visual information from the other's eyes and move the otherโs limbs. Some modalities are apparently easier to access than others, with vision being more difficult.
- The individual with this precuneus lesion experienced a dramatic change in how he perceived the passage of time after surgery of a glioma. Minutes felt like hoursโฆ each time he would check his watch heโd be surprised how little time had passed. ๐
- A white matter tract that takes 30 years to mature must be doing something important. 3 things to know about the uncinate fasciculus.
GIF - "It's the damnedest thing. I haven't smoked since my stroke. Haven't had the desire to. I didn't even try to quit, it was like I forgot I was ever a smoker." - a few months after stroke involving left insula
- Why is the insula the most interesting region in the brain? Here are 6 things worth knowing. This is topic #3 for our lab's Friday 'Ode to Neuroanatomy' series.
- Replying to @boeslabIf they get into a fight the sting of a punch will be felt by both. Their parents believe wordless conversations flow through this bridge too. So many questions.... Could one wake the other up using thoughts alone? Could one eavesdrop while the other dreams?
- Does human consciousness rely on this tiny wisp of gray matter? Claustrum anatomy and function ๐งต
- Hi All, I'm brand new to Twitter. Could you help my lab and I get connected with the cognitive neuroscience community - neuroimaging, neuropsychology, lesion mapping, lesion network mapping, brain stimulation. I want to follow it all. Thanks!
- Everyone knows about reward systems in the brain. Today we meet the hero of the often-neglected anti-reward system. Habenula anatomy and functionโฆ
- 35 patients with precuneus lesions evaluated to dateโฆ hereโs what weโre learning so far. ๐งต
- Fastigial Nucleus: the most important structure youโve never heard of. 6 points on anatomy and function.
- Replying to @boeslabThere are a handful of video documentaries of these remarkable girls if you want to check it out. youtube.com/watch?v=N1Mac4โฆ cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/feaโฆ youtube.com/watch?v=VGslJPโฆ
- We see some strange and sometimes paradoxical effects of lesions to the default mode network. A thread of some of the curious observationsโฆ.










