-Imagine going to the hospital because you were feeling dizzy and having trouble walking to find out that you are missing a rather big part of your brain, the cerebellum. This is what happened to a 24 year old lady, but fortunately for her, the rest of her brain was able to take over most of the function of the cerebellum. These functions include motor skills, and balance. There are only 9 people known who were born with the cerebellum missing! Usually, this can lead to severe speech and movement impairment, and dangerous build-up of fluids, but lucky for the 24 year old, she only had slightly slurred speech and some other slight lack motor skills.
-So, what other parts of the brain can we potentially live without? The Corpus Callosum is neural fibers connecting the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Without this part of the brain, seizures may occur, followed by the inability to hold up your body(head up, sitting, standing, or walking). Mental and physical development will be impaired and the person will also have lack of visual and auditory memory. You can survive without this part of the brain, although with some of the effects listed above.
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