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Published online 9 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040105-8
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Split personalities probed
Two personas trigger different brain networks.
One human brain can have two different personalities dwelling in it, according to a new imaging study - and each personality seems to use its own network of nerves to help recall or suppress memories.
Alternative personalities are typically developed by children who suffer severe trauma or abuse.
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