BRAIN Flashcards

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RIGHT visual field

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language centre - verbal side of the brain

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split brain studies

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involves cutting the corpus callosum in half

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corpus callous

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connects the right and left hemisphere

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If something is flashed in front of the patients right visual field, can the patient verbalise what they saw?

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Yes because its flashed in the right visual field which is connected to the left hemisphere which is the verbal side of the brain

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If something is flashed in front of the patients left visual field, can the patient verbalise what they saw?

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No because its flashed in the left visual field which is connected to the right hemisphere which isn’t the verbal side of the brain

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Word flashed to the RVF - LH + physical item

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The patient can both verbalise the word they saw and identify the object but only with their right hand

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Word flashed to the LVF - RH + physical item

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The patient can’t verbalise what they saw but they can pick up and Identify what they saw but only with their left hand

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