hemispheric lacterislaition and split brain research

Question 1

corpus callossum

Answer 1

bundle of nerve fibres which join the two halves of the brain together

Question 2

commissumtony

Answer 2

division of the two hemispheres by surgery, occasionally been done to improve epilepsy

Question 3

left hemisphere

Answer 3

language centre area of brain

controls the right hand

recoveds info from the right visual field

Question 4

right hemisphere

Answer 4

focuses on visuo spatial tasks

controls the left hand

recives infro from the left visual field

Question 6

hemispheric lacterilisation

Answer 6

assumption that the two hemispheres of the brain are functionally different

Question 7

sperrys split brain research

Answer 7

quasi experiment
11 partcipants
they were epileptics who could not be treated by drugs. had already had their corpus collosum split. no ethical issues

procedure-particiapnt had to gaze at fixtation point on an upright translucent screen
slides were projected either side of fixtation point at rate of one pic per 1/10 second

if tactile task tasks with obejcts were carried out with the ps hands underneath so the ps themsleves could not see what they were doing, had to use feel only