hemispheric lateralisation and split brain Flashcards
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what is hemispheric lateralisation
A
two haves of the brain functions differently
2
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what is localisation
A
some functions are governed by certain part of the brain
(e.g. vision and language)
3
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what is Lateralisation
A
two sides which are called hemispheres, so for some functions that localised areas in both hemispheres
4
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what is split brain
A
studies which have been looking at people with epilepsy, and have been through surgery to separate hemispheres of their brain
5
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why do people have split brain surgery’s
A
to reduce how bad the epilepsy
6
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what was involved in sperrys research
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11 people had split brain operation
The set up in which an image could be projected to the participants RVF and the same or a different image would be shown to the LVF.
