Module 13

Question 1

corpus callosum

Answer 1

the large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them.

Question 2

split brain

Answer 2

a condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them.

Question 3

eye information from the left half of your field of vision goes to which hemisphere

Answer 3

your right hemisphere

Question 4

eye information from the right half of your field of vision

Answer 4

your left hemisphere

Question 5

consciousness

Answer 5

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment.

Question 6

dual processing

Answer 6

the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate
conscious and unconscious tracks.

Question 7

blindsight

Answer 7

a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without
consciously experiencing it.

Question 8

sequential processing

Answer 8

processing one aspect of a problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems.

Question 9

parallel processing

Answer 9

processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously; generally used to process well-learned information or to solve easy problems.