sperry

Question 1

study 1

Answer 1

sperry

Question 2

how many participants were in the experiment

Answer 2

11 participants, right handed
- opportunity sampling
- all had severe epilepsy and had not responded to drug therapy
- 2 had undergone surgery sometime before the study
- 9 had recently undergone surgery

Question 3

study aim

Answer 3

investigate effects of hemisphere disconnection
- further understand functions of left and right hemisphere
to see if memory gets affected in different cognitions

Question 4

materials

Answer 4

tachistoscope
a screen
objects
images

Question 5

procedure

Answer 5

• Sperry designed the experiment that allowed info to be presented to just one side of the brain
• participants remained quiet throughout the study unless asked questions

Question 6

visual test

Answer 6

• showed one stimuli at a time to one visual field or they showed two stimulis to both visual fields
• when info was showed to one eye the other eye was covered
  the info was flashed for 1/10th of a second ( image)

Question 7

method

Answer 7

could be considered a quasi because the IV is naturally occurring