Sperry

Question 1

type of experiment

Answer 1

quasi experiment, case study

Question 2

aim/hypothesis

Answer 2

how hemisphere has different functions

Question 3

sample

Answer 3

split brain p’s (11), all had history of severe epilepsy which hasn’t responded to drug therapy

Question 4

examples of procedure, findings/ conclusions

Answer 4

objects passed to right visual field = left hemisphere (could say it)

objects passed to left visual field = right hemisphere (could draw objects with left hand)

objects felt by right hand (unseen) = left hemisphere (could say it)

objects felt by left hand = right hemisphere (draw objects, can’t say it)

Question 5

ethical guidelines

Answer 5

very ethical, slight embarrassment

Question 6

how was it controlled

Answer 6

all asked to keep silent, images flashed 10th of a second, their hands out of sight etc

Question 7

link to area

Answer 7

investigated regions of brain

Question 8

link to key theme (regions of the brain)

Answer 8

sheds light on the function of the corpus callosum