Split Brain Flashcards
1
Q
What is hemispheric lateralisation?
A
The assumption that the two halves of the brain are functionally different
2
Q
What is the corpus callosum?
A
The fibres that join the two halves of the brain
3
Q
What is a visual field?
A
Everything you can see from one side of your nose
4
Q
What did Sperry and Gazzaniga investigate?
A
To see the extent to which the two hemispheres are specialised for certain functions
5
Q
What did Sperry and Gazzaniga do to investigate their aim?
A
11 epileptic pps who had had a commissurotomy. Showed a word or image for 1/10 of a second on one side of a fixation point
6
Q
Why couldn’t Sperry and Gazzaniga’s pps see anything in their left visual field?
A
Because the right hemisphere does not have Broca’s area which produces speech
