Split Brain Flashcards
What is split brain?
When the corpus callosum has been severed
What is the name of the surgery which separated the hemispheres?
Commissurotomy
Where does information from your left visual field go?
Right hemisphere
Where does information from your right visual field go?
Left hemisphere
Where does information from both visual fields go?
Optic chiasm
Which side is language lateralised?
Left lateralised
What would happen if you had a split brain and you received information in your left visual field?
Cannot say it because the info goes to the right hemisphere and their hemispheres cannot communicate
What would happen if you had a split brain and you received information in your right visual field?
You can say what it is because the info goes to the left hemisphere
