The brain and neuropsychology: Sperry (1968) Hemisphere Deconnection and Unity in Conscious Awareness Flashcards
be familiar with the study
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What is the main function of the corpus callosum
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Integrating motor, sensory and cognitive performance between the cerebral cortex on one side of the brain, to the same region of the other side.
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How many axons are used to interconnect the 2 atmospheres
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200 million axons which interconnect the 2 hemispheres.
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What was Sperry interested to find?
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Sperry was interested to see the comparison between a normal brain to a ‘split-brain’
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What was the aim of Sperrys experiment?
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To show conscious awareness and independence possessed by each hemisphere.
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What did sperry study in 1968
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He studied what effects could be seen in these patients by monitoring how they used their ‘split brain’ to monitor information.
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