Sperry
- Created by: racheljtarry
- Created on: 23-02-18 13:19
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- Sperry
- AIM
- To investigate the effect of hemisphere disconnection
- METHOD
- IV
- Ability to name or draw objects
- Quasi/Case study
- DV
- Presence of a split brain
- IV
- PARTICIPANTS
- 11 participants who had had the splint brain operation
- All had a history of sever epilepsy
- All were right handed
- PROCEDURE
- visual stimuli was presented on a projector for 1/10th of a second
- RESULTS
- One Visual Field
- RVF, could name the object, can select the object
- LVF, can draw it, cannot name or locate it
- Both Visual Fields
- RVF, can name the object but unaware of LVF
- LVF, unaware they have seen anything but can name it and draw it
- Tactile
- Right hand; can name it, can find it. only with the right hand
- Left hand; cannot name it, can only find it again with left hand
- Visual + Tactile
- RVF; can only find it with right hand
- LVF; cannot find it with either hand
- Test of the Right Hemisphere. nude image shown to LVF
- P's blushed and didn't know why
- One Visual Field
- AIM
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