Sperry and split brains
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- Sperry and split brain
- 11 ppts in study
- All had undergone the split brain surgery
- Sperry found the two hemispheres work independently
- During the tests it was shown that if an object was in one hand it could not be recognised by the other
- The right hemisphere is where objects are identified so if something is placed in to the left hand it can be identified.
- However if it is placed in the right hand the left hemisphere cannot identify it
- If an object was placed in either hand the hand was only able to recognise that object
- If these objects were then put in a pile the objects would be found by only their respective hand
- A split brain is where the corpus collosum has been cut
- The official name for this surgery is a corpus colostomy
- This operation is performed only during extreme cases of epilepsy
- Less extreme measures are used now and things like medication are used instead
- Sperry's research began in 1968
- He was awarded noble prize in 1981
- 11 ppts in study
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