split brain research 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologybiopsychologyA2/A-levelAQA Created by: francescabonner28Created on: 26-02-23 13:50 how do the two hemispheres of the brain communicate with each other through the corpus callosum 1 of 13 what is the corpus callosum a bundle of millions of nerve fibres that connects the two hemispheres 2 of 13 what did SPERRY investigate lateralisation in epilepsy patients alter they had split brain surgery 3 of 13 what is split brain surgery cutting the corpus callosum so the two hemispheres cannot communicate 4 of 13 what did Sperry's research involved 11 people who had split brain therapy an image or word was projected to the patients right or left visual field 5 of 13 what are the findings when information is presented to one hemisphere in a split brain patient the information is not transferred to the other hemisphere 6 of 13 what happened when an image/word was shown the left visual field pls couldn't name what the saw but they could draw it with their left hand 7 of 13 ao3 a03 8 of 13 what is strength of Sperry's methodology he used highly specalised and standardised procedures well control 9 of 13 how did he ensure only one hemisphere was receiving information at a time one eye blindfolded and the image was only shown for 1/10 of a second 10 of 13 what is a limitation of Sperry's research small sample-11- can't generalise findings the control group didn't have epilepsy which means the findings could be due to epilepsy not split brain 11 of 13 how could he have solved this issue should have used a control group of epileptic patients who hadn't had split brain surgery 12 of 13 what is a further limitation of the sample used they didn't have the same amount of their corpus callosum removed so some may have experienced a greater disconnection between the hemispheres 13 of 13
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