split-brain
newarch
An ongoing studies where
series of epilepsy
patients had their corpus collosum resioned
(a commisurotomy) effectively separating the
7
well conducted experiment -
Sperry controlled the
two hemispheres.This allowed researchers to visual fields so he could study them separately.
study of brain
the extent lateralisation.
~provided groundbreaking evidence for lateralisation
For people,
most production and understanding and the unity
of consciousness debate.
of language is in the left
hemisphere.
X Allpatients had severe epilepsy with large seizures
erry thatmostlikely caused brain damage. Validity.
X small sample size of only 11 patients.
-commisurotomy patients
↳ severe epileptic seizures.
x
no control
each participant's commisurotomy group.
-
varied in detail.
x
Normal people don't
have their corpus
An image or a word would be projected to a callosum lesioned.
participant's RV (processed by the left
hemisphere) and the same/similar image would
projected to the
be participant's (VA) processed
by the righthemisphere). By doing this, only one
hemisphere would recieve the information.
-
SIGHT-
-
Stimulishown to the RNA could be verbalised.
Stimulishown to the LVA wasnt
recognised.
-
-
TOUCH -
-
Stimulishown couldn'tmatch the
to RNA object
hand.
with their left
-
Stimulishown to the LV could be matched with an
Objectwith the righthand.
newarch
An ongoing studies where
series of epilepsy
patients had their corpus collosum resioned
(a commisurotomy) effectively separating the
7
well conducted experiment -
Sperry controlled the
two hemispheres.This allowed researchers to visual fields so he could study them separately.
study of brain
the extent lateralisation.
~provided groundbreaking evidence for lateralisation
For people,
most production and understanding and the unity
of consciousness debate.
of language is in the left
hemisphere.
X Allpatients had severe epilepsy with large seizures
erry thatmostlikely caused brain damage. Validity.
X small sample size of only 11 patients.
-commisurotomy patients
↳ severe epileptic seizures.
x
no control
each participant's commisurotomy group.
-
varied in detail.
x
Normal people don't
have their corpus
An image or a word would be projected to a callosum lesioned.
participant's RV (processed by the left
hemisphere) and the same/similar image would
projected to the
be participant's (VA) processed
by the righthemisphere). By doing this, only one
hemisphere would recieve the information.
-
SIGHT-
-
Stimulishown to the RNA could be verbalised.
Stimulishown to the LVA wasnt
recognised.
-
-
TOUCH -
-
Stimulishown couldn'tmatch the
to RNA object
hand.
with their left
-
Stimulishown to the LV could be matched with an
Objectwith the righthand.
