Hemispheric lateralisation (OCR A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What is hemispheric lateralisation?
What is hemispheric lateralisation?
Two hemispheres performing different tasks
Which hemisphere is spatial skills lateralised to?
Which hemisphere is spatial skills lateralised to?
Right hemisphere
Which hemisphere is language skills lateralised to?
Which hemisphere is language skills lateralised to?
Left hemisphere
Which side of the body does the left hemisphere control?
Which side of the body does the left hemisphere control?
Right side of the body
What is the corpus callosum?
What is the corpus callosum?
Bundle of nerve axons connecting hemispheres
What is a split-brain patient?
What is a split-brain patient?
Someone with corpus callosum cut
Who did Sperry conduct his split-brain research on?
Who did Sperry conduct his split-brain research on?
Epileptic patients with commissurotomy
Which hemisphere processes stimuli from the right visual field?
Which hemisphere processes stimuli from the right visual field?
Left hemisphere
When could split-brain patients describe an image verbally in Sperry's research?
When could split-brain patients describe an image verbally in Sperry's research?
When shown to left hemisphere
What could patients do with words shown to the right hemisphere (left visual field)?
What could patients do with words shown to the right hemisphere (left visual field)?
Write it down but not say it
What issue affects the generalisability of Sperry's research?
What issue affects the generalisability of Sperry's research?
Small number with brain abnormalities
What did Sperry's split-brain research achieve?
What did Sperry's split-brain research achieve?
Strengthened understanding of hemispheres