GCSE - Feedback for Brain and Neuro Test

In Sperry's study participants were asked to...

• Close one eye and read the screen with the other

• Look directly at the dot in the middle of the screen with both eyes

• Write down the word they saw on the screen

• Draw a picture of a word they had seen, using their left hand

Answer explanation

They didn't have to close their eyes because the image was only shown to one hemisphere anyway.

Neurotransmitters are...

• chemical messengers

• electrical impulses

• information being sent down a neuron

• information released from the ends of a neuron

The peripheral nervous system...

• includes the brain and the spinal cord

• includes the nerves in the rest of your body (not the brain or spinal cord)

• is the rest of your body

• includes the different areas of the brain

Tick all the responses that refer to Sperry's procedure.

• Participants were asked to look at a picture of a nude with the right eye.

• Participants were asked to look at a word with their right eye and say it.

• Participants were able to draw the picture with their left hand.

• Participants giggled and blushed when they saw the picture of the nude.

An MRI...

• is a brain scanning technique

• takes a picture of your brain

• takes a picture of your body

• uses magnets to identify the areas of your brain that are active

A weakness of Damasio's Phineas Gage study is...

• He didn't have modern day techniques to identify the damage to the brain

• The experiment used a confederate so this broke ethical guidelines

• The results are ungeneralisable as there was not enough cases similar to Phineas Gage.

• It used data from over 100 years ago, so it may not be correct

Females had less of a time difference between the two tasks, this ________ that females brains are lateralised (pick all suitable options)

• Shows

• Suggests

• Proves

• Indiciates

In a conclusion question, you get 2 marks they are for...

• Using a key term to summarise what the studies findings mean

• Giving the findings of the study

• Giving data to support your answer from the table or graph

• Giving a strength or weakness of the study

When we give an improvement of the study, we get 2 marks for...

• Saying what the improvement is i.e. giving an example of how you can change it

• Explaining what impact this will have on the results

• Giving a general improvement not related to the study you have been given

• Giving a key term without a definition

Is the left side or the right side, the front of the brain?

• Left

• Right