Brain Lateralization

What is the name of the operation used in Sperry's (1968) study?

• Anteriography

• Commissurotomy

• Hemispherectomy

• Lobotomy

IN Sperry's (1968) study one word or image was presented to...?

• ...one hemisphere at a time

• ...both hemispheres simultaneously

• ...neither hemisphere

• ...the left hemisphere and then the right

Following the commissurotomy patients could not describe an object presented to the...?

• central visual field

• left visual field

• peripheral visual field

• right visual field

Research strongly suggests that the left hemisphere is...?

• analyser

• compromiser

• procrastinator

• synthesiser

A strength of Sperry's (1968) study is the procedure was...?

• simplified

• standardised

• uncontrolled

• unreliable

A limitation of Sperry's (1968) study is the participants were...?

• all children

• many and varied

• representative of most people

• very unusual with unique brains

In reality has been found that the hemispheres of the brain..?

• ...are fixed and cannot change.

• ...are highly flexible.

• ...do not communicate.

• ..differ in every way.

Following the commissurotomy if an object was presented to the left visual field patients could...?

• describe it

• draw it

• name it

• pick it up