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| what was the aim of the study? |
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| to investigate brain latilisation and if each hemisphere has its own memories, perceptions and concepts |
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| 11-split-brain patients who had severe epilepsis and undergone a commistranotomy to sever their corpus collosum and seperate their hemispheres |
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| why did the p's undergo the commisturotomy? |
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| because they had severe epilepsy that couldnt be controlled by drugs |
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| what is the corpus collosum? |
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Definition
| a bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain |
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| what was the specially designed apparatus? |
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| allowed information to be presented to only one hemisphere by presenting it to a specific visual field (one eye covered, looking at a fixation point which stimulus was presented)or hand (hands shielded from vision) |
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| what was the stimuli and how long was it presented for? |
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| words/images presented for 1/10th second |
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| what was the tacktile task? |
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| objects placed in one hand (received by one hemisphere)had to find object again from grab bag with either same or different hand |
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| which hemisphere information was presented to |
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| if could describe/ find object/ draw image with left or right hand |
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| when stimuli was presented to one visual field was it recognized by the other visual field? |
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| no - p stated they had never seen it and only recognised again if seen by the same visual field |
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| what happened when stimuli was presented to the LVF(right hemisphere)? |
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| it could not be described in words but could be found with left hand not right |
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| what happened when stimuli was presented to the RVF (left hemisphere)? |
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| can be described in words |
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