hemispheric lateralisation

Question 1

what is hemispheric lateralisation

Answer 1

two halves of the brain are functionally different and certain mental processes are controlled by one hemisphere rather than the other.

Question 2

Describe vision in the brain

Answer 2

in left and right occipital lobe - located in left hemisphere and right hemisphere respectively.

Question 3

describe language in the brain

Answer 3

two main centres are only in the left hemisphere ;materialised.

RH only produce rudimentary words but provides emotional context.

LH analyser RH synthesiser.

Question 4

who studied split brain reaserch

Answer 4

Sperry (1968)

11 split brain participants.

image projected onto R visual field and L visual field. in normal brain corpus callous would instantly share the info.

Question 5

what where the findings of Sperrys reaserch

Answer 5

when image in RVF = describe what was seen.

when left visual field = could select matching objects select an object closely associated or show emotional reactions.

overall showed how certain functions are lateralisated in the Brain.

LH viral and RH emotional.