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Sperry

Quiz by Amie Harris

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  • Q1
    The left hemisphere controls our left side of the body and the right hemisphere controls the right side of our body.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q2
    What skill is the left hemisphere responsible for?
    Visual spatial awareness
    Decision making
    Language and logic
    Emotions
    30s
  • Q3
    What skill is our right hemisphere responsible for?
    Language
    Creativity and visuo-spatial
    Decision making
    Emotions
    30s
  • Q4
    What is the name of the bundle of fibers that connect the 2 hemispheres together?
    Cortex callosum
    Frontal callosum
    Corpus callosum
    Cortex lobe
    30s
  • Q5
    What is the name of the surgery that separates the 2 hemispheres?
    commissury
    commusirotomy
    commissurotomy
    labotomy
    30s
  • Q6
    What research method was used in Sperry?
    Lab
    Quasi
    Independent measures
    Field
    30s
  • Q7
    Why did the patients with split-brains undergo the surgery?
    because their IQ was significantly low
    because they had severe epilepsy
    because they had severe epilepsy and they weren't responding to medication
    because they had a brain tumour
    30s
  • Q8
    How many split-brain patients were there in the Sperry study?
    11
    10'
    7
    9
    30s
  • Q9
    The participant, with one eye covered, centred his gaze on a fixed point in the centre of an upright translucent screen. How long were each visual stimuli presented to each participant?
    1 second
    1/9 second
    1/10 second
    1/8 second
    30s
  • Q10
    Everything projected to the left visual field (LVF) would be received by the right hemisphere. Everything presented to the right visual field (RVF) would be received by the left hemisphere. This is because the visual information was too fast for eye movements to get the information into the wrong visual field/hemisphere.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q11
    What was the name of the apparatus used in both the visual and tactile tasks?
    tackiscope
    tachistoscope
    telescope
    talliscope
    30s
  • Q12
    What were the tasks called if the participant had to feel an object underneath a screen so that they could not see it?
    Touch task
    Eyes task
    Tactile task
    Physical task
    30s
  • Q13
    Information shown and responded to in one visual field could only be recognised again if shown to the same visual field
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q14
    Information presented to the RVF (Left Hemisphere) could be communicated through what method?
    described by drawing a picture (with the right hand)
    described in speech and writing (with the right hand)
    described in speech and writing (with the left hand)
    described by drawing a picture (with the left hand)
    30s
  • Q15
    If the SAME information is presented to the LVF (Right Hemisphere), the participant....
    described what they saw in speech and writing
    insisted they either did not see anything
    drew what they saw
    30s

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