Sperry & The Hemispheres

Our left hemisphere controls the ____ side of our body and vice versa.

• Right

• Left

Objects shown to our right visual field are seen by our ____ hemisphere.

• Right

• Left

Our left hemisphere is good at processing ______

• Emotions

• Spatial information

• Language

• Memory

Our right hemisphere is good at processing _____

• Emotions

• Spatial information

• Language

• Memory

Which part of the brain did split-brain patients have surgery on?

• Cortex

• Parietal Lobe

• Cerebellum

• Corpus Callosum

Split brain surgery involves...

• Separating the two hemispheres (sides of the brain).

• Applying electrical current to one side of the brain.

• Removing internal parts of the mid brain.

Split brain surgery was used to treat....

• Epilepsy

• Brain tumors

• Stroke

Sperry did these experiments to see...

• The function of each hemisphere

• The function of the different lobes

• The function of neurons

• The function of neurotransmitters

Sperry studied how many participants?

• 5

• 11

• 23

• 40

When participants see a word in their RIGHT visual field, where does that information go?

• Left Hemisphere

• Right Hemisphere