Transcript Split Brain Review

A Review of
The Split Brain
The Split Brain
• This thick band of neurons connects the left
and right hemispheres of the brain and can
be severed in some epileptic patients to
cure them of their seizures.
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• Corpus Callosum
The Split Brain
• What hemisphere primarily has the
language capabilities?
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• Left Hemisphere
The Split Brain
• What hemisphere would control the right
hand?
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• Left Hemisphere
The Split Brain
• What hemisphere is good with spatial
reasoning and reading emotions?
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• Right
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• A picture of a Hammer is flashed in the left
visual field of a split brain patient. How
will they be able to demonstrate what they
saw?
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• Point to with their Left Hand
The Split Brain
• The word “Airport” is flashed on a screen
to a split brain patient so that “Air” is in the
left visual field and “port” is in the right. If
you ask the person to say what they saw
what will they say?
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• Port
The Split Brain
• The word “Airport” is flashed on a screen
to a split brain patient so that “Air” is in the
left visual field and “port” is in the right. If
you ask the person to point with their left
hand what they point to?
The Split Brain
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• Air
The Split Brain
• A picture of a hammer is flashed in the
right visual field and picture of a nail is
flashed in the left visual field of a split
brain patient. What will they be able to
SAY that they saw?
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• Hammer
The Split Brain
• A picture of a hammer is flashed in the
right visual field and picture of a nail is
flashed in the left visual field of a split
brain patient. How will the right brain
show what it saw?
The Split Brain
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• Point to a nail with the LEFT HAND