This is a concise description of the changes that may occur in a person who has suffered damage in a region of their brain. The arear of the brain to be discussed is the Corpus Callosum, with references to Sperry’s split Brain research. The brain is the control centre for the body at the top of the spinal cord. The brain has three main parts, the cerebellum, and the cerebrum which has two parts, the left and right hemispheres and the brain stem.
The corpus callosum is a thick band of nerve fibres that divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres, the left controls the right side of body responsible for language the right hemisphere controls the left side of body, responsible for spatial skills. It connects and communicates between the left and right sides of the brain; it transfers motor, sensory, and cognitive information between the two. …show more content…
Sperry conducted an experiment on eleven individuals who had their corpus callosum cells severed to control severe epilepsy. The participants were asked to name an item where the information went to only one visual field.
The participants could name the items when the left eye was covered and information went to the right visual field but couldn’t name it when the left eye was covered and the information went to the right visual field. (Gardner, 1974, p. 260)
These results suggest that the participant showed unusual behaviours and got answers wrong. Right hemisphere seemed to lack verbal language abilities. Right hemisphere controlled various functions on the left of the body and vice versa.
Conclusion
The participant’s inability to perform these tasks indicated that the hemispheres were not able to communicate with each other. It was as if there were two
The corpus callosum is a thick band of nerve fibres that divides the cerebrum into left and right hemispheres, the left controls the right side of body responsible for language the right hemisphere controls the left side of body, responsible for spatial skills. It connects and communicates between the left and right sides of the brain; it transfers motor, sensory, and cognitive information between the two. …show more content…
Sperry conducted an experiment on eleven individuals who had their corpus callosum cells severed to control severe epilepsy. The participants were asked to name an item where the information went to only one visual field.
The participants could name the items when the left eye was covered and information went to the right visual field but couldn’t name it when the left eye was covered and the information went to the right visual field. (Gardner, 1974, p. 260)
These results suggest that the participant showed unusual behaviours and got answers wrong. Right hemisphere seemed to lack verbal language abilities. Right hemisphere controlled various functions on the left of the body and vice versa.
Conclusion
The participant’s inability to perform these tasks indicated that the hemispheres were not able to communicate with each other. It was as if there were two