hemispheric lateralisation and spilt brain studies

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    Charlotte Perks

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    • hemispheric lateralisation 

      • ability to produce + understand language- controlled by left hemisphere
      • language is in one of brains hemispheres, not both
    • spilt brain studies 

      • Sperry- individuals undergone surgery- tissues which connected two hemisphere were cut
      • allowed them to see what extent the two hemispheres were specialised for certain functions
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