Split brain research

Cards (4)

  • Influential research
    Sperry's research led to a substantial body of research being published about lateralisation of functions in the brain.
  • However point for Sperry's research
    Sperry’s research has led to a growing body of pop-psychological research oversimplifying the functional
    distinction.
  • Methodology
    Procedures were standardised and well controlled.
  • Generalisation issues
    Split brain patients are an unusual sample of people- only 11 patients that took part in Sperry’s original research, all of whom had a history of epileptic fits.