split brain research

• What did Sperry's split brain research investigate?

  Neural processes organized like language
• What is a split-brain patient?

  Patients with a severed corpus callosum
• What happens when the corpus callosum is cut?

  The left and right hemispheres disconnect
• How many patients were involved in Sperry's study?

  11 patients
• How long was the word/image shown to participants?

  For 1/10 of a second
• What was the result when an image was shown to the RVF?

  Processed by the left hemisphere for speech
• Why could patients not describe what they saw in the LVF?

  The right hemisphere doesn't control language