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Puzzle o ‘the day

Puzzle o ‘the day. The Split-Brain Phenomenon. http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/. Vision - Part 1. Right side of your brain controls your Left body functions Left side of your brain controls your Right body functions. Each eyeball is divided into 2 parts Right Visual Field

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Puzzle o ‘the day

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  1. Puzzle o ‘the day

  2. The Split-Brain Phenomenon http://www.angelfire.com/wi/2brains/

  3. Vision - Part 1 • Right side of your brain controls your Left body functions • Left side of your brain controls your Right body functions • Each eyeball is divided into 2 parts • Right Visual Field • Left Visual Field • Right Hemisphere receives visual info from LVFonly • Left Hemisphere receives visual info from RVFonly

  4. Vision - Part 2 • Left Visual Field is illustrated in RED • Right Visual Field is illustrated in BLUE

  5. Split - Brain Phenomenon • Over 30 years ago studies of patients with a severed corpus callosum discovered some interesting side effects • Roger Sperry & Michael Gazzaniga were in the forefront in utilizing these discoveries to determine significant ideas concerning brain function • "The Man with 2 Brains”(click on play video)

  6. Split-Brain Discoveries • Ability to speak resides almost exclusively in Left Hemisphere (word recognition) • Ability to recognize faces resides almost exclusively in Right Hemisphere

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