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Peer reviewedMorris, Edward J. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Presents a method for simulating the behavior and perceptual deficits demonstrated by patients who have undergone the split brain surgical procedure. Presents several activities in which two volunteers are required to accomplish certain tasks as one person. Suggests that these activities show how split brain patients illustrate certain lateralized…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Demonstrations (Educational)
Peer reviewedFelsten, Gary – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes an active participation exercise that demonstrates the propagation of action potentials (the ability to transmit information through the neural network, dependent upon chemical interactions in the brain). Students assume the structure and function of the network by lining up around the room and communicating through hand signals and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments
