Classroom Demonstration of Behavioral Effects of the Split-Brain Operation.

Morris, Edward J.

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ERIC Number: EJ446556

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Classroom Demonstration of Behavioral Effects of the Split-Brain Operation.

Morris, Edward J.

Teaching of Psychology, v18 n4 p226-28 Dec 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 cerebral hemispheric functions. (DK)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Learning Activities, Neurological Impairments, Neuropsychology, Perceptual Handicaps, Simulation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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