• plausible task for patient - verbal or visuospatial response, eg drawing, matching etc.
Briefly evaluate research using split brain patients to investigate hemispheric
lateralisation of function. - Answer✔️✔️-• the disconnection between the hemispheres
was greater in some patients than others
• some patients had experienced drug therapy for much longer than others
• the comparison groups were not considered to be valid as they were often people
with no history of epileptic seizures
• the data were artificially produced as in real life a severed corpus callosum can be
compensated for by the unrestricted use of two eyes
• the research has added to the unity of consciousness debate
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