What is the "split-brain" research that Sperry is known for?
Study of broken computers
Study of family arguments
Study of earthquake patterns
Study of divided brain functions
Answer
Roger Sperry was a neuroscientist known for his work with split-brain patients. In the 1950s and 1960s, he and his colleagues performed a series of experiments on patients who had undergone surgery to sever the corpus callosum, the large bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. The experiments showed that the two hemispheres are specialized for different functions.
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