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    over cats with split brain experiment this had similar results to Gazzaniga. “If the sensory inputs are lateralized to one or the other hemisphere‚ the section of these commissures in cats and monkeys (split-brain) leaves the hemisphere functionally disconnected in such a way that they have independent process of learning and memory” (Mascetti p. 913). The experiment had to do with cats and how the split-brain can affect their learning and memory style by switching which side of the brain they are using

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    Running Head: LEFT BRAIN VS. RIGHT BRAIN: IMPACTS ON LEARNING 1 Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Impacts on Learning Martin Guerra American Military University LEFT BRAIN VS. RIGHT BRAIN: IMPACTS ON LEARNING 2 Abstract This paper explores the wide variety of attributes that each hemisphere in your brain has. Not only will the process of lateralization will be touched but also why lateralization of the brain affects each and every single human being in different

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    side of their brains are more creative‚ thoughtful and subjective‚ while those who use the left side are more logical‚ detail-oriented and analytical (Novotney‚ 2013). In order to acknowledge these differences this essay will highlight what is meant by lateralisation of the brain and the specialisation of the human cerebral cortex. Equally as important‚ is to explain how handedness has developed and how it relates to cognitive functioning. Finally‚ by looking at how we study the brain and different

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    a study into split brain patients while working at the California Institute of Technology. Previously he had carried out research similar to this‚ in the1950s‚ splitting the brains of cats and monkeys. It was during this research that he realise3d that you could teach one of the hemispheres a task‚ while keeping the other hemisphere unaware of the information learned. This discovery supported the idea that the brain consisted of two independent pieces as opposed to one unified brain. The importance

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    IRM Training - White Paper Creative Thinking Techniques Creative Thinking Techniques Derrick Brown‚ Director Jan Kusiak‚ General Manager IRM Training Pty Ltd ABN 56 007 219 589 Suite 209‚ 620 St Kilda Rd‚ Melbourne‚ Vic. 3004‚ Australia 03 9533 2300 derrickbrown@irm.com.au jan.kusiak@irm.com.au Introduction This extract from IRM’s training material looks at how systematic‚ creative thinking techniques can be used to design practical solutions to business problems. Successful designs don’t

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    Dr C.N.S Cuttaway‚ Your patient P.F volunteered to participate in a split-brain experiment. The details of the experiment method and the information given to P.F prior to the experiment are included in the abstract‚ and the results are described below. When presented with a stimulus (The word KEY) in the left visual field‚ P.F was able to pick up the correct item with his left hand‚ however asked if the item was correct as he was unsure. This is due to the stimulus being processed by the right hemisphere

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    accurateness of either side of the brain. This study was used to investigate functional asymmetry between the left and right hemispheres in phonological processing. The research was taken out equally on 15 male and 15 females London Metropolitan University students ranging from ages 18 – 35 years old. They were all specifically chosen to be right–handed and had English as their first language thus providing a fair experiment to see whether our left hemisphere (left side of the brain) or the right hemisphere

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    Are there multiple selves?

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    multiple selves; it’s not humanly possible to portray those numerous individuals physically so instead we do it efficiently through our one body given to us at birth. Gazzaniga’s experiment of the split-brain condors the idea of having multiple selves within our one mind. Gazzaniga says that the brain is: “a collection of devices that assists the mind’s information-processing demands” (36). Which he is referring to collecting more than one idea and having to compute that through a single action that

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    right hand: speech production is heavily localized in left hemisphere‚ left hemi is responsible for integrating facts from present with info from past‚ right hemi is responsible for face perception‚ -Cutting corpus callosum causes left and right brain to work independently. Things flashed to right of cross go to left hemi and vice versa. Both eyes see a bit of the opposite visual field about 15 degrees. Left hemi controls right side of body and vice versa. Left hemi sees to right and controls on

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    OF STOCK SPLIT Introduction The purpose of this research paper is information retrieval regarding stock split practice in a modern stock market‚ its major reasons and valuation effects on the company’s financial position. According to the definition stock split is a method commonly used to lower the market price of a firm’s stock by increasing the number of shares belonging to each shareholder. Companies are able to split their stocks in any number of ways. The most common stock splits are‚ 2-for-1

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