Mike, Thank you. I went back and relooked at the picture and figured it out. The picture was quite confusing at first glance and I've taught this class so many times. I guess I just got so used to teaching it a certain way and was thrown off by the student's question.
Nina > Hi, > > No, visual info from the left visual field goes (ultimately)only to the > primary visual cortex in the right hemisphere > and vice versa. Info does "crossover" at the optic > chiasm but here it's actually combining the info received > from the left and right halves of each eyeball. Each hemisphere in the > split-brain is functionally cut off from > communicating its information to the other. > > Mike Lee > Dept of Psychology > University of Manitoba > Winnipeg, MB, Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 2:14 PM > Subject: split-brain question > > >> Hi all, >> >> I had a student ask me a question in class the other night regarding >> split-brain patients. Does visual information go to both hemispheres? >> From pictures, it looks as though information coming into your right >> visual field splits and goes to both the right and left hemisphere and >> vice versa for the information coming into your left visual field. I >> understand that the information still crosses by way of the optic nerve, >> but it seems as though from pictures that the visual information goes to >> both hemispheres, although that is not the way it is explained. >> >> Thank you, >> Nina >> >> >> Dr. Nina L. Tarner >> 325 Math/Psychology Building >> Department of Psychology >> UMBC >> Baltimore, MD. 21250 >> 410-455-3704 >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dr. Nina L. Tarner 325 Math/Psychology Building Department of Psychology UMBC Baltimore, MD. 21250 410-455-3704 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
