Roger Sperry Examined Which Processes Occur in Each Hemisphere

question 281

Multiple Choice

Roger Sperry examined which processes occur in each hemisphere.Since that time,researchers have conducted many different experiments that have helped us understand that,in right handed persons,the left hemisphere typically processes language while the right hemisphere processes non-verbal material such as emotions.This is an example of

• A) empirical reasoning.
• B) deductive reasoning.
• C) inductive reasoning.
• D) hypothetico-deductive reasoning.

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