... complete unit, this meant that when seeing something with the right eye (left hemisphere) they could not react to it with their left hand (right hemisphere). This study was one of the first that helped to discover that the two hemispheres are separate entities rather than one. This opened the door for studies like this one, that are designed to investigate differences and imbalances in the brain and what affects that may have in our everyday lives. Method Participants The sample was opportunist, the participants were 22 undergraduate students taken from University College Northampton. None of the participants were psychology students as this could have affected the results. The sample consisted of both males and females however only the times were recorded and not the sex of the participant. Materials The materials for this study consisted of a personal computer running Microsoft Excel software program, this was used for the tapping task ...

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