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1. Teori Split-Brain (Roger Sperry)
Name : Roger Wolcott Sperry
Born : August 20, 1913 (2009-08-20)
Hartford, Connecticut
Died : April 17, 1994 (1994-04-18)
(aged 80)
Fields : neuropsychologist
Known for: split-brain research
Notable awards1981 :Nobel Prize in
Medicine

2. The Right Brain
• According to the left-brain, right-brain
dominance theory, the right side of the
brain is best at expressive and creative
tasks.
• Recognizing faces
• Expressing emotions
• Music
• Reading emotions
• Color
• Images
• Intuition
• Creativity

3. The Left Brain
• The left-side of the brain is considered to
be adept at tasks that involve
logic, language and analytical thinking.
• Language
• Logic
• Critical thinking
• Numbers
• Reasoning

5. “Our educational system, as well
as science in general, tends to
neglect the nonverbal form of
intellect. What it comes down to is
that modern society discriminates
against the right hemisphere”
Roger Sperry – 1973

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