Sperry's General Testing Apparatus, Left Side
name: label: maker
content: Sperry, Roger W.
label: maker
content: Sperry, Roger W.
notes: label: Description
content: Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913-1994) was an American neurologist who conducted psychological examinations on people who had undergone split-brain surgery. This section of his apparatus consists of a tall, wood wall fitted into a broad wood base. A square window has been cut into the center of the wall, with a plywood screen attached to a pulley system resting behind it. The screen can be pulled up using the pulley, leaving an open space.
label: Description
content: Ref: T. J. Voneida, “Roger Wolcott Sperry, 20 August 1913-17 April 1994,” in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (1997).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0302.01
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0302.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0302
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Psychological Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plywood (screen material)
label: Physical Description
content: string - metal parts (pulley material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 104.5 cm x 60.4 cm x 54 cm; 41 1/8 in x 23 3/4 in x 21 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 53 1/2 in x 34 1/2 in; 132.08 cm x 135.89 cm x 87.63 cm