1.4c Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres

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Neurogenesis

The formation of new neurons

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Corpus Callosum

The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

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Split brains

A condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them

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Left hemisphere skills

  • Making quick, literal interpretations of language

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Right hemisphere skills

  • Excels at making inferences

  • Helps us modulate our speech to make meaning clear

  • Helps orchestrate our self-awareness