Module 1.4c The Brain: 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 brain
A condition resulting from surgery that separates the brain’s two hemispheres by cutting the fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) connecting them.
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Left Hemisphere
Primary abilities are logical reasoning, mathematical processing, and language.
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Right Hemisphere
specialties such as facial recognition, spatial reasoning, and self-awareness.