1.4c The brain: damage response and brain hemispheres

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Severed brain and spiral cord neurons

Usually do not regenerate

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Brain functions

Seem preassigned to specific areas

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Neurogenesis

Formation of new neurons from stem cells

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Laterialization

Specific cognitive functions to be specialized to one side of the brain

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Split brains

Condition resulting from surgery that isolates the brain's two hemispheres by cutting the fibers connecting them

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Left brain

Controls right, processes language, writing, calculations

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Right brain

Controls left, perceptual tasks, modulate our speech, making inferences, orchestrate our self-awareness