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Cerebral commissures connects..

two halves of brain

white matter tracts

bunches of myelinated axons

largest cerebral commissure

corpus callosum 

corpus callosum job

Transfers learned information from one hemisphere to the other

Lateralization 

Localization of function or activity on one side of the brain (or body) in preference to the other

Sensory info received on one side of the body is usually processed by ____ hemisphere 

contralateral

left brain processes sensory info from..

right

right brain processes sensory info from..

left

left brain specializes in

language processing, speech production and comprehension

right brain specializes in

spatial ability, emotion, musical ability, face processing

A dichotic presentation delivers different sounds to …

each ear at the same time

right ear advantage 

Right ear reaches left hemispheres speech system first 

The left side of the brain’s Planum Temporale is usually ____ , which helps with _____________

bigger, language and speech

Left Hemisphere musically 

rhythm and perfect pitch 

Right hemisphere musically

Prosody = perception of emotional tone aspects of language

Prosopagnosia

face blindness, the inability to recognize faces, including one’s own

prosopagnosia is caused by damage to

fusiform gyrus

Astereognosis 

inability to recognize objects by touch

Aphasia

impairment in language ability, caused by brain injury, especially to the left hemisphere 

Agraphia

impairment in writing

alexia

impairment in reading

apraxia

motor impairment

Brocas Area

speech production

Brocas Aphasia

nonfluent aphasia, comprehension good, difficulty producing speech

hemiplegia

paralysis of one side of the body, usually the right side

Wernicke’s Aphasia

fluent, comprehension bad, meaningless speech

Anomia

difficulty naming people or objects

though brain is functionally lateralized, most tasks require cooperation from ___

both hemispheres