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Localization

Refers to the idea that specific areas of the brain are responsible for specific functions

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Lateralization

Refers to understading that each hemisphere of the brain is specialized in certain tasks.

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Frontal Lobes

Brain regions associated with high-level functions such as reasoning, planning, organization, problem-solving, and aspects of personality.

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Temporal Lobes

Regions crucial for memory formation and retrieval that also play a role in processing auditory information.

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Hippocampus

  • Located within the temporal lobe

  • Essential for the formation of new memories.

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Corpus Callosum

A band of nerve fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres and allows for communication between them.

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