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(9) 1.6 Brain Lateralization

  • Corpus Callosum

    • Band of neural fibers that connect right & left hemispheres

  • Brain Lateralization

    • Some cognitive processes specialized to a certain brain hemisphere

      • Right = left side of body

      • Left = Right side of body

  • Left hemisphere

    • Speech language & comphrension

    • Math & time

    • Recognition of words, letters, & numbers

  • Right hemisphere

    • Spatial ability

    • Recognizing faces, places, & objects

    • Perceiving & expressing emotion

  • Split Brain

    • Severing the corpus callosum

  • Neurogenesis

    • The formation of new neurons

      • 2 areas of the brain

        • Smell & memory