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    Right Brain Left Brain

    Two hemispheres with different


    specializations
    Cortical similarities

    Contralateral control over movement


    KW 14-3 and skin sencses
    Sensory Motor
    Integration

    KW 10-2
    Visual
    Fields

    Also contralateral sensation


    Right visual world: left brain
    Left visual world: right brain

    KW 14-17
    Dorsal and
    Ventral Streams

    KW p.535
    Hemispheric differences
    Auditory Cortex

    KW 9-12
    Processing Music

    KW 9-24
    Parietal lobe Assymetry

    Parietal larger Temporal larger

    KW 14-14
    Parietal lobe
    damage

    Right: drawings, puzzles, maps

    Left: language, naming objects,


    Copy movements

    KW 14-15
    KW 14-16

    Apraxia
    Spatial Cognition

    Same figure but different orientation?

    KW 14-4
    Yes
    Spatial Orientation

    Which block is the same as one of left?

    KW 14-5 a
    Cognitive
    Tasks 1
    correct

    Men more likely to


    Pick correct response

    KW 14-21
    Cognitive
    Tasks 2

    KW 14-21
    Cognitive
    Tasks 3

    KW 14-21
    Cognitive
    Tasks 4

    KW 14-21
    Connecting
    Link between
    Hemispheres

    Figure 14.1  Two views of the corpus callosum


    The corpus callosum is a large set of axons conveying information between the
    two hemispheres. (a) A sagittal section through the human brain. (b) A dissection
    (viewed from above) in which gray matter has been removed to
    expose the corpus callosum.
    Visual Connections to the Hemispheres

    Visual Field-what is visible at any moment


    Right visual field-->left hemisphere
    Left visual field-->right hemisphere
    Cutting the Corpus Callosum
    Sometimes done to treat severe epilepsy
    Behavior is abnormal only when sensory stimuli are limited to
    one side of the body
    Split Brain Task 1

    KW 14-18
    Split Brain Task 2

    Use left hand to


    find object
    KW 14-19
    Split Brain Task 3

    Each hemisphere is capable


    of responding independently
    KW 14-19
    Visuospacial Processing

    KW 14-20
    Split Hemispheres
    Competition
    Soon after surgery you may see competition between activities
    on the two sides of the body
    Hemispheric Specialization
    Left
    Speech
    Movement sequencing
    Detail-oriented
    Right
    Emotional content of speech
    Recognizes emotions in others
    Expresses fear and anger
    Spatial Relationships
    Music perception

    Animation
    Development of Lateralization
    and Handedness

    Anatomical Differences between the Hemispheres


    Plenum temporale in left hemisphere larger
    Corpus Callosum is not fully developed at birth
    Handedness does not dramatically affect lateralization
    Most left-handed people have left-hemisphere or mixed
    dominance for speech
    Speech and Handedness
     First communication most likely hand
    signals
     Right hand preferred most humans
     Right hand controlled by left brain
     Signal language tied to spoken
    language
     Hand gestures to phonemes
     Communication is left hemisphere task
    Brain sculpted by experience
     Left hemisphere for
    speech
     Right for spatial
    tasks
     Both hemispheres
    active
     Can be resculpted if
    needed
    Brain Science has come along way

     Still many mysteries to be


    solved
     Treaments for brain
    diseases
     Understanding the causes
     Hope course has given you
    the knowledge to follow
    these developments

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