8.1.2 Cerebral Dominance Flashcards

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What is cerebral dominance?

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Some functions are represented more prominently in one hemisphere in comparison to the other

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Give two examples of cerebral dominance

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95% of people, left hemisphere dominant for language and mathematical/logical functions

95% of people, right hemisphere dominant for body image, visuospatial awareness, emotion and musical ability

BEVM

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Why is cerebral dominance important?

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Allows us to predict effects of lobe lesions e.g. what side a lesion most likely came from

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What does the corpus callosum do in cerebral dominance?

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Allows communcation between the two hemispheres

Giving an average of the two hemispheres

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What is alien hand syndrome?

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Destruction of the corpus callosum, two hemispheres become completely independent from one another e.g. right hand will do up buttons while left undoes them

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