Banich Chapter 4 hemi specialization

Question 1

anatomical differences between hemispheres

Answer 1

right frontal lobe extends farther forward and is wider, left occipital lobe extends farther back and is wider than right

Question 2

planum temporale

Answer 2

region at the end of the Sylvian Fissure in the temporal lobe; involved in early auditory processing

Question 3

planum temporale in Left hemisphere

Answer 3

individuals who have a larger left than right planum temporale are likely to rely more on the left hemi when processing language, LH longer in 65% of people, RH longer in 11%

Question 4

presenting information separately in each visual field

Answer 4

divided visual field technique

Question 5

different parts of the sensory system project to different hemispheres, the perceptual asymmetries are interpreted as reflecting hemispheric differences

Answer 5

perceptual asymmetries

Question 6

a person is asked to feel two items simultaneously, one in each hand, and then to identify the items in some manner

Answer 6

dichaptic presentation

Question 7

different information is presented simultaneously to each ear so that each hemisphere receives two competing pieces of information

Answer 7

dichotic presentation

Question 8

• brains of split-brain patients may not be typical
• severing the corpus callosum could damage other regions
• different patients may exhibit different behavior (careful when generalizing)

Answer 8

caveats of interpretation from split-brain research