Exam 3 (Neuropsychology)

Question 1

Cerebrum

Answer 1

• largest brain structure
• L and R, connected by corpus callosum
• contralateral control

Question 2

Split brain patients - what word did you see?

Answer 2

uses only L hem., has language ability to understand question and produce a spoken answer
- R visual field

Question 3

Split brain patients - point to the word you saw

Answer 3

uses R hem.

- L visual field

Question 4

Language is primarily housed in which hemisphere?

Answer 4

Left

Question 5

Wada test results

Answer 5

left-handed people house language in L, but possible for it to be in R

Question 6

What does the left hemisphere specialize in?

Answer 6

• phonological processing
• complex grammar
• speech output

Question 7

What does the right hemisphere specialize in?

Answer 7

• visuospatial tasks (spatial, tactile form perception, patterns)
• perceiving and remembering complex, hard-to-label or fragmentary material (face recognition)
• emotional expressions (perception, production, interpretation)

Question 8

Which hemiface is more expressive?

Answer 8

Left