L7.1 - Lateralisation Flashcards
Left hemisphere is dominant for
Language
Right hemisphere is dominant for
Face recognition
The cortexes in the left hemisphere are responsible for the
Right and vice versa
What connects the hemisphere
Bundle of nerve fibre called the corpus callosum
+ related to neural capacity
Lateralisation increases it - one hemisphere does one task, other engages in another
Study related to the + about neural capacity
Lateralisation in chickens allowed them to do two tasks at once: find food and be alert for predators
+ related to superiority of hemispheres
Mathematicians and architects had superior right hemisphere skills rather than left
- related to a case study
JW developed capacity to speak out of both hemispheres
Could speak about info presented to either one