laterization Flashcards
1
Q
what is hemispheric lateralisation
A
Certain mental processes and behaviours are controlled or dominated by one hemisphere rather than the other (as in the example of language).
2
Q
what are split brain studies
A
Corpus callosum cut in patients with severe epilepsy, allowing researchers to investigate the extent to which brain function is lateralised.
3
Q
what is the corpus callosum
A
neurons in each hemisphere stretch their axons through the corpus callosum to communicate with neuron in the opposite hemisphere- connects the two hemispheres together
