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Corpus Callosum
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Large group of fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres, allows communication
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Lateralized
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A task that is performed more efficiently by one hemisphere than the other
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What idea emerged from observations of people with damage to the language area of the brain?
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The right and left halves of the brain serve different functions
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Who studied Split-brain patients in the 1960's?
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Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga
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Left Hemisphere
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Controls the right side of the body
Language, mathematics |
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Right Hemisphere
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Controls the left side of the body
Spacial, creativity, musical, self awareness, recognizing human faces |
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How do researchers study lateralization in people with normal brains?
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Present images to one hemisphere to one hemisphere and measure how fast they can analyze information
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