Psy 111 1st Edition Lecture 13 Current Lecture Cerebrum the largest structure of the human brain divided into 2 sections left and right hemisphere connected by the corpus collusum thick band of the nerve fibers Thick band of nerve fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres They make it possible to transfer information and synchronize activities between the two hemispheres Makes it possible to transfer into and synchronize activities between the 2 hemispheres covered by the cerebral cortex Brain Lateralization The human brain is a paired organ it is composed of two halves which may look alike but are not exactly alike Brain lateralization fact that the two halves of the brain have functional specializations LEFT HEMISPHERE Complex body movements Controls right side of the body Responsible for speech Also responsible for logical and critical thinking RIGHT HEMISPHERE Visual spatial perception Perception of spaces Interpretation of non verbal behavior Controls left side of body These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Cerebral cortexThe gray convoluted covering of the cerebral hemispheres that is responsible for higher mental processes including language memory and thinking It consist of neurons glial cells capillaries and short nerve cell extensions Neocortex outermost layer of the cerebral cortex sometimes just called the cerebral cortex Frontal cortex executive function largest lobe of the brain contains motor cortex also considered the seat of our personality also consist of associations areas involved in thinking motivation planning for the future Also involved in impulse control and emotional responses doesn t finish developing until 25 Temporal memory Occipital vision Parietal integration Brain lateralization Michael Gazzanica video Who was the participant a man whose corpus collosum cut in order to stop his cases of epilepsy Right side activities are in the left hemisphere whereas left side activities are in the right hemisphere The ability to speak is almost exclusively left hemisphere work The ability to recognize faces is located exclusively in the right hemisphere The left hemisphere provides you the ability to reason to think and reason When your brain receives a signal from the right hand side it goes to the left side of the brain and vice versa
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