PS101 Lecture Notes - Spatial Visualization Ability, Agenesis, Neuroplasticity
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Biological bases of behaviour psych 101 lecture october 7th, 2011. Corpus callosum transfers messages b/w sides of brain (located in b/w 2 hemispheres) This asymmetric organization is not felt, as the two hemispheres are connected. Broca"s area frontal lobe (1861, lesion on left side of frontal lobe speech deficit production of speech area) Wernicke"s area temporal lobe (lesion on temporal lobe of left hemisphere language comprehension deficit) Language processing and cognitive development lh = center of higher mental processes. Until 1960"s: right hemisphere = non-dominant , with no special functions. Info sent to a single visual field (left or right side of a centered fixation point) for a split second (people could not move eyes) Right visual field left hemisphere people could name and describe objects seen. Left visual field right hemisphere people could not name or describe these objects. Right hemisphere better than left in assembling little puzzles and copying drawings, even for right handed people.
