Psychology 3325 Lecture Notes - Visual Cortex, Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe
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2 hemispheres cooperate with each other but do not perform identical functions some are lateralized: located primarily on one side of brain left hemisphere analysis of information (extraction of elements that make up whole of experience) Good at recognizing serial events events whose elements occur one after another. Serial functions include: verbal activities (talking, understanding speech of others, reading involved incontrolling social behaviour and writing) right hemisphere specialized for synthesis (putting isolated elements together to perceive things as whole) Ability to draw (especially 3d), read maps, and construct complex objects out of smaller elements corpus callosum large bundle of axons (white matter) that connects cortex of two hemispheres. Connects corresponding parts (left and right temporal lobe, etc) Occipital lobe and lower part of temporal lobe seeing total damage to primary visual cortex, located in inner surface of posterior occipital lobe, produces blindness.
