PSYB65H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Partial Seizure, Dichotic Listening Test, Hominidae
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Mostly came from observations during war when had large population that obtained wounds to the head (bullet wounds) Depending on where the bullet wounds where would notice different behavioural problems. Correct meaning of aphasia is that there is no language and speech at all, but don"t use it in that way. Showed that there was specialization to language in the left hemisphere and these specializations are related in some way to handedness. Right handed individuals, language seemed predominantly to be controlled in the left hemisphere, but left handed people had some language control in the left hemisphere since we saw some aphasia in everyone. Ambidextrous people are left handed people who have learned to adapt their right hand. In adults, right hemisphere damage most patients showed few aphasic symptoms (language problems) and rarely leads to complete aphasia; individuals that did show aphasic symptoms, were always either left handed or ambidextrous.
