LL323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ct Scan, Cerebral Cortex
Document Summary
Neurolinguistics the study of how languages is represented and processed in the brain the brain. Composed of neurons: basic processing unit of the nervous system. Cerebral cortex: accounts for human distinctness in the animal world- makes humans unique, allows for speech. Language representation and processing are found in the human cortex cerebral hemispheres. Longitudinal fissure separates the left and right hemisphere. Corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres- exists in almost all mammals. Contralateral responsibilities of hemispheres (ie right controls left side of body) hemisphere distinction. Right ear advantage (rea): right-handed people will hear louder and clearer on the phone with the right ear lateralization. Unilateral control of cognitive functions by either the left of the right side of the brain. Finding a home in the brain to continue the rest of the life in terms of processing. Time where babies are experimenting with handedness, etc. Location (left or right) of specific types of tasks right handed people.
