PSYB65H3 Lecture : lecture notes 09 - brain damage(1)
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(cid:0)historical data about brain damage influence adult-- (1) bullet damage in lh. 30% showed some degree of recovery among left-handed or ambidextrous individual s. Least recovery among right-handed people (2) bullet damage in rh. Few language problems, relatively rare leading to aphasia. Those who showed aphasia were left-handed or ambidextrous people, right-handed people had no aphasic symptoms. *seem like: language center is located at lh for right-handed people language is bileterally represented for left-handed and ambidextr ous children (under age 5)-- Damage on either side had equal probability of getting aphasic symptoms. Language ability is locolized on both sides in adult. *seem like: when we are born, both sides are capable for language as we matured, lh appears to dominant for language of individuals (shift to the left during development) Lh seems to be better for language and automatically sepresses rh. ; if two sides are not connected, some language will stay in rh.
