PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11&12: Auditory Cortex, Temporal Lobe, Visual Cortex
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Inability to produce or to understand language is called global aphasia: the single most curious feature of human brain organization is cerebral asymmetry: the left and right cerebral hemispheres have partly separate functions. Portrait, cerebral asymmetry was especially apparent in m. s. " s loss of language skills but maintenance of musical skills. And the right hemisphere controls movement on the left side of the body. Four variables complicate the research on laterality: cerebral site is at least as important in understanding, laterality is relative, not absolute. Both hemispheres play a role in nearly every behaviour; thus, although the left hemisphere is especially important for the production of language, the right hemisphere also has some language capabilities. brain function as cerebral side. Cerebral asymmetry: also called wernicke"s area, the planum temporale lies just posterior to the primary auditory cortex (heschl"s gyrus) within the sylvian, or lateral, fissure.
