the idea that the two hemispheres of the brain are functionally different and that certain mental processes and behaviours are mainly controlled by one hemisphere rather than both
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define lateralisation
the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain for paticular functions
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where is langauge lateralised
left hemisphere
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movement
movement is contralateral
left hemisphere controls right side of the body right hemisphere controls the left side of the body
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what does contralateral mean
cross wired
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how is vision lateralised
vision is contralateral and ipsilateral
(opposite and same sided)
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each eye has a ...
left and right visual field
both left visual fields are connected to the right hemisphere and both right visual fields are connected to the left hemisphere
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ao3
ao3
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who has supporting research
Fink et al
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what did fink et al find
pet scans showed that when normal pps looked at the whole picture there right hemisphere was more active but when they looked at finer details their left hemisphere was more active
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how do these findings support hemispheric lateralisation
hemispheric lateralisation is a feautre of normal brains as well as split brains
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a limitation of hemispheric lateralisation
research suggests that different hemispheres do not create personality
eg left brained = artistic
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who has done research on this
Nielsen et al
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what did they do / find
analysed 100 brain scans found people did use different hemispheres for certain tasks but no dominance
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define lateralisation
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the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain for paticular functions
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