How Our Brains Work

1. What does the word "hemisphere" refer to when talking about the brain?
The word hemispehre refers to the 2 sides of the brain.
2. What are the major differences between the left and right sides of the brain?
The major differences are that each side controls different tasks. For example, the left side controls logic and right controls the artistic and creativeness.
3. What is the corpus collasum?
It is a white flat bundle of neural fibers beneath the cortex that connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
4. Explain the study performed by Paul Broca in which he discovered "Broca's Area."He was a French Physician, anatomist and the frontol lobe region of the brain was named after him. He researched some people in order to discover the function of the brain.
5. Explain the study conducted by Roger Sperry in regard to "split brain."
Split brain is when the brains corpus callosum that connects the two hemispheres is severly damaged which causes the person to be unable to name thing and just becomes a different person.
6. Explain the study conducted by Karl Wernicke which led to the discovery of Wernicke's Area."
Karl Weknicke a German neurologist was a person who hypothesized a link between the left posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus and the reflexive mimicking of words and their syllables that associated the sensory and motor images of spoken words. Which led him to the discovery of the Wenickes Area.
7. Which lobe is most responsible for vision?
occipital lobe
8. Which lobe is most responsible for hearing and language?
temporal lobe
9. Which lobe is most responsible for performing math calculations?
nuclei (the most anterior area of the brain)
10. Which lobe is most responsible for judgment, reasoning and impulse control?
Frontal lobe