Exam 16: Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain

Kimura found that the __________ ear was better at identifying digits and the __________ ear was better at identifying melodies in the __________ test.

The ground-breaking experiment of Myers and Sperry established that

In comparison to English speakers, Italian speakers are __________ to be diagnosed as dyslexic.

A structural MRI study found that the __________ in the left hemisphere in musicians with perfect pitch than it is in musicians without perfect pitch.

Wernicke's area is

With respect to Heschl's gyrus, left is to right as

The cognitive neuroscience approach to language is based to a large degree on the following method:

Broca's area is in the __________ cortex.

Label the seven components of the Wernicke-Geschwind model and briefly explain the hypothetical function of each.

Discuss three anatomical asymmetries of the human brain.Discuss the functional (i.e., behavioral)significance of these anatomical asymmetries.

__________ first reported evidence of the lateralization of language functions, but he received little or no recognition for his insightful observations.

Describe three methods for studying lateralization of function.Compare them.

Left-handers and right-handers are

The sodium amytal test and __________ test are both widely used tests of language lateralization.

Broca' s area corresponds to the part of the cortex referred to as the left __________.

The discovery of the lateralization of aphasia and apraxia led to the

__________ is a specific pathological difficulty in reading.

What proportion of the digits recognized by healthy volunteers in the conventional dichotic listening test are typically those presented to the right ear?

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, word salad results from damage to __________.

Electrical stimulation of sites in the left neocortex of conscious human patients often