Exam 16: Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain

During a test in which split-brain patients were asked to verbally specify which of two colors, red or green, had been presented in the left visual field, an interesting phenomenon was discovered. This phenomenon is

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

A pathological difficulty in reading is termed

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, signals are carried from Wernicke's area to Broca's area via the left

During language tests, PET and fMRI typically reveal greater activity in

The left-hemisphere is dominant for speech in

The hemispheres of split-brain patients can communicate with one another externally, through their behavior; this is called __________.

The left and right hemispheres are connected by the

The study of how left and right hemispheres differ in their approach to cognitive tasks has led to the concept of a left hemisphere

Broca's area is in the

Theoretically, Broca's area is to Wernicke's area as

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

Apraxic patients display

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

The words "spleemer" and "twipple" are normally read aloud by a __________ procedure.

In surface dyslexia, the __________ procedure has been lost.

The Z lens was developed by

Which component of the Wernicke-Geschwind model is illustrated here?

As a result of mounting evidence that broad categories of cognitive function are not lateralized, research on the lateralization of function has started to focus on

Both the planum temporale and Heschl's gyrus are in