Hemispheric Specialisation

Question 1

Left hemisphere (4 points)

Answer 1

-Verbal tasks; production and comprehension of speech and language, reading and writing

-Analytical functions; logical reasoning, analysing, organising, and interpreting data

-Processes information logically, sequentially, analytically (e.g. math, science)

-Controls voluntary movement and receives sensations of body’s right side

Question 2

Right hemisphere (3 points)

Answer 2

-Non-verbal and visual spatial tasks such as recognising faces/emotions, patterns and tunes, musical and artwork appreciation etc.

-Processes information intuitively (less logically) and holistically (whole patterns simultaneously)

-Controls voluntary movements and receives sensations of body’s left side