9. Hemispheres and Plasticity

Question 1

some functions are more dominant in one side of the brain

Answer 1

hemisphere specialization

Question 2

speech: left

Answer 2

hemisphere specialization

Question 3

complex and inferential thought: right

Answer 3

hemisphere specialization

Question 4

visual fields and functions run by the other side of the brain

Answer 4

brain lateralization

Question 5

right controls left, left controls right (ghetto way of remembering)

Answer 5

brain lateralization

Question 6

our brains operate somewhat 1. _________ but communicate through the 2. __________

Answer 6

1. independently

2. corpus callosum

Question 7

brain’s ability to mend itself after damage

Answer 7

plasticity

Question 8

severed neurons result in?

Answer 8

results in permanent lost of features or movement

Question 9

the brain can reorganize its tissues in response to damage by building new pathways and new neurons

Answer 9

neuroneogenisis

Question 10

brain damage or stroke damage that causes the loss or inhibited use of limbs can be __________

Answer 10

re-programed to work properly again after long time use. (other part of the body can do better with time)

Question 11

blind and deaf people can sometimes have _________________

Answer 11

enhanced touch (brail use) or peripheral vision (sign language)

Question 12

blind and deaf people’s brains are?

Answer 12

reprogramed to focus on different sensory features

Question 13

lost limbs, etc. have their uses applied to?

Answer 13

adjacent parts of the body and enhance sensation