The Brain
What are the left and right sides of the brain called?
the brain hemispheres
how many lobes do each hemisphere have?
4
What lobe is involved in higher level cognitive functions
frontal
variable that gets manipulated
independent variable
What is the researchers LAST name (SAY OUT LOUD)
Gazzaniga!!!!!
What are the 4 lobes of the brain?
frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
Which hemisphere is responsible for language/speech
the left
what lobe proccesses sensory info
parietal
double blind study
What is the name of the researcher who started the split-brain research
Who is Michael Gazzaniga?
The brain hemispheres communicate through:
the corpus collosum
which hemisphere is responsible for art and creativity
the right
what lobe proccesses visual info
ocipital
tendency to process information by looking for, or interpreting, information that is consistent with their existing beliefs.
confirmation bias
Can the two hemispheres function independently?
yasss
what is made of thick band of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain
corpus collosum
Which hemisphere is better at spatial tasks
Right hemisphere
what lobe interprets signals
temporal
When there is a relationship between two variables
what is correlation?
What did his research show?
They concluded that each hemisphere really has its own functions.
When the corpus callosum is severed,
the brain's hemispheres are no longer able to communicate with each other
After Ximena crashes and recovers, her speech and writing skills are worsened. What was damaged in her brain?
left hemipshere
Ashlee crashes her car and gets hospitalized. When she is recovered, her personality is changed. Which lobe was damaged?
frontal
what is a statistical method that combines the results of multiple studies on a topic to reach more reliable conclusions.
meta analysis
What is Conscious Awareness?
each hemisphere could have its own separate awareness