1. BRAIN HEMISPHERES

2. REVIEW: HOW ARE MY TWO HEMISPHERES CONNECTED?
By the CORPUS CALLOSUM  network of nerve fibers that relays information between the two hemispheres
It’s how your two sides communicate

3. REVIEW: HOW IS MY NERVOUS SYSTEM CONNECTED TO MY BRAIN?
All the nerves in your body crisscross over the MEDULLA OBLONGATA (brainstem structure) & connect to opposite sides of the brain
Left hemisphere controls most motor skills on right side of body; right controls left

4. LEFT BRAIN VS. RIGHT BRAIN
language skills (verbal & written)
more analytical & logical
details are necessary to understand a whole concept
*Left-handed people are opposite of this!
RIGHT
non-verbal skills such as spatial & visual abilities (maps, geometry, recognizing faces, etc.)
more creative and focuses on a global approach to concepts
make sense of details after the fact)

5. HOW DO I KNOW WHICH SIDE OF MY BRAIN IS STRONGEST?
CEREBRAL DOMINANCE  strength in one hemisphere’s abilities
Myth: You are either a strong “left-brain person” or a strong “right-brain person”

6. WHAT HAPPENS IF A PART OF MY BRAIN BECOMES DAMAGED?
Left-hemisphere damage  language & logic problems
Right-hemisphere damage  perception & attention problems, including difficulties with spatial orientation

7. WHAT ARE SPLIT-BRAIN PATIENTS?
SPLIT-BRAIN PATIENTS– brain has been surgically “split” by cutting the corpus callosum (to reduce seizures)