1. Notes – Prezi Link http://prezi. com/mrakq0ruc1as/
Cerebral Cortex

2. The Brain’s Hemispheres

3. Are you left or right brained?

4. Key L R

5. Left vs. Right Brained Myth???
Article (2013)
Left vs. Right Brained Myth???

6. Article While you read…
Highlight/underline new info on the hemispheres
If you have a question about something, write it on the article
Must have one interesting idea or question to share

7. Hemispheres Verbal—speaking, understanding, reading, and writing
Left
Right
Verbal—speaking, understanding, reading, and writing
Mathematical
Analytic— focus on the pieces
Nonverbal—understanding the basics of language
Spatial
Holistic—focus on the whole

8. Corpus Callosum
Connects the two hemispheres and allows them to communicate

9. Split Brain Surgery (1960s)
Sever the corpus callosum
Last resort for severe epileptic seizures
Roger Sperry & Michael Gazzaniga
Helped us know more about the specific functions controlled by each hemisphere

10. Exit Pass Name the four lobes.
Name one function of any lobe and the lobe that it goes with.
What is the structure that connects the hemispheres?
Provide one function for each of the hemispheres.