Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about hemispheric lateralization.
Hints
- Two options are misconceptions - one about the right hemisphere naming, one about cutting the callosum.
- Language production is left-hemisphere, and cutting the callosum SEVERS communication.
Show the answer
- C. The corpus callosum was cut in split-brain patients to control epilepsy.
- D. Lateralization means certain functions lean to one side, not that people are one-brained.
- E. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body.
Why
The epilepsy motivation, contralateral control, and relative-specialization points are true. The right hemisphere cannot name objects aloud (language is left), and cutting the callosum stops the hemispheres from sharing information - it does not speed it up.
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