Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about hemispheric specialization.
Hints
- Two options are misconceptions - one about the right hemisphere naming, one about what cutting the callosum does.
- Language production is left-hemisphere, and cutting the callosum SEVERS communication.
Show the answer
- A. Real lateralization means relative specialization, not a split of personality.
- B. The left hemisphere controls movement on the right side of the body.
- D. The corpus callosum was cut in split-brain patients to control severe epilepsy.
Why
The callosotomy (for epilepsy), contralateral control, and relative-specialization points are all 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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