How our Brains Work

1. What does the word "hemisphere" refer to when talking about the brain?
The brain  is divided into two hemisphere, the left side and the right side.

2. What are the major differences between the left and right sides of the brain?
The right side controls remembering, understanding, and the positioning of things. While the left side controls the use of language and understanding it.


3. What is the corpus collasum?
It is what connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

4. Explain the study performed by Paul Broca in which he discovered "Broca's Area."
The Broca Area is named after Pierre Broca when he made a study on a patient that died without having the ability to talk. He examined the patients brain. 


5. Explain the study conducted by Roger Sperry in regard to "split brain."
The split brain was discovered in a research made by Roger Sperry and his colleagues who discovered that people with specific areas damaged would not be able to speak. 

6. Explain the study conducted by Karl Wernicke which led to the discovery of Wernicke's Area."
Karl Wernicke discovered that this area of the brain is involved in the understanding of language. It  has to do with the processing of things that we hear.

7. Which lobe is most responsible for vision?
Occipital Lobe

8. Which lobe is most responsible for hearing and language?
Temporal Lobe

9. Which lobe is most responsible for performing math calculations?
Parietal Lobe

10. Which lobe is most responsible for judgment, reasoning and impulse control?

Frontal Lobe






Source:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain