PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pituitary Gland, Reuptake, Axon Terminal
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But if it was in their left visual field, they will not be able to say spoon because it"s processed in the right hemisphere, which doesn"t control language. However, in a normal patient, they will be able to say spoon whether it is in the right or left visual field because their brain is joined and can communicate with each other. Note: right visual field does not equal right eye. Stan core stated that if you are left handed, something screwed up. Something happened during fetal development or at birth, lead to more deaths and accidents (because majority of machinery were made for right handed people) Argued that if you suffer pathological fetal stress you are more likely to be left handed, be gay (syndrome). More likely to happen with twins because there is more stress. Ambidextrous: can use both hands to do any tasks, equally and interchangeably (rare)