PS267 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Language Processing In The Brain
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Left hemisphere: process touch r hand, process vision r vis. Right hemisphere: process touch l hand, process vision l vis. Macroscopic anatomical asymmetries: larger occipital region, larger planum temporale, larger frontal region. Microscopic anatomical asymmetries: more dendritic branching, more space btwn cortical columns of wernicke"s area, larger cell size, name visual & tactile stimuli, knows what is going on but no. Visual & tactile stimuli shown to this hem. Only words to say it: word shown to l vis. Pick up item w/ l hand (can"t say word: lexicon, language & speech, grammar, making inferences. Language & speech: lexicon, language processing, bad grammar/tenses/plurals/order, bad at inferences, emotional content of language. Visuospatial processing: voluntary facial expressions, involuntary facial expression, visuospatial tasks (imagine move couch, detect upright faces, discriminate against similar faces, involuntary facial expression. Theory of mind: speech overpowers attribution of beliefs (r) = split-brains fail moral reasoning, theory of mind, understand that others have thoughts, beliefs, desires.
