Brain and Language - PDF
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This document details historical ideas about specific brain functions, focusing on phrenology and the concept of localization of functions. It introduces the localization of brain functions to specific parts of the brain and lays a foundation on how the functions of the left and right hemisphere operate. The document also questions whether language is ultimately controlled by the left hemisphere for most people.
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Early ideas about specific brain function: Phrenology 8 But phrenology introduced a brand new idea . . . • Localization: different cognitive abilities and functions are localized to specific parts of the brain. • Motor cortex • Visual cortex 9 But phrenology introduced a brand new idea . . ....
Early ideas about specific brain function: Phrenology 8 But phrenology introduced a brand new idea . . . • Localization: different cognitive abilities and functions are localized to specific parts of the brain. • Motor cortex • Visual cortex 9 But phrenology introduced a brand new idea . . . • This means that the brain is not an undifferentiated mass of cells, but rather it has internal structure. • So what does that structure look like? 10 Background on the brain: function General functions of L/R hemispheres 11 Lateralization • So what evidence do we have that language is controlled by the left hemisphere for most people? 12
