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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