Lecture 7+8

Question 1

What does it mean when we say that language is lateralized?

Answer 1

That is language function is located in one of two hemispheres

Question 2

Most have their language function located in the ________ side of the hemisphere.

Answer 2

left

Question 3

What does it mean when we say that the control of the body contralateral?

Answer 3

The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and the right side of the hemisphere controls the left side of the body.

Question 4

Explain the dichotic listening experiment.

Answer 4

In this experiment the participant is given two different inputs to each ear at the same time.
Usually the participant reports what he/she heard in the right ear.
This is called the right-ear advantage for language