Unit 2 - Bases of Behavior
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Roger Sperry scientist who won a Nobel Prize for work with split brain patients
showed that left/right hemispheres have different functions
Michael Gazzaniga 1939-present; Field: cognition (neuroscience); Studied of the neural basis of mind with primary responsibility for initiating human split-brain research.
In his subsequent work he has made important advances in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another.
Carl Wernicke discovered a brain area responsible for interpreting meaning of language
created Wernicke's area
Paul Broca discovered area in the brain (named for him) in the left frontal lobe responsible for language production
defined Broca's Area
