Explain how the right and left hemispheres of the brain are specialized for different functions.
What will be an ideal response?
The right hemisphere receives information only from the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere receives information only from the right side of the body. When you hold an object in your left hand, for example, only the right hemisphere of your brain detects the object. When you hold an object in your right hand, only the left hemisphere of the brain detects it. The most extensive research on the brain's two hemispheres has focused on language. Speech and grammar are localized to the left hemisphere. Although it is a common misconception that all language processing occurs in the left hemisphere, much language processing and production does come from this hemisphere. The right hemisphere dominates in processing nonverbal information such as spatial perception, visual recognition, and emotion.
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