What are the 2 hemispheres of the cerebral cortex and the attributes of each?
1 Answer
Apr 12, 2018
Left hemisphere and right hemisphere; major attribute of the left hemisphere is logic and major attribute of the right hemisphere is spatial reasoning.
Explanation:
The cerebral cortex is the intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells covering the cerebral hemispheres; the body’s ultimate control and information-processing center.
The left brain hemisphere is:
- Logical.
- Analytical.
- The language side.
- Looks at things in pieces.
- Controls the right side of the body.*
The right brain hemisphere processes:
- Spatial reasoning (how things fit together in space).
- Seeing things as a whole.
- Recognizes images, faces, and emotions.
- Draws inferences.
- Controls the left side of the body.*
- Our sense of self—how we are and how we look.
*This is also known as contralateral organization.
