Visual neglect

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Visual neglect
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Hemispheric specialization

• language hemisphere ()
• Handedness left right both
• Left or mixed 70 15 15
• Right 96 4 0
• Boys tend to specialize earlier than girls
• earlier development of handedness
• earlier commitment of language function
• Do left handed people die younger?

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Hemispheric specialization

• Function Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere
• Vision Linguistic stimuli Faces
• (letters, words) Complex geometric patterns
• depth perception
• Audition Language sounds Nonlinguistic sounds
• Rhythm Melody
• Somatosensation   Braille
• Memory Verbal memory Nonverbal memory
• Language Speech Prosody
• Reading,Writing
• Arithmetic
• Emotion Social emotions Primary emotions
• Spatial processes Generation of imagery Spatial
  orientation and attention
• manipulation of images (rotation)