How our brain works.

1. What does the word "hemisphere" refer to when talking about the brain?
The brain is divided into the left and right hemispheres that are connected by a thick band of nerve fibers called the corpus collasum that sends messages between both hemispheres. 


2. What are the major differences between the left and right sides of the brain?
The left side of the brain is the seat of language and processes in a logical and sequential order. On the other hand the right brain is more visual and processes intuitively, holistically and randomly,

3. What is the corpus collasum?
It is in charge of sending messages between the left and right brains. 

4. Explain the study performed by Paul Broca in which he discovered "Broca's Area."
Paul Broca was a french physician, anatomist and anthropologist, he is mostly known for his research in the Broca's Area which is a region in the frontal lobe that was named after him, this area has the function of the ability to talk. 

5. Explain the study conducted by Roger Sperry in regard to "split brain."
Roger Sperry was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and nobel laureate that together with other two men called David Hunter and Torsten Nils won a prize of Nobel Medicine with the investigation of the split brain. The split brain is when the corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain. 

6. Explain the study conducted by Karl Wernicke which led to the discovery of Wernicke's Area."
Karl Wernicke was a german physician, anatomist, psychiatrist, and neuropathologist. The Wernicke's area is one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex that is related to the understanding of written and spoken language.  

7. Which lobe is most responsible for vision?
The occipital lobe 

8. Which lobe is most responsible for hearing and language?
The temporal lobe

9. Which lobe is most responsible for performing math calculations?
The frontal lobe 


10. Which lobe is most responsible for judgment, reasoning and impulse control?
The frontal lobe