(in a ‘horizontal’ sense)
(‘left brain’ vs ‘right brain’)
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*the ‘lateralization’ of ‘brain function’ is the tendency for some ‘neural functions’ or ‘cognitive processes’ to be ‘specialized’ to 1 side of the ‘brain’ or the other*
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(“i smell bullshit…”)
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(the ‘medial longitudinal fissure’ separates the ‘human brain’ into 2 distinct ‘cerebral hemispheres’ (connected by the ‘corpus callosum’) )
(although the ‘macrostructure’ of the ‘2 hemispheres’ appears to be ‘almost identical’, different composition of ‘neuronal networks’ allows for ‘specialized function that is different in each hemisphere.
(“appear to be…?)
(referee: “upon further review…”)
(‘lateralization’ of ‘brain structures’ is based on general trends expressed in healthy patients)
(however …there are numerous ‘counter-examples’ to each ‘generalization”)
“how ‘numerous’?”
(each human’s brain develops differently, leading to unique ‘lateralization’ in individuals)
(this is different from ‘specialization’, as ‘lateralization’ refers only to the function of 1 structure divided between 2 hemispheres)
(‘specialization’ is much easier to observe as a trend since it has a stronger ‘anthropological history’)
(the best example of an established lateralization is that of broca’s and wernicke’s areas where both are often found exclusively on the ‘left hemisphere’)
(these areas frequently correspond to handedness, however, meaning that the localization of these areas is regularly found on the hemisphere corresponding to the dominant hand (anatomically on the opposite side))
(‘function lateralization’ such as ‘semantics’, ‘intonation’, ‘accentuation’, ‘prosody’, (etc) has since been called into question and largely been found to have a ‘neuronal basis’ in both ‘hemispheres’)
(another example is that each hemisphere in the brain tends to represent one side of the ‘body’)
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(in the ‘cerebellum’, this is the same ‘bodyside’…)
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(…but in the ‘fore-brain’ this is predominantly the ‘contra-lateral side’)
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