Educational Psychology / Unit 3 EDP 0216 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Plasticity and Lateralization
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The idea
Neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to change with experience, is greatest in childhood, and lateralization gives the two hemispheres different strengths.
In practice
The left hemisphere leads language production; the right leads visual and spatial processing.
Where people slip
The corpus callosum links the two hemispheres and grows fast between three and six, aiding two-handed coordination.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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