Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0322 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lateralization
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The idea
Lateralization is the settling of particular functions in one hemisphere of the brain; each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body.
In practice
Language coming to rest mainly in the left hemisphere as the right's role declines in childhood.
Where people slip
It is gradual: the shift of language to the left continues through childhood.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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