Human Growth and Development / Unit 7 HGD 0904 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Corpus Callosum and Lateralization
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The idea
Lateralization is the specialization of a function to one side of the brain; the corpus callosum, maturing now, carries coordination between the hemispheres.
In practice
Language production engaging mainly the left hemisphere in most right-handed people.
Where people slip
The two are often confused: specialization is lateralization, and communication across the hemispheres is the corpus callosum's work.
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