PSYC 50.13 Hemispheric Differences in the Human Brain
The goal of this course is to explore differences between the right and left hemispheres of the human brain. We will examine evidence from a variety of sources, including neuroanatomical studies, neuroimaging experiments, animal models, studies involving patients with unilateral brain lesions, and split-brain research, to characterize the nature of the structural and functional differences between the two hemispheres. We will also study the development of laterality (ontogenetic and phylogenetic) to better understand why the two hemispheres of the human brain are specialized for different functions.
Instructor
Funnell