1. What
does neurolinguistics study?
It
studies the biological and neural foundations of language.
2. What
is the connection between the left hemisphere with the right hemisphere?
The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and the right hemisphere controls the left side. If you point with your right hand, the left hemisphere is responsible for its action. Similarly, sensory information from the right side of the body (for example, right ear, right hand, right visual field) is received by the left hemisphere of the brain, and sensory input to the left side of the body is received by the right hemisphere. This is known as contralateral brain function.
3. What
is and who proposed the theory of localization?
In the
early nineteenth century, Franz Joseph Gall proposed the localization theory,
which is the idea that different human cognitive abilities and behaviors are
localized to specific parts of the brain in light of our current understanding
of the brain.
4. What
is organology?
A pseudoscientific theory called "organology" which later became known as Phrenology, which is the practice of determining personality traits, intellectual capabilities and other matters by examining the "bumps" on the skull.
5. What
is Aphasia?
The
study of aphasia has been an important area of research to understand the
relationship between the brain and language. Aphasia is the neurological term
for any language disorder resulting from acquired brain damage caused by
disease or trauma.
6. What
is the cerebral cortex and what is its function?
The
cortex, often called “gray matter,” consisting of billions of neurons (nerve
cells) and glial cells (which support and protect the neurons). The cortex is
the decision-making organ of the body. It receives messages from all of the
sensory organs, initiates all voluntary and involuntary actions, and is the
storehouse of our memories and the seat of our consciousness. Somewhere in this
gray matter resides the grammar that represents our knowledge of language.
7. How
is the brain made up?
The brain is composed of a right and a left cerebral hemisphere, joined by the corpus callosum, a network of more than 200 million fibers.
8. What
is the function of the corpus callosum?
The
corpus callosum allows the two hemispheres of the brain to communicate with
each other. Without this system of connections, the hemispheres would operate
independently. In general, the left hemisphere controls the right side of the
body and the right hemisphere controls the left side.
9. What
about people who have split brain surgery?
Both
hemispheres they appear to be independent, and the messages sent to the brain
result in different responses, depending on which side receives the message.
10. What
is dichotic listening?
Is an experimental technique that uses
auditory cues to observe the behavior of the individual hemispheres of the
human brain.