Biological Bases of Behavior Unit

• Paul Broca

  • noticed that language functioning seems to emanate from the left hemisphere of the brain
  • Broca's area: part of brain located in the left frontal lobe that controls language expression including muscle movement and speech
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• Charles Darwin

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• Michael Gazzaniga

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• Roger Sperry

  • Conducted a split brain study that awarded him the Nobel Prize
  • The experiment gave us a better understanding about the right and left hemispheres
  • Concluded that the two hemispheres can feel different emotions
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• Carl Wernicke

  • Discovered Wernicke's Area, located in the temporal lobe
  • Controls speech comprehension and the meaning of the speech
  • If the area is damaged, you'll have a hard time comprehending the speech
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