Let's check what you have learned!
Instruction: Write the word True if the statement is correct and the word False if
otherwise. Answers should be written on the blank provided before each number
1) The right hemisphere of the brain controls the muscles in the left side
of the body.
2) Brain lateralization is the process in which sensory information from
the right side of the body crosses over the left side of the brain.
3) Most people are either right-handed or left-handed but there are
different degrees of handedness because some use one had for jobs that require skill
and the other hand for jobs that involve reaching.
4) The brain hemispheres communicate with each other through a thick
band of 200-250 million nerve fibers called "corpus callosum".
5) Human person has two brains.
6) The brain hemisphere is known to specialize some behaviors.
7) The smaller band of nerve fibers that connects parts of the cerebral
hemispheres is called "anterior commissure".
8) Sensory information from the right side of the body crosses over to the
right side of the brain.
9) Damage to one side of the brain will affect the opposite side of the
body.
10) Functions related to the left side of the brain include understanding
and use of language (listening, reading, speaking and writing), memory for spoken and
written language, analysis of information in detail, and motor control of the right side
of the body.​