How Our Brains Work

1. The brain is split into two main parts, the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere, which refer to the two sides of the brain and what specific functions each side performs.

2. The main difference between the two sides of the brain is that each side controls different ways of thinking and processing. The left brain controls more rational and logical ways of thinking, while the right brain deals mostly with intuitive or creative thoughts. Whatever you think or do is controlled by one side of the brain.

3. The corpus collasum is a bundle of neural fibers that connects the two hemispheres of the brain and helps them communicate with each other.

4. Paul Broca was a French physician who is most famous for discovering the area of the brain that controls speech production now called Broca's area, which he found from studying patients with speech disorders.

5. Robert Sperry was the first person to discover the left and right hemispheres of the brain, ina series of experiments called the split brain experiments, which eventually revealed that the two sides of the brain control different tasks.

6. A German neurologist named Carl Wernicke notices a connection between the dominant cerebral hemisphere(which is the left for most people) and the mimcking of words and syllables. Furthur study showed that this area, now called Wernicke's area was involved in the understanding of spoken and written language.
7. The lobe most responsible for vision is the occipital lobe.
8. The temporal lobe is most responsible for hearing and language.
9. The lobe most responsible for performing math calculations if the left parietal lobe.
10. The frontal lobe is most responsible for judgment, reasoning, and impulse control.