- Memory Formation - Emotions - Decision Making/Reasoning - Personality
Senses and integrated sensation(s) Spatial awareness and perception
Processing Integration Interpretation Vision
Hearing Organization/ Understanding of language Information Retrieval (Memory and Memory Formation)
MenWomen Temporal lobe: controls hearing, memory and sense of self and time A tiny region behind the eye has about 10% fewer neurons than in women More neurons- language, melodies and speech tones Corpus collosum: is the main bridge between the left and right hemispheres, carrying messages between them Less volume the two hemispheres communicate Back part is bigger so that’s why women use both sides for language Anterior Commissure: connects the brain’s two hemispheres, smaller and appeared earlier in evolution Smaller than in women, even though men’s brains are larger Their two cerebral hemispheres work in partnership on tasks from language to emotional responses