Brain Plasticity The brain’s ability to change (especially during childhood) by reorganizing after damage and building new pathways.

Constraint-Induced Therapy

Reading Braille

Hemispherectomy Brain Plasticity

Limited “Neurogenesis”

Corpus Callosum: How the 2 Halves Connect

Optic Chiasm: Another Way to Connect

“Split Brain” Phenomena Joe, A Split-Brain Patient

Right/Left Brain Differences Left Hemisphere – Language (literal interpretations) – Calculations Right Hemisphere – Making inferences – Helps make the meaning of our speech clear – Controls sense of “self”

Facts About “Handedness” 90% are right-handed 96% of right-handed people process language in their left hemisphere 10% are left-handed 70% process language in left hemisphere, just like right-handed people 30% process language in right hemisphere—or in both

Left-Handedness More common among: Musicians Mathematicians Professional baseball/cricket players Architects Artists – Michelangelo, da Vinci, Picasso