Across
- 2. A method using electrodes to record brain activity
- 3. The folds on the surface of the cerebral cortex
- 5. The division of the brain into two halves
- 9. The area responsible for language comprehension
- 12. A disorder resulting from damage to the brain’s language areas
- 15. The right hemisphere helps with spatial and this type of ability
- 17. The right hemisphere is often associated with this type of processing such as music and emotion
- 19. The bundle of nerve fibers connecting both hemispheres
- 20. The process by which one hemisphere becomes specialized in certain functions
Down
- 1. A type of aphasia characterized by difficulty understanding language
- 4. The scientific study of language and its relation to the brain
- 6. The left hemisphere area responsible for speech production
- 7. The left hemisphere is dominant for this human capacity
- 8. The area that connects the brain to the spinal cord
- 10. The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher mental processes
- 11. hemisphere Damage to this area can cause Broca’s aphasia
- 13. lobe The front lobe responsible for reasoning and decision-making
- 14. lobe The rear lobe responsible for vision
- 16. The grooves between brain folds
- 18. lobe The lobe associated with hearing and language