- Left and right hemisphere
- Connected by nerve fibers, corpus callosum
- Contralateral control: each hemisphere controls opposite side of body
- Lateralization: brain is asymmetrical where each hemisphere is specialized for certain cognitive functions
- Left
- Analytical processing
- Language, speech sounds
- Math
- Temporal relations
- Intellectual reasoning
- Right
- Holistic processing (e.g. recognizing faces)
- Non-speech sounds
- Music (in musically naive individuals)
- Visual-spatial skills
- Processing emotions
- Left