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If a person were to damage the left hemisphere of their brain, it would also impact mood and behavior.
Some people may appear compulsive, disorganized, and easily frustrated. They may demonstrate problems
in memory, speech, writing, and cognitive processing. Left brain damage results in problems on the right side
of the body, including paralysis. Reading may also be impaired. Sometimes speech abilities may be lost, or
the right visual field may lose function (“Homonymous,” 2020).
These fMRI scans show the brain activity of a healthy person (left) and a stroke patient (right) while doing a
language-related task. You can see how a healthy area of the brain is trying to do the work of the damaged
side of the brain. (photo: www.sciencenews.org/article/babies-language-brain-stroke)
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