Questions about the Hemispheres poster

What’s on the Hemispheres poster?

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. The two hemispheres process somewhat different functions and communicate through the corpus callosum. Severing it, as in split-brain surgery, reveals what each can do alone. Language is left-lateralised in about 95% of right-handers.; The right hemisphere handles more spatial and face processing.; Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of the body.; Split-brain patients can name an object shown to the right visual field but not the l…; They can still select it by hand.; There is no evidence for 'left-brained' or 'right-brained' personality types.; Language, left — ~95%; Connects via — corpus callosum; Sperry and Gazzaniga: an object flashed to the left visual field could not be named,…. Lateralisation of specific functions is well established. The pop-psychology extension to personality is not.

Who is the Hemispheres poster for?

Hemispheres belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning biological can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Hemispheres poster?

Language is left-lateralised in most people. 'Left-brained personalities' are not a thing. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Hemispheres belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Hemispheres?

Biological Rhythms, Brain Imaging and Brain Structures sit alongside Hemispheres in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Biological RhythmsBrain ImagingBrain Structures

Is the Hemispheres poster free to download and print?

Yes. Hemispheres downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Hemispheres poster print at?

Hemispheres is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Hemispheres loses nothing.Printing guide