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So far we’ve concentrated on language abilities which usually reside in the left hemisphere

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which might make it seem by now like the right hemisphere is just taking up space.

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In fact, it was hard for researchers to find any unique abilities associated with the right hemisphere

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until the work of Roger Sperry, who did the first experiments using split-brain patients.

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Research has shown that the right hemisphere performs much better than the left hemisphere on spatial tasks

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such as recognizing faces or assembling puzzles.

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Let’s go back to our right-handed split-brain patient for one last experiment using a simple puzzle.