Glossary H
Glossary H
Hemispherectomy is a surgical treatment for epilepsy in which one of the two cerebral hemispheres, which together make up the majority of the brain, is removed.
Hemispheres refers to the (2) two approximately equal halves of the neo-cortex; the right and left halves of the cortex
Hemispheric asymmetry refers to the differentiation in morphology and physiology of the brain between the right and left hemispheres.
Hemophilia refers to a genetic disorder in which blood does not clot properly.
Hemosiderin refers to an insoluble form of iron stored in tissues.
Henry Murray taught at Harvard University for over 30 years and like his psychoanalytic predecessors, Freud and Jung, he believed that personality could be better understood by investigating the unconscious mind. He is most famous for the development of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT ), a widely used projective measure of personality.