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The word hemisphere literally means "half sphere" or "half ball"; when used in the singular form, it refers to one of the halves of a spherical object. It may be used to mean:


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Hemisphere's latest exhibition for Imperial War Museum North - Against The Odds - The Story of Bomber Command opened in May 2006.
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Brain Hemisphere Specialization, Autism & Anosognosia. (2029 words)
The left hemisphere, however, is unable to connect events with the overall matrix content, and therefore incapable of grasping context within the world.
Consequently, patients with right hemispheric damage may fail to understand a joke, or may develop a robot-like, unemotional tone in their speech.
The function of the right hemisphere is to detect anomalies, forcing the left to revise the established belief structure.
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