You get up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water and stub your left toe on the dresser. You reach down to rub your toe with your right hand. The sensory input from this activity is received by the __________ side of the brain, and the motor output involved with rubbing your toe is controlled by the __________ side of the brain.

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The brain's hemispheres control the opposite sides of the body. Sensory input from the left toe is processed by the right side of the brain, and motor output to rub the toe with the right hand is controlled by the left side of the brain.

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