Left v Right in our part of the culture 5

The distinction between left and right is deep in the human psyche, and is common among all cultures. It is very important. Right is a synonym for good. Justice is good. The angels are seated at the right hand of God. Right in Latin is "Dexter" from which we get the skill.

Left in Latin America is "Sinistra" we have creepy. The French left is "left".

Approximately ninety percent of people are right handed, and more girls than boys. Newborns will receive four times more often right than left, but lefty is more common in twins. The speech centers in the brain (Broca's area and Wernicke's area) is located in the left hemisphere, which controls the right side of the body. It is important to have because of the swamp ", because a large proportion of dyslexic lead naturally to the left ear.

Sound that enters through the right ear travels the shortest path to the neurological section of the brain, the left hemisphere, while the audio will be the left ear followed by no neurological path to reach the right hemisphere. E 'logical question is, left-handed minority population-10% - even on the left hemisphere speech dominant hemisphere. Or, the process of speaking the right brain? Usually not, but a significant 35% of the remaining right-handers do not activate the right hemisphere (as well as the left hemisphere) of language, in contrast only 10% of the natural curve to the right to do so.

Triune Brain

The brain is not only divided horizontally into left and right. It is actually divided vertically. Dr Paul Maclean in 1973 coined the term brain Trinitarian emphasis on the three divisions.

(1) reptilian brain (or brainstem), which result directly from the spinal column and controls the very basic instinctive reactions.

(2) the limbic system or mammalian brain, which contains, among other things, the bodies, the hypothalamus and pituitary. And 'this mini-brain that controls emotions, sexuality and pleasure centers.

(3) The neo-cortex, which controls industrial processes, which we have discussed.

The three parts of the brain shows the brain evolution of pure instinctive reactions, through the acquisition of controlled emotional response and the beginning of memory, the incredible complexity

A new brain, or neocortex. It 's very important that the limbic system in general channel through which the pulses are transferred by instinct, involuntary behavior to the "rational" thought. His personality is determined by the interaction of the limbic system and neocortex. Psychologists believe that most learning also involves an interaction between old and new brain through the limbic system.

Many others have in recent years increasingly come to the conclusion that the key to improving learning can reside in the limbic system, because it controls the emotions, and to petition feelings is by far the most effective way to attract attention and memory.

In 1971, Rappaport * concluded that emotions are not only involved in memory, but in fact is the basis on which memory is organized. Recently, Luiz Machado, director of the University of Rio de Janeiro, a prime number

Accelerated Learning Engine Movement, argued that if new material was presented in such a way as to produce emotional arousal, which involve the limbic system, it will activate mental faculties does usually used.

Since the limbic system exerts a powerful effect on the subconscious level, it may well be correct. specific activation of the full power of the subconscious brain is a theme that we have return to repeatedly throughout this book.

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Two heads are better than one! - Part 4

It seems that the best relationship between the two halves of the brain, the greater the potential of the brain for learning and creativity.

Recent research by Dr. Christine de Lacoste Utamsing at the University of Texas found that the area of ​​interconnection is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibers in women than in men. We do not know why, but it has fascinating implications.

Roger Sperry's work has also shown that when people develop mental capacities, in particular, has proven to be an improvement for all intellectual activities, including those that lie dormant. In other words, it is believed that painters and musicians (right brain people) is necessarily a bad math is not true.

Einstein, not really mathematics at school, was a violinist and artist right, and described the vision that gave birth to his theory of relativity. Only on a hill on a summer day, he dreamed, and imagined himself riding a sunbeam on the edge of the universe, but in his mind, he was back in the sun. That moment of inspiration (which, as we will probably associated with a model of theta brain waves), suggested that the dream becomes reality, it was necessary that the universe is curved. Space, light and also time curve.

The theory of relativity is a good example of left brain / right brain in sync idea. Since the state of reverie or daydreaming is bound primarily to alpha and theta waves in the model, is also an excellent example of how the brain's alpha waves, creating a meditative state of the basic conditions for creativity. Leonardo da Vinci is often cited as perhaps the best example of the history of genius, which may be issued if the activity of left and right brain is fully incorporated. It was a most skilful artist, mathematician and scientist of his time, at least half a dozen different areas, and he could write the same thing for the left and right hand. Artist Sir Edwin Landseer, had a similar capacity, he used a popular trick of the party. He could draw a horse with one hand while drawing the other reindeer!

Now, this does not mean that there is a clear demarcation between the left and right halves of the brain. Each Party shall promote most of the ideas, but there is no doubt that the specialization of two brains. There are cases where patients had lost their ability to speak (left hemisphere), but could still sing (right brain).

In the animal kingdom, bottlenose dolphin is a mammal, which is extraordinary spiritual powers and is the Severstsov Institute in Moscow developed into a great brain. You can sleep in two or hemisphere of the brain, while maintaining a full awareness of the side. Then, when an hour or so it turns your brain! In addition, during sleep, one eye remains open and the other is closed.

The dolphin is capable of incredible feats of memory. Lyall Watson describes how a dolphin can emit a half-hour "song" - a series of high tones that seem to be the main form of communication from the Dolphins. The dolphin can repeat exactly the same sequence of sounds in a half hour test it. It's like a half an hour monologue in its entirety. Educational researchers are increasingly talking about "whole brain. Learning." Joseph Bogen, writing in the UCLA educator, said: "The current emphasis on verbal skills education and development of analytical thought processes, leaving aside the non-verbal skills." He is, he says that "half of hunger in the brain and ignoring their contribution to the whole person."

As the non-verbal communication is a right of action in brain activity and non-verbal are maybe 80% of all communications, we can see how our left brain oriented learning systems could deprive our intellectual development . Stuart Dimond, a former professor of psychology at Cardiff, says in his book "Double Brain," "when the two hemispheres work together, they are much better than one." Dr. Bernard Glueck at the Institute for Inclusive Hartford, Connecticut found that men and women practicing meditation showed greater synchronicity between left and right brain, and suggested that this shows an improvement in communication through the corpus callosum, which is achieved by carrying relaxation and increased alpha brain waves. reation Studies thought aa stressed the importance of encouraging a visualization of the initial right brain, intuitive solution, which can then be evaluated by process of logical left brain. But momentum of the initial non-verbal side of our brain

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Left Brain / Right Brain Part 3

That the brain is physically divided into right and left does not a new discovery. The Egyptians knew that the left side of the brain  manage feelings and got the right side of the body and vice versa.

Only in the last two decades, however, that the true focus on the left / right division has gradually become apparent, through the work of several researchers. The most famous are probably Dr. Roger Sperry and Dr. Robert Ornstein, California Institute of Technology. Their work won them a Nobel Prize.

Sperry and Ornstein said that the left hemisphere, and the rig are connected by a complex network of nerves 300 million pa fibers called the corpus callosum. They are also able to show that half of the brain usually have different functions.

They and other investigators indicate that the left brain primarily seems to deal with linguistic and logical-mathematical methods and thought, sequence analysis and what is generally academic label pursuits. right hemisphere is mainly involved in music and visual impressions, images, spatial models, and color fidelity. They also assigns the right brain's ability to process certain conceptual thinking - Intangible "ideas" such as love, loyalty, beauty.

Rear view of both sides of your brain functions and their likely Half of the specialization of the brain can lead to some strange behavior. Patients who for medical reasons, have seen their corpus callosum severed, two brains are actually semi-independent: two souls in the head. If a ball is shown to the left visual field of such a person ieregistered their right hemisphere, half talking about brain, which is in the other (left) brain claim to have seen None. However, if patients are invited to hear the bag assorted forms correctly, pull the ball. If you ask him what is

In fact, they say "nothing." The ball has been observed with the law brain, and felt the right hemisphere. The Speech Center, which is the left cerebral hemisphere, has not. Even the more sensitive tests were performed surgically split-brain patients. The word is expected that these patients SINBAD although his eyes were focused on the place, and NB. The first 3 letters were sent to your right brain, the last three to left hemisphere. When asked to say what he had seen, he said the ADB.

When asked about the point with the left hand what he had seen, said the word sin. Specialization of the two brains was also demonstrated by measure the brain's electrical activity for several activities.

When the brain is relaxed in sleep mode, it is usually the main shows the alpha rhythm brain wave - that is, waves 8 / 10 cycles per second. Ornstein noted that the purpose tackle a math problem

There was an increase in the right hemisphere alpha. This showed the right side was resting while the left has been active and Therefore, a model of brain beta wave. In contrast, when a problem was color-coded patterns, the left seemed alpha (ie, had at rest) and on the right showed a beta (or work). Brain images reproduced in Chapter 7, show different levels of brain electrical activities of listening to music, words and songs.

The first action (music), the second right brain.The (Listening to the words alone) who are involved in the left hemisphere, but the song (lyrics and music together), covered the entire brain.

The left hemisphere is now considered a specialized environment in serial thinking, sequential, ie the analysis of information in the order "Logic" step by step approach. The right brain left rationalises.The seems to take a certain amount of information "at a glance 'and the process them in a single thought. The correct summary.

When you meet someone, it seems to be the right brain, where all items at once, and a summary of the model as a whole to recognize person immediately. If you use your left brain do would probably be the first hair analysis, and then the front then, eyes, nose, mouth and chin in a row to "build" the image. Correct

However, the brain recognizes the pattern right away. It is on the left the brain, which is dominant, such as mathematical calculations. E ' is the right hemisphere of the brain that processes non-verbal cues.

We came as a society to emphasize and value greater than left cerebral hemisphere functions. Analytical thinking physical are generally more valuable (in money) than the artistic and intuition of a musician or an artist. Most schools relegate dominant right hemisphere activity for two or three times a week.

However, those schools that have tried to add a piece of art subjects have found that the levels of all grades improved. Why, even if half of the brain may actually be specialized, which are far from isolated. Each completed and improves the performance of another.

Education that stresses analytical thinking is literally "one mentality. "As one psychologist said," the brain of these people are systematically corrupted. In many ways, they are educated. "

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