Left Brain, Right Brain

The idea that the left and right brain exhibits different pattern of thought has caught the public attention and have inspired several educational theories, notably “Eight ways of knowing” by David Lazear, and numerous other self-help books. Hopefully at the end of this paper we all will have a better understanding about the left and right brain and when trauma is introduce to it, how it implicates the learning process and how rehabilitation can help families and patient cope with the issues at hand. When you have a better understanding of how the brain works, you will understand how to work on the issues that have presented it when either side of the brain has been affected. People have two different sides of their brain, the left side and the right side, and each of these sides have control over the two different modes. Each person usually prefers one mode over the other, or in other words they like to use one side of their brain more than they like to use the other. Each side of the brain, hemispheres, controls the different ways that people think. The left side of the brain or left hemisphere controls logical, language skills, sequential, rational, analytical, and objective thinking. It also looks at different parts of an object rather than the object as a whole. The right side of the brain or right hemisphere controls random, intuitive, global holistic processing, subjective thinking, reading faces, music, expressed emotions and the discrimination of shapes( singsurg.org/brain/rightbrain.php). It also helps in a synthesizing way of thinking, and it looks at different things as a whole rather than a certain part of an object. Some people have adapted duality, or both of these ways of thinking. But schools usually tend to favor the left-brain mode of thinking.

The students that attend these schools are forced to focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. While the right-brained students still focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity, they