Left Brain vs. Right Brain
Left Brain vs. Right Brain
Victoria J.Overpeck
COLL100
American Military University
Derrah Cassidy
Left Brain vs. Right Brain
How do you know if you’re left brain, or right brain dominate? How can you tell which side of the brain you use to learn? Do you think that it’s inherited? Throughout many studies it has been discovered that every person uses either the left or the right side of their brain to learn and obtain information more than the other. Each side of your brain obtains different types of information. They’re referred to as functions. The Left Brain functions are those that uses logic, more detailed oriented, words and language, present and past, math/science, order/patter perception, knows objects named based off reality, strategies, practical and safe measures. The Right Side functions are more “big pictured” oriented, imaginations rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy and religion, spatial perception, knowing objects functions, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking and more feeling based. In most cases which scientists and researchers have come to the agreement that the Right Brain is holistic, convergent, and able to ascertain the big picture. The Right Brain deals with emotions, feelings, creativity and intuition. Whereas the Left Brain is linear, divergent, and focuses on one thing at a time, the Left Brain deals with more logical subject areas, such as mathematics and speech. Much of this knowledge is based upon the Nobel Prize winning research of Roger Sperry (Medicine, 1981). There are many “theories” about the Left Brain and the Right Brain. In learning styles alone there are so many theories concerning brain development and the hemispheric dominance. In Leonard Shlian’s (The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image) explained that all the vertebrate have bi-lobed, or two – hemisphere brain. But in most these lobes perform the same tasks.
Victoria J.Overpeck
COLL100
American Military University
Derrah Cassidy
Left Brain vs. Right Brain
How do you know if you’re left brain, or right brain dominate? How can you tell which side of the brain you use to learn? Do you think that it’s inherited? Throughout many studies it has been discovered that every person uses either the left or the right side of their brain to learn and obtain information more than the other. Each side of your brain obtains different types of information. They’re referred to as functions. The Left Brain functions are those that uses logic, more detailed oriented, words and language, present and past, math/science, order/patter perception, knows objects named based off reality, strategies, practical and safe measures. The Right Side functions are more “big pictured” oriented, imaginations rules, symbols and images, present and future, philosophy and religion, spatial perception, knowing objects functions, fantasy based, presents possibilities, impetuous, risk taking and more feeling based. In most cases which scientists and researchers have come to the agreement that the Right Brain is holistic, convergent, and able to ascertain the big picture. The Right Brain deals with emotions, feelings, creativity and intuition. Whereas the Left Brain is linear, divergent, and focuses on one thing at a time, the Left Brain deals with more logical subject areas, such as mathematics and speech. Much of this knowledge is based upon the Nobel Prize winning research of Roger Sperry (Medicine, 1981). There are many “theories” about the Left Brain and the Right Brain. In learning styles alone there are so many theories concerning brain development and the hemispheric dominance. In Leonard Shlian’s (The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image) explained that all the vertebrate have bi-lobed, or two – hemisphere brain. But in most these lobes perform the same tasks.
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