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RUNNING HEAD: THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN
RUNNING HEAD: THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN 1

THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN

COLL 100
Judith Levin

THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN 2

A question that has commonly been asked amongst this generation, are you a right brained thinker or left brained thinker? It has been more and more about in the past half a century for psychologists. Our daily actions and thoughts revolve around our brains and the obvious vital function it does for our bodies.
You may be very shocked at the idea that this is only a theory amongst scientists and that our brains far surpass many so called suggestions on how it works. Is there such a thing as a right brained thinker as compared to a left brained thinker? Our brain is split into two large sections, the right cerebral hemisphere and the left cerebral hemisphere. The right cerebral hemisphere is said to control functions such as facial recognition, emotional expressions, colors, and creativity.
In this theory, the right brain would best describe a person who is very artistic and expressive with the way they view images. The right brain is also said to control the left side of our body. Now the left brain is said to give us a completely different set of skills.
Psychologists threw out ideas of our left brain taking responsibility of cordial function such as the way we speak, our mathematical skills, reasoning, and critical thinking. Left brained people under these terms would more likely be categorized among the genius level of our society. The ones who can solve Rubik’s cubes in under ten seconds or who can learn to read and write at the age of two. As we know though, these people are not every one in five, turns out to be one in every
THE LEFT BRAIN VS. THE RIGHT BRAIN

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