The Importance Of The Left Brain And Right Brain Theory

One Brain or Two?, Michael Gazzaniga and Roger W. Sperry explore the independent abilities of the two hemispheres in the brain, the left and right, by studying split-brain patients and their responses to certain tests. The tests are designed to examine the mental and perceptual capacities of the split-brain patients. With careful placement of objects or pictures, the first test measures the visual abilities of the patients. The second test measures the tactile cognition abilities of the patients by allowing them to feel an object behind a screen, then asking them to name the object. The third and more challenging test combines the visual test and tactile test to measure the auditory abilities of the patients. Each of these tests shows the different ways that the brain works in split-brain and normal brain humans alike.

Each hemisphere of the brain controls aspects to the personality that may seem antithetical, yet the hemispheres work together to create a total and balanced person. Unfortunately, many forms of institutional education cater to one side of the brain over the other. There are many people who, as a result of their formal education and lack of stimulation outside of school, have one dominate hemisphere whereas people who have attended more brain-based education have both hemispheres equally developed, as are their personalities and skill

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the correlational method as a means for examining the relationship between functions of the left and right hemispheres. I will compare the performance of people with intact brains with the performance of so-called split-brain patients. In many ways, the brains of these two groups are very similar. 1a. The brain stem is found in the deepest part of the brain. The brainstem controls the automatic survival functions of the body, such as breathing. There are no differences between the function of the normal brainstem and the brain of a split brain patient. The brainstem will still supply the automatic survival functions of the body. 1b. The hippocampus is found in the limbic system along with the amygdala, the hypothalamus. The hippocampus is in charge of allowing the body to process information into memories. Without the hippocampus, there is no way for new memories to be created. There is no anatomical difference between the hippocampus in the normal brain and a split brain. 1c. The corpus callosum is found in the center of the brain. The role it plays as a part of the brain is it connects both the left and right hemispheres of the brain, allowing them to work and interact together as a whole system. The difference between the anatomy of the corpus callosum in a split brain patient versus someone without a

In the excerpt “Right Brain Rising”, Daniel Pink tells his experience in depth detail of an intriguing brain scan beneficial both to his curious mind, and the world of science. He then goes on to inform readers of the two distinct halves resting in our skulls; following up with the past inferiority associated with the human right brain, thought to be due to years of evolution. After acknowledging the disproved theory, Pink delves into information pertaining to psychology’s six

Using a real human brain, Dr. Taylor explained the separation of the brain’s right and left hemispheres. The two cerebral cortices are completely separate from one another, but maintain communication via the corpus callosum. She described the right hemisphere as a parallel processor, thinking in images and learning from body movement. The right hemisphere is responsible for gathering sensory input, in the form of energy, from the environment around us. The left hemisphere, according to Dr. Taylor, is a serial processor, interpreting the sensory information gathered by the right hemisphere. The sensory information is analyzed and categorized by the linear and methodical thinking of the left hemisphere. Dr. Taylor believes the left hemisphere is responsible for interpretation of the past and future, as well as, an individual’s self-awareness. The

The book starts with the Chapter Right Brain Rising describing hemisphere of left brain and right brain. According to Pink the left brain hemisphere is consistent of logistic, literal and analytic personal whereas right brain is for holistic reasoning, body language, patterns recognitions and emotions. He carefully pointed out that the term L-Brain

Yarnell’s response to her friend made me stop and think if it is just that simple, to think differently. When I get stressed out over something and let my emotions take over I usually just let them control me. Now after hearing Dr. Yarnell, every time and become emotional I am going to remind myself to just move into the left side of my brain. Hopefully by doing that I will be able to think more logically. I have heard of this concept before, but I did not have a full understanding on what it really meant. I thought that when some one said you were left brained or right brained, it was just a silly saying. I found it very surprising that it is actually a true concept. I is really amazing how the brain works and the many different functions of it. We discussed many other parts of the brain and how they work also. I just found that when discussing the brain, most of the parts were not as interesting as the two hemispheres. After class, I actually went home and used the terms of the hemispheres all night on my parents. My mom is a psych nurse so she understood, but when it came to my dad, it took a lot of explaining. After a few attempts, he was able to understand how fascinating the brain really can

Pink’s argument that we are moving out of a left-brain dominance and in to a new era where right brain qualities will be prized is well illustrated in part one the book. According to Pink “the two hemispheres of our brain don’t operate as on-off switches…both halves play a role in nearly everything we do” (2011). Pink suggests that both hemisphere of the brain are equally important. In fact, “a healthy,

The results of this study show us the brain is not in fact symmetrical and the two hemispheres in the brain work in different ways. The left hemisphere is known to play the dominant role, which is in control of all complex behavioural and cognitive processes as for the right hemisphere it only plays a minor role. This report will further analyse how different the two hemisphers is the dominant side of the brain.

For many decades people have been considered to be either right or left side dominant in regards to brain function which came with defined roles such as “creative” or “analytical”. This thinking tends to be over-simplified as most people use their entire brains daily (Jensen, 2010). On the other hand people do use different parts of their brain for different tasks according to how they perceive those tasks.

I responded as a right-brained person to ten questions and a left brained person as 8 questions. According to this test, I use my right brain the most.

In 1967, M.S. Gazzaniga studied the split brain in man. Gazzaniga wanted to study how the two halves of the brain functioned independently. Since it a little unethical to snip the peoples corpus callosums just for fun, it wasn‘t until doctors discovered that cutting the corpus callosum could actually cure severe epileptic seizures that it was possible for Gazzaniga and Sperry to study them. They found that the test subjects intelligence, personality, and emotions had not changed. We use each half of our brains for specific skills. Three different tests were designed to check mental capabilities. It was found that the left-brain is better at speaking, writing, reading, and math, and the right brain is better at recognizing

Left-right brain dominance is about the fact that the distinct hemispheres influence thinking. The left hemisphere is associated with logical, analytical thinking and a linear approach to problem solving. The right hemisphere is associated with creative, intuitive and value-based thought process. It is important to note that everyone uses its both hemispheres, but to varying degrees. Four quadrants of the brain, related to different thinking style, have been identified:

People who are left brain tend to approach each problem with an analytical point of view. Right

I was unsurprised when the test in Brain-Based Strategies identified me as a “strong left brain.” This definitely reminded me of my experiences with IMP because, according to