Left Brain v/s Right Brain, Impact on Learning

Table of Contents

Abstract3

Left Brain v/s Right Brain, Impact on Learning4

Introduction4

Discussion4

Areas of specialization of the left and right hemispheres of the brain5

The brain dominance8

Conclusion9

References10

Abstract

The human brain is a wonderful machine. It is the most complex organ in the human body and is in charge of making the rest of the body to function properly. A body can be kept alive without a brain, but when this machine fails to function, we cannot say that person is actually alive.

The brain consists of two halves or hemispheres, working together in coordination with each other. The dominance of the either of the two halves depicts the learning and the general behavior of the individual. It is interesting to learn how the left and the right hemispheres influence the learning abilities and affect the personality of the individual.

Left Brain v/s Right Brain, Impact on Learning

Introduction

The brain is a complex and interconnected system, the largest and most functionally important part of the central nervous system. Its functions include the processing of sensory information coming from the senses, planning, decision making, coordination, motion control, positive and negative emotions, attention and memory. The highest function performed by the brain is thinking. The brain development is associated with many theories. A theory of the hemispherical dominance related by Leonard Shlain explains that a bi-lobed brain is present in all vertebrates and mostly the tasks performed by them is almost the same. The theory focuses on the specialized functions of the brain and emphasizes that the bi-lobed structure of the brain is due to the fact that one of the lobe is distinguished in accommodation of speech.

Discussion

In recent study, it is not clear about the hemispherical dominance. Research is being conducted on the development of the two hemispheres of the brain, their working and the way in which they complement each other. (John McCrone, 2000)

Academic skills and approach of perception have been described by Barbara Meister defining the process in which the left and the right hemispheres of the brain work together and are associated with dominance in different areas of a human work activity.

A number of scientists suspect that especially those people act successfully in networked systems and are creative, communicate well in which the left and right brain together, if so connect the brain systems thinking and intuition. Because the amazing thing is that, for example, new realities often force it into our consciousness when we are busy with something else.

In our Western world is often called the left hemisphere of the brain much more than the right. For example, think the school - here were rather logical and analytical thought processes in the foreground and focus was in the areas of language and numbers. But only if the two hemispheres of the brain work well together and complement each other, develop creative thinking and excellent service. That is why it is so important to ask the right brain into thinking and learning processes.

Areas of specialization of the left ...