Ever wonder what it really means when people say “I’m a right brain person but she is a left brain person”? Well I did. So I researched and here is what I found. Both the neurophysical and metaphysical versions of this discovery are worth sharing.
The brain is divided into two distinct halves connected by a bunch (like millions) of nerves. The right side (hemisphere) of your brain controls the left side of your body, and the left hemisphere controls the right side. Although the two sides of the brain look like mirror images of each other, they are different. In most people, the left hemisphere is important for language, maths and reasoning, whereas the right is more important for emotion, recognizing faces and music. In computer terms, the right brain parallel processes and the left brain serial processes. The right brain registers harmony with the surrounding, while the left brain register the self and awareness (“I am”). The right brain lives in the present but the left brain lives in the past and plans the future. The right brain tells you to enjoy and harmonize but left brain tells you to measure and recount.
So what happens when one side of the brain is damaged; like through a stroke and the other takes over?
How do we deal with a change in bias in emotion?
Leading brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor recently spoke at the TED conference and explained exactly what happened to her when she had a stroke on one side. Jill got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. Check it out by clicking here. It’s incredible stuff.
Insight into the brain (http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229)
This raises the metaphysical question. If we were given the ability to activate a certain part of the brain as and when we needed it, which would it be, and when? What would you activate as a parent? As a lover? As a student of mathematics? As a recovering paraplegic? And would the results be satisfying? Or would you loop back and relearn the excess and be back to square one? Would you be able to count songs or smell numbers? And would it allow me to realize that no one really reads my blogs? Now – that would be a no-brainer.
Great blog.
Dont worry about no one reading your blog.
U might have silent readers like myself.
Keep up!!
Regards
Priya
Hi ,
I am an artist and I have read many articles about the Right and the Left brain people most people are not aware of this , mostly the chilren suffer at school since the curriculum is not such that right brained type of people can show their ability , they always marked as dreamy,lazy or average students.
Even at work as an adult this continues , Since most of the production managers are left brained and creative guys like me are right ,making them understand or convincing them is hard.
Do u ever noticed all the managers, administrative people have poor foresight but have superiority complex and they never realise their foolish rules they create are worthless shit?
hehe!
ok Well I got carried of a bit , mmm.
cheers
Immanuel