On Oct 28, 2012, at 9:57 PM, John Robinson wrote: > My question. All my life I have thought the scientific, the technical, the > mathematical were considered RIGHT BRAINED folks while those on the "artsy" > side of life were considered LEFT BRAINED. My daughter mentioned that it was > just the opposite, I disagreed and began a search to find BOTH answers, I > couldn't believe I was not able to find a definitive, nail it on the wall > answer. > > So, Lee, are the folks like yourself considered Right or Left Brained, while > those as myself that dwell in a cloud somewhere are undoubtedly the opposite?
I've been interested in this, and have read several books about how the physiology of the brain affects psychology. (My favorites are The Tell-Tale Brain by V. S. Ramachandran and any of the books by Steven Pinker.) I’m far from an expert, but as far as I can tell, this left-brain, right-brain stuff has been exaggerated by the popular press far beyond what the scientists actually claim. This is an area where it's nearly impossible to set up controlled experiments on normal brains for obvious reasons. Until recently, much of the science has been done on people with severe epilepsy whose cerebral hemispheres were surgically separated as a treatment, or other people with severe brain injuries. Who knows what other abnormalities were present. My feeling is that everybody uses both sides of the brain and the locations (if any) of logic/art/creativity are a lot more complicated than the articles in Popular Psychology would lead you to believe.
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