Jason Sedlak
Brain Myths: Logic and Creativity
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A common myth about the human brain is that the left side of brain completely deals with all things logical
and mathematical while the left brain dabbles and controls the more creative side of man. In a brain-scanning study conducted by London's Institute of Neurology, a subject looked at a large letter made of smaller, different letters: a large S made of small F’s, for example. The results showed the left side of the brain fired when the subject was focusing on details (the F’s), and the right fired when the subject was thinking about the bigger picture (the S). In another study with patients whom had their brain separated into the two hemispheres as an epilepsy treatment, the subject was shown a cake on a plate. The left part of the brain would connect the image to a fork and knife while the right saw the cake in spatial terms, and associated it with a broad-brimmed hat. The conclusion made by Hellige (One of he lead researchers) was that the distinction between the brain sides was not what they processed, but how they processed information. “A smart brain became one that simultaneously grasped both the foreground and the background of the moment.”
1 comment:
Snap. I always thought people were always either left or right-brained and now I know that it's just how we percieve things. But, I think when you said..while the leaft brain dabbles.. in the beginning, you meant right brain. Just throwing it out there. But good job!
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