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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:36:39 -0700, Scott H <zinites_page@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On Oct 20, 1:50 pm, Malrassic Park <male...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:40:52 -0700, Scott H <zinites_p...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> >I'm looking for something that's based on verified fact, not
>> >speculation.
>>
>> Dunno. But the biggest brain difference goes from front to back, not
>> right to left.
>
>That's definitely how it looks from the outside.

The left-brain can take over functions of the right-brain, and vice
versa. But your brain stem will never learn how to think.

>I recently brought up the internal asymmetry of the human body on
>sci.physics, when I asked if it ultimately depended on the laws of
>magnetism, or on some other law of nature that distinguishes between
>right and left, as by a cross product. The answer I received was "no,"
>but without a convincing explanation.
>
>I've heard that while the left hemisphere can process both affirmative
>and negative judgments, the right hemisphere can only process
>affirmative ones.
>
>I've also read that while the left medial prefrontal cortex "processes
>a personal network related to the self" (www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
>2003/11/031111064658.htm), the right medial prefrontal cortex
>facilitates our theory of others' minds. In other words, if these
>articles are true, then the left medial prefrontal cortex processes
>*subjective* information (about ourselves) and the right medial
>prefrontal cortex processes *objective* information (about others'
>mental states). This is a little ironic considering that many consider
>the right hemisphere to be involved in the more subjective aspects of
>our thinking. That's why I want a book based on fact and not
>speculation.


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