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Re: Good book about left brain/right brain

#478
From: John H.
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:14
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"The left-brain can take over functions of the right-brain, and vice
> versa. But your brain stem will never learn how to think.

Ya think?


On Oct 24, 2:55 am, Malrassic Park <malen...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:36:39 -0700, Scott H <zinites_p...@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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From:  "John H." <j_hasenkam@yahoo.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Good book about left brain/right brain
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