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Article #478Re: Good book about left brain/right brain
From: John H.
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:14
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. > > -- > Yes, we speak English!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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