Left vs. Right brain and how it can impact learning Aseret Hansen Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Elizabeth Wharton Left vs. Right brain and how it can impact learning There are two types of brain hemispheres that control a person’s learning ability and style. Starting with the left-brain, which controls functions like logic, analytic thought, and language are just a few. Some attributes to this specific side of the brain are facts, words, and reality. The right brain controls functions like holistic thought, intuition and creativity. This side of the brain has attributes such as feelings, images, symbols and colors. We need both brain hemispheres in order for us to function properly, however we will be dominant to a specific side of the brain, which makes us fall under a certain style of thinking. The left-brain processes information in a linear manner with the ability to identify important details with analytical thinking and are able to move in sequential order while using logic in order to solve problems. Other functions include written and spoken information, verbal and textual. People that are left-brained are list makers, detailed, methodical and linear classifiers (Kay, 2003). Those who are “left-brained” tend to favor a slow, step-by-step build up of information; learning proceeds in a linear fashion. The logic hemisphere, which is usually the left hemisphere, processes information piece by piece and in detail (Pritchard 2008). The left hemisphere is also responsible for speech that is in the Broca’s area, so verbal expression whether in person or on paper, is a left-brain advantage (McAdams, 2013). It is also known that left-brain students tend to prefer to work alone; they enjoy ... ... middle of paper ... ...nd have materials and books as aids to their students. In conclusion we are all whole-brain thinkers, being forced by society to be more flexible to the demands of everyday activities we engage in. Being whole brained can cause confusion when faced with making decisions. The greater the connection is between both halves of the brain, the greater the chances of learning and creativity are. References Kay D. (2003). Left Brain Versus Right Brain. Marketing Magazine, (108.36), Page 1. Pritchard, A. (2008). Ways of learning: Learning theories and learning styles in the classroom. OX: Taylor and Francis. McAdams, C. (2013). Left & Right Brain Learning. Livestrong.com [May 03, 2014]. Retrieved from http://livestrong.com Knight, K. (2009). Understanding your brain for better Design: Left vs. Right. [May 09,2014]. Retrieved from http://webdesignerdepot.com
In this time, most teachers’ brains have been numbed from all of the talk about the thinking process and abstract thinking skills (Ravitch). Students need a lot of knowledge to be able to think critically as they are expected to (Ravitch). We stand on the shoulders of those before us, we did not restart as each generation comes up in the world as we wish it would (Ravitch). What we need to be learning is how to use our brain’s capacity to make generalizations so we can see past our own experiences
First, in the magazine article “Brainology,” Carol S. Dweck asserted that the way that students learn and how well they do in school
The author explains that in many businesses, abilities associated with the left side of the brain used to matter the most. These include lin...
The more a participant preferred their left hand, “the better they were at tests of divergent thoughts” (3). The study also found that “Left-handers were more adept… at combining two common objects” and finding a way “to form a third” (3). The article gives the example that they were better at creating a birdhouse by combining a tin can and a pole. The left-handed group also “excelled at grouping lists of words into as many alternative categories as possible” (3). According to the article, the study found “an increased cognitive flexibility among the ambidextrous and the left-handed,” which tends to lead to a rise in creative thinking (3). This flexibility explains why lefties are over-represented in more creative thinking jobs like music, architecture, and the arts, including famous artists Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. To help Konnikova prove her claim, she makes an underlying assumption that having these skills are beneficial and adds a unique ability to the left-handed
A classroom of thirty is filled with a diverse group of students that think in all different ways. Each child’s brain processes informat...
“Right-brained” or “left-brained” is a concept that has been manipulated by the media, it’s not supported by solid science. The myth of a “right-brain” person is generally creative, intuitive, artsy, while a left-brain person is more of a problem-solver, more direct, logical. Somehow the real meaning was lost in translation, so I’ll explain. The brain is divided into two sides, called hemispheres. The left hemisphere is often described as verbal and the right as
The left-brain / right-brain theory believes that different people are either more dominant using the left hemisphere or the right hemisphere of the brain. According to this theory, analytical, detailed, and logical are all considered common traits of a left-brained learner. Deliberate, original, and creative, are all how right-brained learners may be described (Rodgers).
Most of the body’s functions such as, thinking, emotions, memories and so forth are controlled by the brain. It serves as a central nervous system in the human body. The mind is the intellect/consciousness that originates in the human brain and manifests itself in emotions, thoughts, perceptions and so forth. This means that the brain is the key interpreter of the mind’s content. Jackson and Nagel seem to resist identifying what we call “mental events” with brain events, for different reasons, while J.J.C. Smart takes the opposing view.
Nowadays, it is widely known that the right and left hemisphere have different functions. The two hemispheres are equally important in a daily life basis. Nevertheless, in the 1960’s this was not common knowledge. Even though today the importance of the brain hemispheres is common knowledge, people don’t usually know to whom attribute this findings. One of the people who contributed to form a more defined picture about the brain hemispheres and their respective functions was Roger Wolcott Sperry, with the split brain research. Roger Sperry did more contributions than the split brain research, but this is his most important and revolutionary research in the psychological field. Thanks to the split brain research, Sperry proved that the two hemispheres of the brain are important, they work together and whatever side of the brain is more capable of doing the task is the hemisphere that takes the lead.
Gluck, M. A., Mercado, E., & Myers, C. E. (2014). Learning and memory: From brain to behavior (2nd ed.). New York: Worth Publishers.
7)TI: Mental rotation and the right hemisphere, Abstract of research findings regarding enhanced development of the right cerebral hemisphere and its connection to extreme intellectual giftedness.
Creativity is one of the mission of a teacher in every age, and discipline. As he may be creative to motivate students, he has to generate creativity in his pupils. In this way, understanding the relation between the neurobiology of creativity and its cognition is useful to every teacher.
In the video "Powerful Stoke of Insight," Dr. Taylor share a personal story of how she experienced when she had a stoke years ago. She vividly illustrated the distinct functions of left hemisphere and right hemisphere. Since her stoke occurred in the left hemisphere, she had a hard time to process language during the tragic event happened. She was paralysis and could not understand any of the word from 911 telephone operator when she finally reached the phone. According to Dr. Taylor, "Our right human hemisphere is all about this present moment, [and] our left hemisphere thinks linearly and methodically." Due to the reason that her stoke damaged her left hemisphere, she could not think logically at the moment. This presentation thoroughly explain the concept of lateralization in biological psychology research method. I find it very interesting because I never learn that each hemisphere do in charge of different functions that affecting our
In fact, it is important to understand that: "The brain continues to be a new frontier. Our old way of schooling is fading fast as our understanding of the brain increases. Everything you do uses your brain, and everything at school involves students' brains.
Cognitive theory states that learning capacity is what going on inside student’s mind. According to cognitive theory, learning is not just a difference in behaviour, it is a modification in the way a learner thinks. Following it is the information processing model which describes that one’s brain has internal structures which select and operate incoming material (Dynamic Flight 2003). According to studies performed by the Laboratoire de Psychologie du Développement et de l'Education de l'Enfant (CNRS/Université Paris Descartes/Université de Caen Basse-Normandie), in collaboration with the NeuroSpin Center (CEA), brain shape does affect learner’s learning capacities. Everyone has cognitive control which is a crucial component of intelligence and learning capacity. However, the difference of our brain does affect it and therefore it differs from individuals. The scientists explained that if the asymmetry of the right and left hemisphere corresponds to more lateralization, the greater specialization of each hemisphere. This helps to improve the ability to resolve tasks. Learners whose two hemispheres were asymmetrical at the level of the cingulate cortex achieved better results and displayed greater capacity for cognitive control. From this, we can know that everyone may have different