The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters
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Date: 2020-08-22
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SyrisDarkness
There is a great book touching this subject Drawing on the right side of the brain by Betty Edwards. As the title suggests, it is mostly about the development of drawing skills, but aside from that it dwells on the idea of right-brain-centralized perception vs. left-brain-centralized verbal functions. She presents various exercises which objective is to activate the right hemisphere and to calm down the dominant left hemisphere in order to develop the proper type of perception needed for artists (spatial relation between objects instead of recognizing objects by their names, which activates the left hemisphere, responsible for verbal functions. Betty Edwards describes with details what processes occur during those exercises, which I have never seen in any how-to-draw book, or any other book to be honest. I can highly recommend this book to anyone, not only aspiring (or professional) artists, but virtually any person interested in the way our brain works and copes with different tasks.
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There is a great book touching this subject Drawing on the right side of the brain by Betty Edwards. As the title suggests, it is mostly about the development of drawing skills, but aside from that it dwells on the idea of right-brain-centralized perception vs. left-brain-centralized verbal functions. She presents various exercises which objective is to activate the right hemisphere and to calm down the dominant left hemisphere in order to develop the proper type of perception needed for artists (spatial relation between objects instead of recognizing objects by their names, which activates the left hemisphere, responsible for verbal functions. Betty Edwards describes with details what processes occur during those exercises, which I have never seen in any how-to-draw book, or any other book to be honest. I can highly recommend this book to anyone, not only aspiring (or professional) artists, but virtually any person interested in the way our brain works and copes with different tasks.
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education
They take exceptional circumstances as a way of debunking a general tendency. There is no debunking here; this is not scientific. They don't want us to escape the bondage of our dominant left-brained culture. No one says there isn't supposed to be a balance -- in fact the wise among us say there IS supposed to be a balance. At present, we are stuck in left-brained routine: do this, do that, worry about this, pick up the kids from school, go to the dentist. EMBRACE YOUR CREATIVITY! BE YOUR INNER CHILD! YOU ARE AN INFINITE DIVINE SOUL. We are loved more than we imagine -- so imagine!
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They take exceptional circumstances as a way of debunking a general tendency. There is no debunking here; this is not scientific. They don't want us to escape the bondage of our dominant left-brained culture. No one says there isn't supposed to be a balance -- in fact the wise among us say there IS supposed to be a balance. At present, we are stuck in left-brained routine: do this, do that, worry about this, pick up the kids from school, go to the dentist. EMBRACE YOUR CREATIVITY! BE YOUR INNER CHILD! YOU ARE AN INFINITE DIVINE SOUL. We are loved more than we imagine -- so imagine!
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ky
It still matters, this is telling you it doesn't matter so much so the world can control you more easily. We are literally programmed by these facts that do make a difference, sure you can adapt, but this is generally how you work. Ever wonder why people would get punished in school for using the left hand. In today's world we are largely left brained because we watch so much TV, Without the radio acting as TV and will less people reading this doesn't engage the other side of your brain as much.
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It still matters, this is telling you it doesn't matter so much so the world can control you more easily. We are literally programmed by these facts that do make a difference, sure you can adapt, but this is generally how you work. Ever wonder why people would get punished in school for using the left hand. In today's world we are largely left brained because we watch so much TV, Without the radio acting as TV and will less people reading this doesn't engage the other side of your brain as much.
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LevoDextero
I feel you may have debunked some of this theory but have otherwise supported it with the notion than language to the left and attention to the right. Also you may have reinforced the myth further at 3: 33 by stating that it takes a unified brain to solve complex problems and to create resonating artwork. That's the entire point of the Left-Right brain theory. Nothing will work if you are too logical or too creative. A clear and balanced mindset is what makes anything possible.
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I feel you may have debunked some of this theory but have otherwise supported it with the notion than language to the left and attention to the right. Also you may have reinforced the myth further at 3: 33 by stating that it takes a unified brain to solve complex problems and to create resonating artwork. That's the entire point of the Left-Right brain theory. Nothing will work if you are too logical or too creative. A clear and balanced mindset is what makes anything possible.
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neththom999
The faster reflexes thing makes no sense at all. The same side of the frog's brain that perceived the predator through the left visual field is the side that also controls the left side of the body. HOW DOES THAT MAKE HIM ESCAPE MORE EASILY TO THE RIGHT? Some of these evolutionary theories are pretty weak.
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The faster reflexes thing makes no sense at all. The same side of the frog's brain that perceived the predator through the left visual field is the side that also controls the left side of the body. HOW DOES THAT MAKE HIM ESCAPE MORE EASILY TO THE RIGHT? Some of these evolutionary theories are pretty weak.
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partsgeriausias
Im sorry but this video is nonsense it was proved dozens of times that the left hemisphere is dominant in 95% and you can find the hemisphere dominance theory in all neurobiology textbooks. And ever heard about comissural fibers? Of course logic and creativity are integrated.
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Im sorry but this video is nonsense it was proved dozens of times that the left hemisphere is dominant in 95% and you can find the hemisphere dominance theory in all neurobiology textbooks. And ever heard about comissural fibers? Of course logic and creativity are integrated.
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TwennyGee
The left hemisphere is a parallel processor and the right is a serial processor -Jill bolte Taylor - Neuroanatomist
They are different. They are separate for a reason. This video makes me sad on levels the average person would never comprehend
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The left hemisphere is a parallel processor and the right is a serial processor -Jill bolte Taylor - Neuroanatomist
They are different. They are separate for a reason. This video makes me sad on levels the average person would never comprehend
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Trash
This is very good video. But there is a small problem. Like half of video from Mind Matters playlist contain or use inside them the reference to left\right brain myth. Some like it's true, some like it's partially somewhat true.
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This is very good video. But there is a small problem. Like half of video from Mind Matters playlist contain or use inside them the reference to left\right brain myth. Some like it's true, some like it's partially somewhat true.
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Moose
Thats odd at my school we have this activity called right brain (cause you know, supposedly, thats the creative side) were they hire a actor or dance artist or something to come to our school and teach us something creative.
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Thats odd at my school we have this activity called right brain (cause you know, supposedly, thats the creative side) were they hire a actor or dance artist or something to come to our school and teach us something creative.
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Max
but there is women on ted had stroke in her left side she is neuroscientist as well when he had the stroke in this particular region she lost ability to speech. she thankfully healed completely within 8 yrs
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but there is women on ted had stroke in her left side she is neuroscientist as well when he had the stroke in this particular region she lost ability to speech. she thankfully healed completely within 8 yrs
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