Curious about how the right and left brain were first recognized? In the late 1960's, an unexpected discovery lay in store for Drs. Robert Ornstein and Roger Sperry of the California Institute of Technology. They set out to see what would happen if the corpus callosum -- a wide band of nerve fibers which connect the left and right hemisphere -- was severed.
What they found astonished the medical world. Their "split-brain" research showed that each hemisphere of the brain continued to function independently in distinctly different ways. The left side of the brain processes linear, concrete factual information and is key in language and logic, while the right side of the brain processes random, creative, intuitive, multi-sensorial images. Subsequent studies by those who have carried on their work have revealed that each hemisphere contains some of the abilities of the "other side." When an ability that is linked to one hemisphere is developed or activated, the entire brain is activated, and all areas of mental performance improve. Each side of the brain exhibits certain characteristics :
The activation of the whole brain leads to the ability for all to achieve their highest potential! To understand how to maximize and activate the whole brain, we concentrate our efforts on the right hemisphere of the cortex...the "imaging brain."
The activation of the whole brain leads to the ability for all to achieve their highest potential! To understand how to maximize and activate the whole brain, we concentrate our efforts on the right hemisphere of the cortex...the "imaging brain."
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