Left Brain Versus Right Brain Learning

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The Study of the Left Brain Versus the Right Brain and how This Affects Learning Elizabeth Jones College 100 American Military University Leslie Colegrove The Study of the Left Brain Versus the Right Brain and how This Affects Learning Research continues on the many studies of whether the left brain or the right brain has an impact on the way a person learns. The brain is considered to be one of the most important and complex organs in the human body. The brain is the determining factor in a person’s nature and how a person learns. Although the left and right sides of the brain process information differently, they also work hand-in-hand to process information together. Each hemisphere of a person’s brain can processes the opposite side of the body. This means that the right side of the brain has control over the left side of the body and can see what is being processed through the left eye, while the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and can see what is being processed through the right eye. Very confusing yes, but that is how the brain works. A look into the way that the left brain and the right brain function will shed light on the impact they have on learning. Left brain learners and right brain learners are very different and prefer to learn in different styles and different environments. “The notion that our personalities, our minds, may actually reflect the workings of two usually collaborative but still separate systems—the left and the right hemispheres—never ceases to intrigue, stimulate, and delight anyone interested in the mind's workings” (Hodge, 1984, p.91). A left brain learner will probably be better at language and logic, critical thinking, numbers and reasoning. The left brain will be focused more on processing information in sequence and making sure the information makes sense, focusing on looking for pieces of
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