Left Brain vs Right Brain

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The Left Brain vs. The Right: How Does This Impact Learning The human brain has many different functions in the body. There are several theories on how the brain works in everyday life. Many believe the average person uses five percent of their brain; while a genius uses ten percent. Some even believe if you use a hundred percent of the brain you would be able to move objects around the room. Contrary to popular belief there are some truths in these philosophies of using a hundred percent of your brain. Roger W. Sperry was a scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his revolutionary research on the split brain experiment, showing us the ability of using the whole hemisphere. The hemisphere is divided into two section which in this case is the left and right side(s) of the brain (Sperry, 2002). For instance, if you were to cut an orange down the middle this will be the example of the Corpus Callosum being split. We as human being have two eyes, ears, arms, legs, and kidneys (Lucas, 2001, p.13). Although, if we were to miss one of the two we are still able to function but with limitations. Therefore, the left and right side(s) of brain does impact learning by working together to help the body function properly without limitations. The left side of the brain has many different characteristics such as, controlling the right side of the body, logical thinking, critical thinking, language and many more (Webb, 1983). The logical way of thinking is based on knowledge, what we know, and what we can prove. From elementary school to high school you learned to write complete sentences base on the English language; that is something we know and can prove. On the other hand critical thinking provides us with the capability to analyze ideas then present the best case scenario. For example, you have two students with the same problem of asking their parents about going

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