The Left and Right Sides of the Brain Your Name Goes Here

During the 1960’s Dr. Roger Sperry studied patients where the connecting tissue between the left and right brain had been removed in an attempt to alleviate the seizures suffered by these patients. He discovered that the different halves of the brain specialized in different modes of thinking. The left brain is the logical part and controls speech, language, and mathematical reasoning. The right brain is the creative part and thinks in images, colors, and remembers music and complex pictures. Dr. Sperry won a Nobel prize for his research.

Left and Right Hemispheres The Left Brain Logical Sequential Parts Written language Spoken language Reasoning The Right Brain Intuitive Random Whole Art Music Imagination

Left Right Conflict Look at the text at the right and say the color, not the word; i.e., “red” is the right answer even though the text spells “blue”. Your right brain tries to say the color, but your left brain insists on reading the word. You say that you can beat the conflict – click the mouse and see how good you are. Blue

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Learn More on the Web Go the Web and to take the Hemispheric Dominance test to determine the dominant side of your brain. You will be asked a series of multiple choice questions then presented with the results of the quiz. You can also visit PBS for the Secret Life of the Brain.Hemispheric Dominance test Secret Life of the Brain