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 Brain Hemispheres and Learning

The two selves?

There is a lot of interest in the functions of the left-side of the brain compared to the right side of the brain. It has been argued that they work very differently. Some people, use both halves of their brain effectively, others are more orientated to left-side thinking, other to the right-side. Additionally, the two halves communicate. In theory, strong connections between the two halves strengthen the power of your cognition (thinking). However, neurobiologists (biologists who study the brain and the nervous system) do not always agree with this argument. They believe it is too simplistic.

Click on the following link to read this article first published in the New Scientist:

'Right Brain' or 'Left Brain' -
Myth Or Reality?

By John McCrone
The New Scientist http://www.rbiproduction.co.uk
© New Scientist, RBI Limited 2000
From Skye Turell <mindtrekker@mindspring.com>
7-21-00

Are you left or right brained?

http://brain.web-us.com/brain/LRBrain.html

http://www.viewzone.com/bicam.html

http://www.mathpower.com/brain.htm

Is the split brain theory fact or fiction?

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/split.html

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/brain.htm

http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/brain.html

http://abc.net.au/science/features/brain/

What are your conclusions?

Join the Heckmondwike Forum and let us know what you think.

Visual Illusions

We often find visual illusions fascinating – but what are the psychological processes behind them?In the following links are some famous, and some not so famous visual illusions. Some of these are explained psychologically.

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

http://dragon.uml.edu/psych/illusion.html

http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/IllusionForum/basics/visual/index-e.html

http://wisebytes.net/illusions/

and for the more artistic or mathematically minded: draw your own illusion

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/illus1.htm

If you have any questions about visual illusions, email

psychology@heckgrammar.co.uk