Online Education Place » skiptrace http://onlineeducationplace.com Online Education..... The Easy Choice Tue, 31 May 2011 08:00:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Differences Between The Left And The Right Side Of The Brain And What Happens When They Can’t Communicate http://onlineeducationplace.com/education/the-differences-between-the-left-and-the-right-side-of-the-brain-and-what-happens-when-they-cant-communicate/ http://onlineeducationplace.com/education/the-differences-between-the-left-and-the-right-side-of-the-brain-and-what-happens-when-they-cant-communicate/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:58:24 +0000 Mallory Megan http://onlineeducationplace.com/education/the-differences-between-the-left-and-the-right-side-of-the-brain-and-what-happens-when-they-cant-communicate/ The human brain is an amazing thing. Doubtlessly, you have heard someone described as “right brained” or “left brained” at least once in your life. Psychologists accentuate the difference between the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere of the brain, describing the left brain as logical, rational, analytical and objective. The right brain is the “creative” side, associated with aesthetics, feelings, intuition, and subjectivity. In reality, the differences between the right brain and the left brain might be exaggerated in popular culture, however there still are some key differences between the two.

The left brain specializes in language actions such as vocabulary, speaking, speaking and writing. At times, the right brain is referred to as the “mute side of the brain,” excelling at nonverbal and spatial tasks, being linked to artistic ability and facial perception.

Some data suggests that the left hemisphere comes into play most when well rehearsed or routine processing is involved, and the right hemisphere comes into play when it comes to processing novel situations. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body, and the right hemisphere controls the left side. But many simple tasks require both hemispheres to be involved, and thus communication between the two is necessary.

This is where the corpus callosum comes into the situation. It ties the two hemispheres together and makes coordination and communication between the two possible. The corpus callosum lies along the fissure between the right and left brain and is responsible for transferring different types of information from one side to the next.

At times, though, a procedure named corpus callosotomy is necessary, generally a last resort to treat intractable epilepsy. This surgery results in the corpus callosum being severed to a certain degree. At first, doctors will only try to remove one third of the corpus callosum, but if epileptic seizures persist, another one third will be lesioned, leaving only one third of the corpus callosum, and most information transfer between the two hemispheres greatly reduced. To be continued in part two….

Mallory Megan works for Rapid Recovery Solution and writes articles on commercial collection agencies.

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