Scientists have explored theories about the two hemispheres of the brain and the ways that they differ in function and control of the body. According to recent research, people who are right brain dominant and those who are left brain dominant process information and respond in different ways.
Most theories suggest that right-brain dominant people are guided by the more emotional, intuitive right hemisphere while left-brain people respond in sequential, logical ways, guided by the left hemisphere. To a great degree, your personality is shaped by your brain type.
Your dominant brain type has a very significant affect on your study skills, homework habits, and grades. For instance, some students may struggle with specific assignment types or test questions, based on their specific brain types.
By understanding your dominant brain type, you may be able to adjust your study methods, and perhaps shape your schedule and coursework, to suit your own personality type.
The brain is considered to be one of the most complex organs housing encrypted functions in its million grooves and crevasses that scientists till date have not been able to completely encipher. The cerebrum or cortex is the largest part of the human brain, associated with higher brain functions. A deep furrow partitions the cerebrum into two halves, known as the left and right hemispheres, which are ostensibly similar yet show differences in their functioning. The corpus callosum is a bundle of axons which bridges and links these two hemispheres.
The theory of the structure and functions of the mind suggests that the two different sides of the brain control two different “modes” of thinking. The left and right hemispheres of our brain process information in different ways. We tend to follow our dominant side and start inculcating characteristics and areas of interest, typical of that side.
Thus let us look beyond what meets the eye and take a deeper dive into the functions of the two hemispheres. The left side of the brain is the seat of language and processes in a logical and sequential order while the right side is more visual and processes intuitively, holistically, and randomly.
The left side of the brain deals with things the way they are-with reality. When left brain students are affected by the environment, they usually adjust to it. Not so with right brainers. They try to change the environment! Left brain people want to know the rules and follow them. In fact, if there are no rules for situations, they will probably conjure up rules to follow! But right brain students are sometimes not aware that there is anything wrong.
Left and Right Hemisphere
