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i have some right brain behaviours and characteristics but i'm right-handed. what is it all about?

2006-12-26 07:14:51 · 4 answers · asked by faro the architect 2 in Social Science Psychology

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No it doesn't. Handedness has nothing to do with which hemisphere is dominant in most cases. Think about it, only a small portion of the world's population is left-handed, but not as many people are right hemisphere dominant. The brain hemispheres are associated with different functions; the left, is the verbal center and certain other tasks and the right is associated with visual-spacial and musical ability.
Here's something I learned in intro psych that might help you understand the importance, and role of the hemispheres of your brain.
Everyone has a cord (called a corpus callosum) that connects the two hemispheres of the brain, but in case studies where the cord has been severed strange things happened.
Split-brain subjects were told to stare at an x in the middle of a screen, and an image was projected on either the right or left of the screen (viewing out of either the left or right peripheral vision allowed the information to be transmitted to either the right or left hemisphere).
Those with a severed corpus callosum were unable to name the object when it was flashed to the right hemisphere, but were able to name it when it was flashed to the left, or language, hemisphere. However, oddly enough, when allowed to PICK the object that was flashed on the screen from a table full of objects the subjects could always pick the right one. Regardless of which hemisphere the image was flashed to.
In other words, although the subjects knew what the object was, if it wasn't flashed to the language center they couldn't name it.

2006-12-26 13:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by moi 2 · 0 0

yes
dont ask me to exp[lain how thats just what ive heard

2006-12-26 07:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by ~*The Show Must Go On*~ 5 · 0 1

Which hand do you use to masterbate?

2006-12-26 07:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Way too much drug use!

2006-12-26 07:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by nowhere 3 · 0 1

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