Re : Interesting Brain/Language Nugget of Info

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 25/06/99 00:58:29  , Ed a =E9crit :

> _The Right Mind_ by Robert Ornstein, is about the current state of
>  research on the old Right Brain/Left Brain dichotomy.
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>  One of the things it tells us is that the old "left brain =3D logic &
>  language, right brain =3D creative & spatial" division is a dreadful,
>  dreadful oversimplification.
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>  In fact, the biggest difference between the two is a bit more subtle
>  and difficult to state.
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>  The left brain is good at well-learned, well-defined, low-level
>  rules, applied in precise, local situations.  Imagine building a
>  sculpture with Tinkertoys: the left brain would be good at fitting
>  individual pieces together in precise ways according to precise rules.
>   Or imagine being a monkey swinging through the trees: the left brain
>  is good at choosing and using the right well-learned swings for
>  different kinds of branches.
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>  The right brain is good at perceiving and responding to large-scale
>  situations, which are not pre-learned but have to be understood and
>  dealt with on a case by case basis.  Imagine, when you're building
>  that Tinkertoy sculpture, having in mind a vision of what the whole
>  thing is supposed to look like when you're done, regardless of the
>  details.  Or imagine, if you're a monkey, having a picture of where
>  you want to end up and what route you want to take to get there,
>  regardless of which precise swinging motions you use to get there.
>
[snip all the interesting stuff because you should read it yourself]

writing that masterly summing up, you must be lefthanded :-)

definitely i naturally write latin script right to left and i find kanjis=20
most helpful and handy when toiling on jap (however this be considered=20
showing-off i do not care) and arabic alphabet a wonder in this world. now i=
f=20
large, long-term visions were lefthandlers' benefit, i wouldn't complain=20
either ;-) . but bouncing from branch to branch, i will not try for now,=20
pardon me.

mathias