The brain has its own functions and is divided into two hemispheres: the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere. Also, has its own way of processing information and each lobe has its specific roles. What happens when damage to the brain occurs? How does it rewire itself to process information or learn new activities?. Damage to each hemisphere of the brain has different effects on the way individuals learn since each hemisphere is in charge of different functions. Furthermore, the brain processes information differently according to a person’s learning style.
First, Let us explore on the functions of each hemisphere of the brain and how it works. The left hemisphere is associated with being logical. The right hemisphere of the brain is related with being emotional. The majority of the population is known to be right handed; therefore, the left side of the brain is controlling the right side of the body. The human brain is a very complex organ. The communication between these two hemispheres is accomplished by a series of electrical and chemical signals between neurons; the electrical process communicates through the movement from four ions: sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride. On the other hand, the chemical communication process contains chemical messengers such as dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and acetylcholine, just to name a few (Wolfe, 2010). After reviewing some basic points in the transmission of communication between neurons, let us focus on learning and the brain.
More in depth, learning plays a role in brain cells growth. Dendrites sprout from the cell body of a neuron which increases in size and number in response to learned skills (Willis, 2008). Also, Willis (2008) mentions that learning ...
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First, in the magazine article “Brainology,” Carol S. Dweck asserted that the way that students learn and how well they do in school
Some do not believe that we have a left and right brain. However, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule The Future by Daniel H. Pink explains that the left and right hemispheres of the brain control different abilities. I have learned from this book how society and the economy have shifted from the “Information Age” to a “Conceptual Age,” how the arguments of left brain theorists (L- directed) differ from those of right brain theorists (R-directed), the three A’s of abundance, automation, and Asia, and the six essential aptitudes or “six senses” of Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning.
A classroom of thirty is filled with a diverse group of students that think in all different ways. Each child’s brain processes informat...
For instance in the majority of patients it was evident that they favored the right side of the body in fact for a large amount of time after the injury it was clear that the left side of the body rarely showed activity and wasn’t responsive to any stimulation. For example, when responding to sensory stimuli the patients favored the right side of the body, which is controlled by the dominant left half of the brain whereas the left side of the body was rarely active(when he brushed against something with his left side he did not notice that he had done so, and when an object was placed in his left hand he generally denied its presence). This observation now called bisected brain syndrome was further validated by visual auditory and other motor tests. In all tests the subject had one side which was more dominant than the other, effectively giving Gazzinga and his team the conclusion that various functions carried out by the body are indeed subject to localization in certain areas of the brain, however Gazzinga also unearthed new information on the lateralization of the Brain. This was best exemplified in a visual study to check the responses of visual
The left and right hemispheres of the brain are each divided into sections. Within each sections are lobes, controlling such processes as our visualization, our movement, and our personalities. For instance, the occipital lobe in the back of our brain is responsible for processing vision, and the frontal lobe behind our forehead controls cognition and personality. The lobes of the brain are split between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. This well-designed arrangement is for the lobes to function correctly, so the two hemispheres of the brain can communicate with one
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The right hemisphere also can decipher language to get an understanding of words or phrases’ figurative meanings such as sarcasm (Murteira, & Santos, 2013). The brain’s ability to remember faces, remember how a thing feels like, express various emotions are all controlled by the right hemisphere (stroke, 2018). When the right hemisphere is impaired from a stroke the affected person could have anomia/agnosia (unable to recognize and/or name faces/objects). A 20-year-old student that receives a stroke on this side of the brain will mostly notice a difference in their social behaviors. The student will notice damages to their relationships with people, motor skills on the left side, visual interpretations (such as remembering their friends), and emotional reasonings. The only aspect of education that would suffer in a stroke of the right hemisphere would be assignments requiring subjective thinking/analysis because the emotional aspects of this person would be impaired (Schonbeck & Davidson
Although the brain only weighs about three pounds, it is a very powerful and essential organ in the body (Brain Structures and Their Functions). The cerebrum, cerebellum, and the brain stem are the three main parts of the brain. The cerebrum fills up most of the skull, its main functions are for remembering, problem solving, thinking, and feeling (Bellamy 23). It also controls movement throughout the body. The cerebellum is located towards the back of the head. It controls mostly just coordination and balance (Brain Structures and Their Functions). The brain stem is underneath the cerebrum and in front of your cerebellum. It attaches the brain to the spinal cord and controls functions like breathing, digestion, heart rate and blood pressure (Carter 12). The brain is also divided into halves. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, while the right side of the brain, controls the left side of the body (Bellamy 17).
Nowadays, it is widely known that the right and left hemisphere have different functions. The two hemispheres are equally important in a daily life basis. Nevertheless, in the 1960’s this was not common knowledge. Even though today the importance of the brain hemispheres is common knowledge, people don’t usually know to whom attribute this findings. One of the people who contributed to form a more defined picture about the brain hemispheres and their respective functions was Roger Wolcott Sperry, with the split brain research. Roger Sperry did more contributions than the split brain research, but this is his most important and revolutionary research in the psychological field. Thanks to the split brain research, Sperry proved that the two hemispheres of the brain are important, they work together and whatever side of the brain is more capable of doing the task is the hemisphere that takes the lead.
To begin with, I would have to know that the brain is very complex, and in a way it kind of works like a computer, or a chemical factory. Which is why is why the brain the brain is known and sometimes called the human bodies CPU. Not only that, but the brain is also the master control center, in meaning that the brain controls everything that the body does. Including which side of the body does what. For example, let’s say, if the left side of your brain was messed up and didn’t work, than the left side of your body wouldn’t move, but because that right side you’re your brain still works you would only be able to move. The brain produces electrical signals and sends the from cell to cell along pathways called circuits. When does this it constantly receive information from inside and outside the body. The brain then rapidly analyzes the information and sends out messages that control the body functions and actions. The brain can also store information. This making learning and remembering possible, including
The brain is known to have two hemispheres, the left and the right. Both of these hemispheres share the responsibility of brain processing and they communicate their differences through the corpus callosum. A seizure treatment was developed in the 1950s that severed the corpus callosum in order to reduce the over firing of neurons. An outcome to these procedures resulted in a disagreement in the left and right hemisphere. Since the two hemispheres could not communicate, they performed two separate processes. When deciding on which pants to choose, one patient had his left hand pull up on his pants
The article begins by stating what is seen as common knowledge, that the brain has two hemispheres. The right and left hemisphere. The left hemisphere controls the ability to use and understand language, while the right hemisphere controls depth-perception. Damage to the left side of the brain due to strokes and other brain injuries can cause the victim to loose different degrees of speech ability. They theory of each hemisphere working separate as their own mental systems with their own abilities for learning, remembering and understanding the world is show in this experiment.
The use of these learning theories and research based instructional strategies increases the probability of successful student learning within this instructional unit.
In fact, it is important to understand that: "The brain continues to be a new frontier. Our old way of schooling is fading fast as our understanding of the brain increases. Everything you do uses your brain, and everything at school involves students' brains.
...re of the brain is just half of the brain so why is it the only half being explored in school? This failure to confront the other hemisphere causes weakening in the right hemisphere since the right hemisphere isn?t being exercised.