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Study Skills: How the Brain Processes Information

Study Skills

Left / Right Brain Theory

 

The theory is that people are either left-brained or right-brained, meaning that one side of their brain is dominant. If you’re mostly analytical and methodical in your thinking, you’re said to be left-brained. If you tend to be more creative or artistic, you’re thought to be right-brained.

Whether you’re performing a logical or creative function, you’re receiving input from both sides of your brain. For example, the left brain is credited with language, but the right brain helps you understand context and tone. The left brain handles mathematical equations, but right brain helps out with comparisons and rough estimates.

How the brain works

Brain Structure and Functions 

The human brain has two very different ways of thinking.

1.  The right brain is visual and processes information in an intuitive and simultaneous way, looking first at the whole picture then the details. 

2.  The left brain is verbal and processes information in an analytical and sequential way.

Brain processing information

How Does the Brain Work?

The brain works like a big computer. It processes information that it receives from the senses and body, and sends messages back to the body. But the brain can do much more than a machine can: humans think and experience emotions with their brain, and it is the root of human intelligence...continue reading...

How the brain works