Sentences with phrase «left brain hemisphere»

The interaction between ida and pingala corresponds to the internal dance between intuition and rationality, consciousness and vital power, and the right and left brain hemispheres.

Not exact matches

Among the questions researchers are asking: Does the process of innovating activate neuronal circuits in a particular part of the brain, the way that language, say, primarily activates circuits in parts of the brain's left hemisphere?

Yes, it's known that most higher brain functions (such as perception, memory, and intelligence) are centered in the cerebral cortex, that 0.1 - inch - thick infolding of neuron - rich gray matter overlaying both the right and the left hemispheres that would cover some 1.5 square feet if it were laid out like a tablecloth.

Journaling has been shown to optimize both hemispheres of the brain since writing engages the left brain — known for analysis and reason — while the right brain is free to create.

«The human brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left and right, connected by a bundle of nerve fibers called the corpus callosum.

In other words, the brain's left hemisphere helps control the operation of the right hand, eye, leg and so on.

Indeed, this left - brained specialisation for language is even more common than right - handedness — which might suggest that as the left hemisphere evolved for language, the preference for the right hand may have intensified simply as a side effect.

The brain is also divided into two hemispheres: the right brain and left brain.

We could liken these terms «hard» and «soft» to the left and right brain hemispheres.

To complicate things further, young children who suffer brain damage in the left hemisphere often develop language normally, with the right hemisphere picking up the slack.

We have too often sought God logically in the «left brain» rather than expanding our use of the right hemisphere of the brain where intuitive, prayerful, loving, visual thinking occurs — where we pray, believe, love and develop a consciousness of the total mind - body - spirit relationship.

They have also found that each hemisphere (right and left) of the brain specializes for the accomplishment of distinctive types of mental activity.

So too empirical evidence about the brain is more complex than the simple distinction about left and right processing (Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch, Left Brain, Right Brain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemispbrain is more complex than the simple distinction about left and right processing (Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch, Left Brain, Right Brain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemisphleft and right processing (Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch, Left Brain, Right Brain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemisphLeft Brain, Right Brain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemispBrain, Right Brain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemispBrain [W. H. Freeman, 1981]-RRB- Take, as a prime example, the location of speech dominance in the left hemisphleft hemisphere.

In contrast, the medieval mind - set exhibited patterns characteristic of damage in the brain's left hemisphere — specifically.

The right hemisphere of the brain (emotional and nonverbal) develops earlier than the left hemisphere (logical and linguistic).

While young children sleep, connections between the left and the right hemispheres of their brain strengthen, which may help brain functions mature, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Music is an essential part of a child's mental growth and many movements in this program help bridge the left and right hemisphere of the brain.

The left hemisphere of our brains seems to tune into the phonemes in speech that combine to form words, and the right hemisphere focuses on the rhythm and intonation of words, which can carry emotional information.

Rugani says animals and humans may instinctively count from the left because the right hemisphere of the brain — which processes the left field of vision — is dominant in visual tasks.

Unlike the «super-readers», the latter manage to master lip - reading as deafness encroaches, and therefore maintain a central phonological organisation very similar to that of normo - hearing people, which uses the left hemisphere of the brain.

When infants in the Dartmouth study were shown a moving picture of a starfish, the left and right hemispheres of their brains lit up (dark red indicates high brain activity; dark blue, low activity)-- but not as much as when researchers spoke to them, saying: «Hello, baby.

Such lateralization, corresponding to our right - and left - handedness, suggests specialization in the brain's hemispheres, which is believed to improve its efficiency and which was first considered an exclusively human, then an exclusively vertebrate, attribute.

Latin for «tough body,» this mass of more than 200 million nerve fibers helps connect the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum, our brain's largest and uppermost section.

Researchers found that dogs» left hemispheres process meaningful words while right hemispheres process tone, Laurel Hamers wrote in «Dog brains divide language tasks» (SN: 10/1/16, p. 11).

Many people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other stress - related disorders show increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain — and in emotional, nonverbal processing — and decreased activity in the left, according to neuroimaging studies.

Burunat recorded how their brains responded to the music, and used software to compare the activity of the left and right hemispheres of each person's brain.

Other research has found that the corpus callosum — the strip of tissue that connects the left and right hemisphere of the brain — is also larger in musicians.

In birds each eye projects virtually entirely to the opposite hemisphere, whereas in humans the left side of the visual world relative to the point where the eyes are fixating projects to the right side of the eye and then to the same side of the brain, and vice versa.

The team also found that musicians» brains seemed to fire more symmetrically when they listened to music — the activity in the left and right hemispheres was a much closer match than that of the non-musicians.

The brain's right hemisphere is more involved in abstract thought and social interactions than the left hemisphere.

In «Origins of the Left and Right Brain,» Peter F. MacNeilage, Lesley J. Rogers and Giorgio Vallortigara mention Rogers's experiments involving keeping a hen's eggs in darkness so the right eye is not stimulated and consequently the left hemisphere does not develop normaLeft and Right Brain,» Peter F. MacNeilage, Lesley J. Rogers and Giorgio Vallortigara mention Rogers's experiments involving keeping a hen's eggs in darkness so the right eye is not stimulated and consequently the left hemisphere does not develop normaleft hemisphere does not develop normally.

The birds» right eye is connected to the left side of their brain; apparently, says Hunt, their left hemisphere is better at controlling complex sequential tasks, just as it is in humans.

Researchers so far have recruited 12 people ages 12 to 25 who had each experienced a stroke to the same region of their brain's left hemisphere just before or after birth.

MRI scans of healthy siblings of the stroke patients showed activity in language centers in the left hemisphere of the brain when the participants heard speech.

Only 10 % to 15 % of humans are left - handed, compared with one - third of Yerkes chimps and even more of those in the wild — which suggests that there is very little specialization between the two hemispheres of the brain in chimps compared with humans.

Psychologist Debbie Crews found that golfers who performed poorly when putting under pressure also exhibited heightened activity in the left hemisphere of the brain, typically responsible for analytical thinking, and diminished activity in the right hemisphere, associated with coordination and visual ability.

Clyde Francks, head of the MPI research group «Brain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults&raBrain and behavioral asymmetries» and Research Fellow at the Donders Institute at the Radboud University, explains, «We think that these very early left - right differences in the spinal cord may act to trigger some of the later asymmetries of the brain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults&rabrain, such as the eventual dominance of the left hemisphere for language functions in most adults».

Delving into the relevant neurobiology, Goldberg points to a growing body of evidence that the brain's left hemisphere is oriented toward familiar patterns, whereas the right hemisphere focuses on novelty.

Some evidence comes from considering the relative dominance of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

The regions that contributed to social functioning in the parietal and temporal lobes were located only in the brain's left hemisphere, while both left and right frontal lobes were involved.

Details about the bullet's path have not been released per the family's request, but doctors have confirmed that it passed through the left hemisphere of her brain from back to front, fully exiting the head.

Since the mid-1980s, scientists have known that the two brain hemispheres of left - handers are more strongly connected than those of right - handers.

Researchers at the National Center for Voice and Speech theorize that singing is a more right - hemisphere brain function, while speaking is more left - hemisphere dominant.

There is no hard evidence that the size of the left or right hemisphere affects one's personality, despite pop neurology assertions (see The Brain, page 28).

Previous research has showed that musicians have increased white matter integrity in a specific part of the brain called the corpus callosum, a thick band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right halves of the brain, enabling communication between the hemispheres.

A region of the brain that extends through both hemispheres, the planum temporale, is larger in the left than in the right hemisphere.

«The nature view claims that left - handers are inherently better at some sports because their hand movements are controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain, which emphasizes spatial thinking,» she said.

In 1968, when there were no techniques to observe how the brain worked in vivo, the neurologist Norman Geschwind discovered in deceased persons that a region of the temporal lobe, the planum temporale, was larger in the left than in the right hemisphere.

But in humans, the hemispheres tend to specialize: Nearly all righties process language in the left side of the brain, while many lefties process language on the right.

Other treatments are FDA approved, including those that use magnets to stimulate the brain and boost activity in the left hemisphere.