Right brain

Springer,. and Deutsch, G. (1981) Left Brain, Right Brain, San Francisco Freeman. 

Blakeslie, T. (1983). The right brain A new understanding of the unconscious mind and its creative powers. New York Berkeley. 

S. P. Springer, G. Deutsch, Left Brain, Right Brain, Freeman Co., SanFran-cisco, 1981 J. B. Hellige, Hemispheric Asymmetry. What s Right and What s Left, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1993. 

For one, many techniques in this book are entire fields in and of themselves with their own dedicated texts and tomes. For another, they come from the opposing domains of right-brain creativity and left-brain analytics. Yet symbiotically, even paradoxically, techniques from both of these domains are needed to enable the innovation process and achieve organic growth on any scale. 

A girl aged 3.5 months receiving theophylline had a seizure in the next few months, she had a mixed seizure disorder and subsequently sjmptoms of moderately severe right brain damage (16). 

In each section, include a blend of supporting materials. People whose left brains are dominant tend to smother an audience with data, and those whose right brains are dominant rely much more on personal stories and examples. In fact, each type of supporting material has its place. There are times to be factual, times to be allegorical, times to give examples, and times to tell personal stories. Try to balance your use of the different materials. Consider also what visual aids might fit in each section. (Visual aids are discussed in more detail later in the chapter.)... 

The three major qualifying projects best reflected the new educational philosophy. The sufficiency project demonstrated a student s familiarity with several related areas within the arts and humanities and the successful development of an integrating theme as expressed in a major paper, performance, or creative output. This early appreciation for the importance of right brain development in the education of engineers and scientists reflected the notion of the technological humanist, and resulted in a rich production of remarkably creative works. 

There has been a tendency over the years to keep separate the liberal arts and engineering curriculum, recognizing the differences in thought processes, students, and interests. This has enabled the students to follow different paths, and over time, we have found that rarely do the two meet. The separation has had different labels to describe the different path of each right brain vs. left brain, feelers vs. thinkers, creative vs. structured, liberal arts vs. engineering and technical degrees, etc. 

As shown in recent studies, the dominance of either the right or left side of the brain allows each of us to process information and learn differently. In general, each of us tends to have one side of the brain which dominates the way we think, understand, and act. Most technical persons are left-brain dominant, which typically means structured and logical thinking. Left brainers are often more sequential. Most computer experts and engineers tend to be left-brain dominant. However, right-brain dominance is often described as broader vision, seeing the big picture, more conceptual, and more holistic. 

The above process must be balanced with periods of inactivity so that both the conscious and subconscious sides of the human brain will contribute to the final solution. The inquiry should also be infused with a poetic language and the use of metaphors that will stimulate human creativity and provide the necessary sfumato (see Section 2.4.4). As we give time to the logical investigation of solutions to our career problem, we must also let our right brain, or unconscious mind, simply sit with it for a while. Creative problems are often eventually solved by allowing all the information we have gathered to soak in to our reality. 

A mind map is a visual representation of a body of knowledge related to a specific central concept. It is designed to show all related concepts and their relationships in a nonlinear way, with the main concept centrally positioned and secondary concepts surrounding it. A mind map should be produced using pictures, words, colors, and differentiated line thicknesses and fonts, but there are no formal rules on how to actually create one. With practice, however, your artistic richness and sophistication usually gradually improves. A mind map should be drawn by hand if possible so as to increase its spontaneous nature and to maximize the involvement of the right brain hemisphere. Over the last several years, however, many computer tools for mind mapping have been introduced. For more details and examples, see Section 5.3. 

Fig. 1. Encephalomalacia in the chicken. Normal brain (Left) shows well-defined row of Purkinje cells between granular and molecular layers of cerebellum. Magnification X 200. (Right) Brain of chicken with encephalomalacia shows pycnosis and destruction of Purkinje cells and separation of granular and molecular layers of cerebellum. Magnification X 100.

Daniel Pink, "Revenge of the Right Brain," Wired Magazine... 

Revenge of the Right Brain, Daniel H. Pink, Wired, February 2005, p 70. 

In Fig. 3, there are assigned symbols and numbers in each EEG signal, which indicate the electrode site in the electrode cap. These symbols and numbers follow the 10-20 international systems, where the symbols indicate the brain area and the numbers reflect whether the induced EEG signals are in the left or the right brain hemisphere. For example, the symbol F is located in the frontal lobe of the brain area, the odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7) are located in the left brain hemisphere, and the even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8) are located in the right brain hemisphere. 

Fig. 13 The EEG data of the left and right brain hemispheres from four experimental stages (Liu etal., 2012). Note. The red line represents brain wave activity in the ie/it brain hemisphere the W e line represents brain wave activity in the right brain hemisphere...

More recent research finds that different parts of the brain do have different roles. It also shows that the organization of thinking is not as simple as suggested by the lef-brain, right-brain theory. Both sides of the brain work together for many thinking functions. 

What are characteristics of left brain and right brain thinking How valid is this theory ... 

An effective but much less widely used treatment for depression is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), which leaves patients with few permanent side effects. Patients receive about four to ten treatments over a two-week period. Confusion and memory loss are minimized by the common practice of applying the electric stimulus to only the nondominant brain hemisphere, usually the right-brain hemisphere. The exact mechanism of ECT is unknown. However, experts are certain that the seizures, rather than the electric current itself, are the basis for the treatment s effectiveness. More specifically, seizures can enhance... 

Using the right brain Using the left brain - Covey 1990... 

Rico, G. 2000. Writing the Natural Way Using Right-Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive Powers. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam New York, NY. 

Or, as in my case for example, enhanced right-brain appreciation may result from studying literature that connects art and education (e.g., Arciszewski 2009, Beakley et al 1986, and Edwards 1999). This, again based on my experience, may lead to imagining how fuller use of right hemisphere functions by engineers could enhance their individual and group effectiveness. 

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