Brain Myth Essay

Through this project, I got to look into the left brain and right brain myth and learned the common beliefs as well as some evidence and debates. Through our discussion, I also got to hear different people’s opinion on this topic. Because this project requires group work, we got to learn to cooperate with people from different faculty as well. For me personally, after looking into this topic, I think I have a better understanding of how our brain works and how it affects our daily life.

Studies do show that some functions are more lateralized to one hemisphere than the other. However, it’s never “completely” lateralized and one hemisphere cannot work completely on its own. It is important to know that the integration of the two hemispheres is essential. So I feel like using the word “depend” is too strong but we can say that one hemisphere is better with a certain task or function than the other. It is also important to remember that since healthy brains have corpus callosum, two hemispheres get to exchange information and work together. Furthermore, with the plasticity our brain has, we are

However, there is no function that is only located in one hemisphere but not the other. As stated by Mo (2007), “All complex behaviors and cognitive functions require the integrated actions of multiple brain regions in both hemispheres of the brain.” (Retrieved from http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/left-brain-right-brain-myth/) So I don’t think there are “left-brain learners” or “right-brain learners”. I also agree with McPherson that we should use different approach to face a problem (holistic or analytic) instead of putting people into the “holistic, right-brain” or “analytic, left-brain” group. When we try to fit people in different categories, we may also limit ourselves and just feel like we should always look at things this way instead of trying different