FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF OUR BRAIN

The oral instruction is The visual instruction is

“Say Hello” “Say Hello”

FACE RECOGNITION

The fusiform face area, seen in green here, is active when we see faces, and also when experts are presented with images that they have learned to distinguish at very specific levels.

Are both smiling figures?

Problem in

recognizing

inverted

images

Are both smiling figures ?

Left hemisphere: Logical, Analytic, Quantitative, Rational and Verbal

Right hemisphere: Conceptual, Holistic, Intuitive, Imaginative and Non-Verbal

The left brain process information

in logical analytical stages

Right side – The Artistic Brain

Look at the chart and say the COLOUR

not the word

YELLOW BLUE ORANGEBLACK RED GREEN

PURPLE YELLOW REDORANGE GREEN BLACK

BLUE RED PURPLEGREEN BLUE ORANGE

Left - Right ConflictYour right brain tries to say the colour butyour left brain insists on reading the word.

This brain dominance makes left-handers more likely than right handers to be creative geniuses. This is supported by higher percentages of left-handers than normal in music and the arts, media in general. Left-handers are better at 3-dimensional perception and thinking. Left-handers are good at most ball sports and things involving hand-to-eye co-ordination.