Re: Question regarding the evolution of the Right/Left Brain Division

From: TomHendricks474 (tomhendricks474_at_cs.com)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:39:52 +0000 (UTC)

>>The December 11 issue of The Economist magazine carried an article
>>about lefthandedness. It suggested that the fact that the left side of
>>the brain controls the right side of the body, and vice versa

This is slighly off track but in Candace Pert's book she makes this point:
"Because women have a thicker corpus callosum - the bundle of nerves that
bridges the left and right brain hemispheres - they are able to switch back and
forth from the rational, or left brain, to the intuitive, or right brain, with
relative ease. With fewer nerves connecting the hemispheres, men tend to be
more focused in one hemisphere or the other."

I also wonder if women /men have a difference in the development of the two
hemispheres.

Studies suggest women are more talented in language, while men in
visualizing etc.
There's much to be learned in this field IMO.

Tom

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