why do you need 2 sides of a brain?
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My theory: Only women need both sides of the brain men only use half of it. This is why women are alot smarter!\nBut in other theories: Right Side vs. Left Side\n\nEach side of the brain has its own unique and special abilities. The right side of the brain is intuitive, while the left side of the brain is logical.\n\nLeft side processes:\nSpeech\nAnalysis\nTime\nSequence \n \nIt Recognizes:\nLetters \nNumbers \nWords \n\nRight side processes:\nCreativity \nPatterns \nSpatial Awareness \nContext \n \nIt Recognizes:\nFaces \nPlaces \nObjects \n \nFunctions associated with hemispheric dominance include: \n\nRight Hemispheric\nFunctions: \nConnected to left side of the body \nIntegrates many inputs at once \nProcesses information more diffusely and simultaneously \nDeals with space \nResponsible for gestures, facial movements, and body language \nResponsible for relational and mathematical operations \nSpecializes in recognizing places, faces, objects, and music \nDoes intuitive and holistic thinking \nThe seat of passion and dreams \nCrucial side for artists, craftsman, and musicians \n\nLeft Hemispheric\nFunctions: \nConnected to right side of body \nDeals with inputs one at a time \nProcesses information in a linear and sequential manner \nDeals with time \nResponsible for verbal expression and language \nResponsible for invariable and arithmetic operations \nSpecializes in recognizing words and numbers \nDoes logical and analytical thinking \nThe seat of reason \nCrucial side for wordsmiths and engineers \n\nFemales tend to be more left hemispheric dominant and males tend to be more right hemispheric dominant.\nFemales Test Better On:\n\nPerceptual speed \nVerbal fluency \nDetermining the placement of objects \nIdentifying specific attributes of objects \nPrecision manual tasks \nArithmetic calculations (simple math) \n\nMales Test Better On:\nSpatial tasks \nTarget direct motor skills \nSpotting shapes embedded in complex diagrams \nMathematical reasoning
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I dont know about that.But i do believe that when we are given our spirit bodies that we will be able to use both sides of our mind.
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I think people come in both varieties.  I am very much more visual when it comes to memory, but I have known people (mostly musicians, now that I think of it) who were much more audio.  I expect if one or the other faculty is damaged or not present, the other compensates.  It would be interesting to know whether these two styles correlate with handedness, since they probably use different parts of the brain, at least for input if not for storage.
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We can easily turn around, or turn our head, so we don't need a massive visual cortex and another two eyes, and to spend all our time processing the information from them, which mostly, would be, no threat, keep doing what you are, in front of you.  Do you want to walk or run backwards?\n\nWeird question.
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some of you men are such idiots and greedy too.  you want a woman with two heads so she can think for you and kiss your a** at the same time.  anyway we do have two heads.  we keep the other one hidden so you don't try to steal our inate intelligence, as if you'd know what to do with it.
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The human brain controls heartbeat, respiration, digestion and other autonomic functions. It is the seat of thought, reasoning, and abstraction. The brain is what makes the cognitive mind possible such as perception, interpretation, imagination, and memories.\n\nWhile all that is good and fine if this is a homework question for elementary school or middle school just put down that it controls thoughts and emotions or something less complicated.
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The sheer level of intricacy this would take would be astounding.\n\nI'd say that due to neural path differences, the mere act of thinking could cause plenty of trouble to the other part of the brain.  If the surgery were advanced enough to adjust neural pathways to compatibility, not only would this "brain" be altered beyond the original two into an unrecognizable abomination, it would only recognize itself as one entity.\n\nSo theoretically, if this were done in a survivable manner, yes, because it would be one.
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The human mind is associated with the brain.  The brain tends to use neurons which have previously been used over those which have never been used.  Background assumptions, beliefs, paradigms all tend to prevent new associations with old concepts.
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Over everything else, our brains are pattern recoginition machines.  They are very, very good at filling in blanks -- even if they shouldn't.  The usefulness of this comes when coupled with our reasoning ability to figure out if things are important illusions, i.e. if the sabre-toothed tiger went around that side of the rock, he didn't just disappear, he's probably also coming out on the other side... but he can't see me right now either.
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Our brain.\n\nWhichever side of the brain is stronger, than the opposite hand will be more dexterous
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Knowing how to do math teaches you how to think logically.  This is what the left side of your brain does.  Creativity and such is what the right side is for.  If you know how to think logically then you will know how to make more rational decisions, how to win arguments better, and will have an easier time in most work environments.  It will also help you decide how to spend your money wiser, how to manage time more effectively, and even help you at video and computer games.
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We use 100% of our brain-or at least 100% of our brain sense signals and uses oxygen and glucose.  Any neuron which does not connect with another and depolarize occasionally will probably die.  I have no idea where this myth came from, unless it was from studies of learning and memory.  We can learn a great deal more than most of us do-any average person could learn multiple languages, become expert in a number of fields, etc, but we don't.  This doesnt mean we dont use our brains-learning is more likely the generation of new pathways, connections, etc.  So it may be that we only learn 10% of what we could (put this way, it would be closer to 1%).  The majority of the brain is set aside for motor and sensory system integration- It takes an enormous amount of brain power to just perform our normal movements and to interpret and filter all the huge amount of sensory information we get every second-*That* is the primary action of the cortex.
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It is a human tendency to think that one who does not see things as you do is just stupid.  Sometimes people who are dominated by their left brain are very one-sided in their thinking.  Their brain tells them that there is logic and reason to support a particular theory, and it closes off to any other viewpoint.  People argue at cross-purposes to each other, because they are thinking in 2 completely different ways.  They talk past each other from different paradigms, and it seems so senseless.  \n\nEach person seems the biggest dummy to the other.  One has not refuted his fellow until he has refuted him from within his own paradigm.
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a lot of studies have shown that overal brain size isnt as important as complexity and size of the outer layer of the brain, the crerebral cortex.. it is pretty much known that this part of the brain carries out the complex "thought" and ability to put things together that would eventually add up to be wisdom\nanother huge factor, probably more important, is live experience.. not just the top layer, obvious things, but the underlying developmental processes that every human goes through\nthere are tons of things that shape a persons mind, ability, level of conciousness, clarity, etc
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I have always been fascinated by the way that processing in the brain leads to the experience of the mind. An understanding of this relationship has eluded science throughout the ages and i wanted to be involved in trying to advance our understanding of the brain-mind relationship. I should add that some people believe there is no such thing as the mind and that all we should be trying to study is the physical processing performed by the brain.
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As I was taught (and don't quite believe entirely) is that left handed people tend to use more of their right hemisphere than right handed people.  The right brain is supposedly the more "creative" brain rather than the left sided "logical" hemisphere.  Studies do show that left handed people tend to use both hemispheres for communication rather than a dominated left hemispheres.  There is actually an increase of left handers in the "creative" occupations like painting and music.
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Women are better at multi-tasking because the two sides of their brains are more firmly connected.  Men, however, are generally better at focusing on a single task because the two sides of their brains are less connected.  I believe the connecting part is called the corpus callosum, but i may be wrong.\n\nRemeber, this is in general, there can always be exceptions.