of the brain, does the right hemisphere control the left side of the body and does the left control the right?
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it is true...very strange but true...strange creatures we are.
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There are certainly functions that can be controlled by thinking about them. Breathing is easy to slow down or speed up. I've slow my heart rate by concentrating, probably because I put myself in a more restful state. There are people that can hold their breath for 5+ minutes. I haven't heard about white cell count, but I remember hearing about changing body heat by concentration. The brain is a marvelous place that controls all systems of the body unconsciously, the fact that we also use it to think indicates that the brain can be trained to control body systems consciously.
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Yes, although for a long time, it was assumed that most animals had a 50/50 chance of being right-handed, it is now generally accepted that most (just like humans) are predominantly right-handed. This has wide-ranging implications for the study of human lateralisation.\n\nGo to www.pubmed.org and search 'laterality' and 'animals', you'll get many studies on the topic.\n\nall the best, hope that helps!
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There are many veins in the human brain...but the main ones are the right and left jugular veins...they allow blood flow in and out of the brain causing it to maintain a homeostatis that is critical for keeping a human alive.
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There are important structures in the base brain that control breathing, metabolism and other essential life sustaining issues.\n\nThe frontal is more Analytical thinking, refraining from saying odd things.  Emotional stuff.
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genetics plus you may notice that its growing more on your dominant side; right or left handed; more stimuli is caused and circulation
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There are two types of homunculus - sensory and motor.\n\nTo move any part of the body, the signals originate in a certain part of the brain. When the representation in our brain of which part of the body it stimulates is drawn, we get a little man inside in our brain. This is called the motor homunculus. \nSimilarly there is a sensory homunculus where the sensations felt by each and every part of the body goes in the brain.
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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 brain. It is so complex and controls every other organ. I think it is the most important, since without it, all of your other organs would have no use.
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What middle are you talking about? The back of the brain controls the "middle!"
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Lefties tend to be more artistic since they use the right side of the brain.  Right handed people tend to be better with analytical issues since they use the left side of the brain.  There are less left-handed than right-handed people, but that makes them more special!! =o)
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All that is really known for sure is that there appears to be more electical and chemical activity in each side of the brain when performing certain tasks, but where there is a misconseption is that one side and one side only is responsible for the activity in a given subject area. Most things require many parts of your brain, some more than others.
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That for me is a completely limiting prospect. And plus it is a completely generalized statement to say that only one part of the brain is responsible for a complex notion as creativity. However pop psychology likes to believe that emotions and creativity comes from the right hemisphere, but again with not enough support. I prefer the saying that the sum of all parts is not equal the whole, for the brain has a very complex physiology that not one part produces a separate effect but rather a group of parts at the same time.
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Sounds to me like you have a  mental block. We all have different strenghts and weaknesses. I know I am horrible at math, but I kick butt in astronomy/cosmology and I read very, very fast. Also I can't draw worth a damn but I've won awards for my writing. Also, I am very good with problem solving and logicl problems. By the way I'm right handed.\n\nTo see different things that the left/right brain affect/control check out: \nhttp://www.viewzone.com/bicam.html\n\nhttp://www.funderstanding.com/right_left_brain.cfm\n\nhttp://brain.web-us.com/brain/LRBrain.html this one lets you take a test to see if your left or right side dominant
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The short answer is 'yes' unless you are referring to sight.\n\nThe right and left hemispheres of the human brain are connected by a huge nerve bundle called the corpus callosum. In the male fetus when male hormones are generated the corpus callosum shrinks reducing cross-communication. Because the left hemisphere deals with logic and the right hemisphere deals with emotion, women connect all logic better with emotion than men do. Although a man can chose, he is always either logical or emotional but rarely both at the same time. A man either flies off the handle or thinks the problem through. A woman can weep or laugh when she discovers something that makes sense. This explains why women are better at nurturing (cranky) children and men are better at hunting for bears (or a six pack).  Of course men can care for their children and women can hunt bare; I mean bear.
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Humans are symmetrical organisms. Cranial nerves are paired to provide innervation for the left and right.
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The corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain, allowing vital communications between left and right brain processes.  The splenium is the posterior part of the corpus callosum (further toward the back of your head).  In the past, doctors have tried cutting this nerve in an attempt to stop epileptic seizures.