Connecting the “Right and Left” Brain

Bilateral manipulation is the use of both sides of the body to accomplish a given task. The corpus callosum is part of the brain that allows for communication between the hemispheres of cerebrum to aid in processing sensory, motor, and cognitive information.

Inspiration for the Rain man.Was born with macrocephaly and the bundle of nerves connecting the two hemispheres of the brain were missing.He reads a book in about an hour and remembers approximately 98% of everything he has read.Sense of humor emerging since 1994.

Kim Peek

Often times people don’t realize that both sides of the body are actually involved in accomplishing a given task. They believe they only need their dominant side. However we use both sides more than we think. For example what do we use our non-dominant hand and arm for when we write?

The brain is 10% larger in men. The neurons in a women’s brain are more compact.Male brain’s contain 6.5 times more gray matter.Female brain’s contain 9.5 times more white matter.

Average I.Q. is virtually the same in men and women.Women think differently than men. Women are tuned into words and emotions, while men are tuned into visual/spatial abilities.Women have a sharper memory for details.Men and women navigate differently.

Most of the observed differences between men and women’s brains are based on our evolutionary roles in the family unit.